How to Become A Game Tester? |Tutorial &Beginner’s Guide of Game Testing (1)

51Testing | Software Testing Service Provider |Monday, 23th Nov. 2020

Before you start your game testing career, you need to know the members of a game development team, their main work, and the workflow.

1. The game development team, main work and workflow

Generally, a game development team is composed of producer, planner, programmer, game artist, and game tester.

game testing-51Testing-software testing

A producer is the manager of the project who is in charge of game research and development, game operation, team management, and all affairs of the project.

game testing-51Testing-software testing

The work of a planner includes plot design, system rules design, numerical design, and game level design.

game testing-51Testing-software testing

While for the game artists, scenario, UI, original painting, and animation are their main jobs.

game testing-51Testing-software testing

Usually, programmers are divided into front-end engineers and back-end engineers. The front-end engineer takes charge of the presentation and logic of the client-side, while the back-end engineer is responsible for the verification of logic and data of the server-side.

game testing-51Testing-software testing

2. The game development process

game testing-51Testing-software testing-game developemen process

• Producer: Set the goal of the project.
• Planner: Split the project goal into detailed requirements and present it with copywriting.
• Programmer: Present the requirements with code and fine art while the tester writes test cases.
• Tester: Quality assurance of the project, and give feedback of the defects found to the team.

— —

The following part will focus on the main job of a game tester and the basic workflow of game testing. Stay tuned.