Today, Gaming is one of the fastest growing channels in entertainment industries. Users are too indulged in games and most of them are even addicted. If your game doesn’t load on time, crashes, unable to save scores, the user will leave the game and will not attempt to try it in the future.
Game Testing is not the same as testing any other application.
One should first be a good Gamer which will help in an ideal testing. The Gamer should have brilliant problem solving skills and excellence to create end to end scenarios for games.
Types of Games:
- PC Games: Video games played on personal computer.
- Console Games: Usually controlled using handheld device connected to the console.
- Mobile Games: Video games played on Mobile devices such Smart Phone, PDA, Tablets etc.
- Online Games: Video games played over Internet.
- Browser Games: Games that are played over the Internet using Web Browser.
Types of Video Game Controllers:
- Gamepads
- Joysticks
- Steering Wheels
- Motion Controller
- Gun
- Pads
Mentioned below is a high level list of check that needs to be done for every Game:
- Verify rules of Game explaining how game will be played, various keyboard/mouse operation.
- Verify Game functionality in terms of Game Progress, Game Result, various controls of keyboard and mouse.
- Verify how compatible game is on different platform. Check dependencies like supported OS/Browser, minimum hardware requirement.
- Verify UI of game at each level of game. Check usability of application.
- Verify Performance of game on reparative run, pause/resume, multi player etc.
- Verify support of Localization requirement.
