Games Testing

The global gaming industry is expected to reach more than $300 billion by 2025 with the growth of revolutionary offerings, like cloud gaming and mobile gaming, according to a new report from Global Data.

it is vital for the gaming companies to not only focus on future trends but also to identify the user’s needs

Game testing is one of the crucial steps that help to ensure optimal performance and quality in the end product.

•  errors
• completeness
• bugs
•  bottlenecks
•  inconsistencies
• coherence 

 Major Risks in Game Testing

• If the game doesn’t create a compelling experience for the niche audience
• If the fun factor missing in the games
• The game doesn’t include a player-centric design
• If the Game is not unique, fast-paced or competitive
• The gaming app fails because of broken features, poor video, technical issues, bad music sound, critical bugs, etc.
• The game should have easy to use features and visual design and the game-play

Game testing objectives is to discover and document any errors in the software- we called them bugs.

The game testing method aims to detect the bugs and retain documentation of the software products. 

1.Functionality Testing 

• game asset integrity
•  stability issues
•  audio-visual issues
•   game mechanic issues

2.Combinatorial Testing

• effectiveness of test execution
•  quality
•  phase containment
•  cost

3. Ad Hoc Testing

• Pair testing
• Buddy testing
•  Monkey testing

4. Compatibility Testing

•  both mobile and PC games
• varied screen sizes of different handsets

5. Clean Room and Tree Testing

•  the consistency as well as reliability of the gaming software
• to produce a product with negligible errors

6. Regression testing

• re-checked to analyze the working of the previous functions of the app works fine 
• verify whether any changes have popped up any new bugs 
• spot bugs at the primary stages of product development

7. Performance Testing

• Graphic performance
•  processor & memory constraints
•  network connectivity
• battery consumption
•  response time

References:

7 Different Types of Game Testing Techniques

Computer games are serious business and so is their quality: particularities of software testing in game development from the perspective of practitioners.

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