Game Development Reference
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Differently from the other roles in a mobile dev team, the testers are not expected to
achieve a specific academic formation to accomplish their tasks. For entry testing po-
sitions, a high school diploma is enough.
Instead, we could say that games are the school of choice for a tester. Having played
tons of them, on different platforms, genre, and input devices is a must. The more
games and gaming devices a tester has experience with, the better he is at playing
them and at fully exploring their features, in order to find out what doesn't work as ex-
pected.
It is also important for a tester to have a glossary on essential gameplay and bug re-
porting definitions. Terms such as alpha, beta, QA, gold master, and bug definitions
are much appreciated by those who decide if you are worthy of a full time tester posi-
tion.
As a professional player, the game tester needs to resist the temptation of playing for
fun to experience games from an objective perspective. For a tester, playing is not
fun; it is a means to accomplish his/her job! He is requested to play games regardless
of whether he likes them or not.
There is a very interesting and detailed article about the role of the game tester that
we suggest you check out at the following link:
