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“You’re free to think what you like, but sovereign self-confidence need not lead to objective results.” – Yang Wen-Li You Know What It Means, But Do You Know What It Is? When I first heard the term technical debt, in the context of the conversation it made sense. In my head, there was technical work Read more
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We’re getting there, the end is in sight! Today, we should be able to clear the final two sections, Labelling and Examples, of what constitutes one of my Test Scripts and that should allow us to do a full wrap up next week. It’s been quite a journey all the way from the top Test Read more
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Test Method Let’s reverse two posts to where we touched on Test Method for our example: Firstly, you may have noticed that it’s steps, like a bug. Only there should be no bugs, so until you find one you’re regressing the Test Case. For some of the more complex Test Methods, you will pretty much Read more
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“I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it.” – Morpheus Now for some of you, last week’s open path Test Method reveal may have been an eye opener, particularly people coming from non-game development testing. For others it may almost seem pointless when you can just “test Read more
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“A strong man doesn’t need to read the future. He makes his own.” – Solid Snake In testing, we can’t plan for every eventuality but we can be prepared for them. With that philosophy in mind, we’re heading deeper into my Test Suite structure: Test Suite > Test Case > Test Script > Test Method Read more
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“I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.” – Riley Finn This week, let’s dive into one of the key test suites that lives at the core of any QA effort: Performance and Stability. Performance and Stability If you’re new to QA, you might be wondering: what exactly lives in this suite? Read more
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Welcome back to this awesome new series! The Almighty Test Cases are corralled into Test Suites — and today, we’re going to look at my core Generic Test Suite and how I arrived at it. The Goal – Functional Certification Compliance and certification checks required by platforms prior to a game’s release categorise their test Read more
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“We are not just fighting vampires; we’re fighting ignorance, bureaucracy, and evil. The last two are often the same thing.” – Rupert Giles Organised Chaos Freedom Games are — arguably — the most creative form of expression. They blend art, storytelling, music, and poetry. But they also introduce something no other art form quite matches: Read more
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Welcome Back To Our Unit Trust Discussion! We have our system, we have our data, and we have our automation. The Untrusted, Credible, Reliable, and Trusted (UCRT) system is now ready to shine! This week, we’re taking the next step: visualising the data for the shareholders. The QA Dashboard We have two main ways of Read more
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Welcome Back To Our Unit Trust Discussion! OK! Over the last few weeks I outlined and fleshed out the basics of my Unit Trust system, a system that is intended to help visualise risk. Then last week we got just a little mathematical, nothing crazy but when considering all of the units and various factors, Read more
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