Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Game Testing strategies and Techniques to be Equipped

Hi all. Hope you are doing well. As we know that the Game Testing is similarly to the software testing. And even it should have more expertise as well as conceptual level. Here we are going t discuss with various level of Video Game Testing techniques which exist in a primary line.

Firstly we have to understand with the concept of Video Game Testing as we discussed so many times from the previous blog. The main concepts are listed and discussed with 

Next section have to consider while Video Game Testing could be consider with Game development Life Cycle (GDLC) which exists from initial step towards the final level of the process. This could be listed as below,

Game Development life cycle :
  1. Conceptual Discussion
  2. Conceptual Analysis
  3. Game Planning
  4. Concept Design
  5. Development
  6. Testing
  7. Pre-production (Alpha & Beta stage)
  8. Main Production


This is how the game could be designed and developed for the entire market release. So every products or game needs to be quality assured for better user acceptance level.

Okay now we are going to discuss with various stage which occurs while performing Video Game Testing. Those three phases are
  • Alpha Phase
  • Beta Phase
  • Gold Phase


And these categories could be the essential part for every game and analysis to create a bug free game. And video Game testing strategies and testing phases could be discussed as below

Alpha Phase :

The main and initial level of the game could be Alpha Testing phase. And the main reason and purpose of this stage could be to test scripting and programming side of the game before beginning the model.

This could be performed after the programming is being finished. This stage is called white box testing. As we told earlier Alpha testing is to make ensure that the programming and scripting is all correct. 

Beta Phase :

Beta phase will be executed once after the programmer finishes from their side. This process in in between the middle of the game development process and it could be the in depth level of testing to make ensure that there are no bug within the game development level of the game.

Most of the developer studios will choose from the outsourced video game testing company for assured quality. This is important as because user importance and user acceptance level. 

Gold Phase :

Gold phase of the game testing could be done when the game is completed and is ready for sale. The main purpose of this stage is to make sure that the bug free game to the general public. 

These are the various game testing phases to ensure that the quality of the game to be pre-release.

Conclusion

These are the various video Game testing phases and strategies for stable game and its fine quality. Hope you enjoyed with this analysis and discussion and your thoughts and comments are welcome. And we assure that our Video Game Testing services will fulfill with your aspects and needs.

Thanks and Regards,
Stephanica

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