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General software QA does, or at least should, work like that but games QA isn't like general software QA. Since games software is basically a one-shot project
by ThrowawayR2 3y ago
General software QA does, or at least should, work like that but games QA isn't like general software QA. Since games software is basically a one-shot project (i.e. there's no expectation of long term support beyond a few patches) and not really amenable to automation, games QA are usually non-technical manual testers given fixed scripts to execute.
- PsylentKnight 3y ago> Since games software is basically a one-shot project (i.e. there's no expectation of long term support beyond a few patches) That used to be the norm but it’s not always now. Just look at Minecraft or Terraria, they’ve been getting updates for over a decade now
- serf 3y agothat's not a new concept; the first everquest is still being updated -- but parent is still right, the 'normal game' has an initial release, a few updates to fix those bugs, maybe a content patch, a few updates to fix those new bugs, and that's about it.