Comments on: The five skills of kick ass game testers http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241 Mark Cooke's - personal and game development notes. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vinay http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-386 Vinay Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:57:33 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-386 Awesome article!!! Keep up the good work and please posting this kind of article which helps many people to improve in their careers!! Awesome article!!!
Keep up the good work and please posting this kind of article which helps many people to improve in their careers!!

]]> By: jeremiah parker http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-200 jeremiah parker Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-200 i want to be a game tester i want to be a game tester

]]> By: SH http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-186 SH Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:04:59 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-186 Absolutely right. If I had a nickel for everyone I saw who thought games testing was a "I want to get paid to play games" dream job & applying for them... I'd probably be pretty rich. They probably didn't have a single one of these skills other than the last. That crowd & the MMORPG first game makers are scary! Absolutely right. If I had a nickel for everyone I saw who thought games testing was a “I want to get paid to play games” dream job & applying for them… I’d probably be pretty rich. They probably didn’t have a single one of these skills other than the last. That crowd & the MMORPG first game makers are scary!

]]> By: Apoorva Sao http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-183 Apoorva Sao Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:29:49 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-183 Absolutely right. Totally agree with this being a game tester. Testing is not just playing games, its something that people wouldn't have even thought to do in the gameplay. Also one should clearly know all the Gaming terms and conventions and a great knowledge about the terminology used by different companies. And the most important thing is the Patience for the isolation of issues. "The more Versions, the more the game improves in the Quality." Absolutely right. Totally agree with this being a game tester. Testing is not just playing games, its something that people wouldn’t have even thought to do in the gameplay. Also one should clearly know all the Gaming terms and conventions and a great knowledge about the terminology used by different companies. And the most important thing is the Patience for the isolation of issues.

“The more Versions, the more the game improves in the Quality.”

]]> By: Mark Cooke http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-179 Mark Cooke Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:41:15 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-179 Good point. I've personally started looking at all my work from the customer perspective more and more. I'm torn as to whether or not all developers should do this - I often think that they should but then again unrestrained creativity without focusing on an existing customer base sometimes produces amazing results. I find putting yourself in the mind of the customer helps a lot when trying to decide between a few options on a controversial feature. Good point.

I’ve personally started looking at all my work from the customer perspective more and more. I’m torn as to whether or not all developers should do this – I often think that they should but then again unrestrained creativity without focusing on an existing customer base sometimes produces amazing results.

I find putting yourself in the mind of the customer helps a lot when trying to decide between a few options on a controversial feature.

]]> By: Kuroki http://www.gmixer.com/archives/241/comment-page-1#comment-178 Kuroki Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:00:29 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=241#comment-178 This is a solid list Mark. As an ex-tester I agree with every point. If I may add, a great tester should also provide constructive feedback when possible. A lot of the times, we end up putting our heads down and develop tunnel vision on the current task at hand. We end up playing the game in sections rather than the whole and the meta design sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. A good tester should play the consumer and let us know early on if something is great or just plain bad. I'd rather hear it from a tester than the reviewer! This is a solid list Mark. As an ex-tester I agree with every point. If I may add, a great tester should also provide constructive feedback when possible. A lot of the times, we end up putting our heads down and develop tunnel vision on the current task at hand. We end up playing the game in sections rather than the whole and the meta design sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. A good tester should play the consumer and let us know early on if something is great or just plain bad. I’d rather hear it from a tester than the reviewer!

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