Game Testing All in One (Game Development Series)
Game Testing All in One (Game Development Series)
ISBN: 1592003737
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 205
Pages: 205
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Game Testing All in One
- Introduction
- Who Should Read this Book?
- Using this Book
- Part I: About Game Testing
- Chapter 1: Two Rules of Game Testing
- Trust No One
- Give and Take
- The Rest of the Story
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 2: Being a Game Tester
- Identifying Bugs
- Amplifying Problems
- Notifying the Team
- Testify to Others
- Verify the Fix
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 3: Why Testing is Important
- Who Cares?
- Defect Typing
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part II: Making Games
- Chapter 4: The Game Team
- The Test Team
- The Art Team
- The Sound Team
- Other Technical Roles
- Organizing the Teams
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 5: The Game Production Cycle
- Concept Development
- Preproduction (Proof of Concept)
- Development
- Alpha
- Beta
- Code Freeze
- Release to Manufacture
- Patches
- Upgrades
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part III: Testing Fundamentals
- Chapter 6: Software Quality
- Game Quality Appraisal
- Game Standards
- Game Quality Measurements
- Quality Plans
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 7: Test Phases
- Pre-Production
- Test Kickoffs
- Alpha
- Beta
- Gold Testing
- Release Certification
- Post-Release Testing
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 8: The Test Process
- White Box Testing
- The Life Cycle of a Build
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 9: Testing by the Numbers
- Testing Effectiveness
- Tester Performance
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part IV: Testing Techniques
- Chapter 10: Combinatorial Testing
- Values
- Constructing Tables
- Combinatorial Templates
- Combinatorial Tools
- Combinatorial Economics
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 11: Test Flow Diagrams
- TFD Design Activities
- Using SmartDraw
- A TFD Example
- Data Dictionary
- TFD Paths
- Creating Test Cases From Paths
- TFD Templates
- To TFD or Not to TFD?
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 12: Cleanroom Testing
- Cleanroom Test Generation
- Inverted Usage
- TFD Flow Usage Inversion
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 13: Test Trees
- Test Case Trees
- Tree Feature Tests
- Test Tree Designs
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 14: Play Testing and Ad Hoc Testing
- Play Testing
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part V: More Effective Testing
- Chapter 15: Defect Triggers
- The Triggers
- Classifying Defects
- Defect Triggers and Test Designs
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 16: Game Test Automation
- Types of Games to Automate
- Five Habits of Effective Automated Testing
- Cost Analysis
- Test Automation in Action: The Sims Online
- The Future of Test Automation
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 17: CapturePlayback Testing
- CapturePlayback Test Automation
- CapturePlayback Example
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part VI: Appendices
- Appendix A: Answers to Exercises
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Appendix B: Project Lifecycle Documents
- Index to Documents
- High Concept Document
- Game Proposal ( Pitch Doc )
- Concept Document
- Game Design Document (GDD)
- Art Production Plan
- Technical Design Document (TDD)
- Test Plan
- Project Plan
- External Events
- Current Risks
- Credits
- Change List and Project Archives
- Appendix C: Combinatorial Table Templates
- Appendix D: Test Flow Diagram (TFD) Templates
- Craft Item
- Heal Character
- CreateSave
- Unlock and Buy Item
- Update Song List
- Complete a Mission or Quest
- Get Weapon and Ammo
- Appendix E: Sample Test Suite: RTS Building Checklist
- Appendix F: What s on the CD
- Tools
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_Y
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars
- CD Content
Game Testing All in One (Game Development Series)
ISBN: 1592003737
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 205
Pages: 205