Game Testing

 

This week’s reading was about game playtesting, playtesting is a process where a game designer tests their game for bugs and design flaws before releasing it. I read some articles on playtesting to know more about it. And I will be giving my thoughts on them in this blog.

 

 

Image source: FutureGames

The first article was “Seven Different Types of game Testing Techniques” the article talks about how important game testing is and gives 7 detailed techniques, I think this articles information is a good guide on what to do or what not to do when wanting to make a playable version of your game.

For example, it has a list of some 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 gameplay

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The second article I read was “Computer games are serious business and so is their quality”. The article talks about computer games in society and talks about its actual meaning. It talks about the process of what actions should be taken when making a game from gathering information to know your audience or to know what type of game you want to make to results from surveys and questionnaires from asking people from your audience for feedback if they like the game, and what tings could be added or taken out.

Some interesting article's I found :   Guru99,  Testing Hero, TestBytes