An updated version of the bestselling Game Testing All In One 2/E, this book equips the reader with the rationale for testing of game software, how game testing and the tester fit into the game development process, practical knowledge of tools to apply to game testing, game tester roles and responsibilities, and the measurements to determine game quality and testing progress. The reader is taken step-by-step through test design and other QA methods, using real game situations. The book includes content for the latest console games and the new crop of touch, mobile, and social games that leave recently emerged. A companion DVD contains the tools used for the examples in the book and additional resources such as test table templates and generic flow diagrams to get started quickly with any game test project. Each chapter includes questions and exercises, making the book suitable for classroom use as well as a personal study or reference tool. -- back cover.

Includes index.

Chapter 1 : Two rules of game testing -- Chapter 2. Being a game tester -- Chapter 3. Why testing is important -- Chapter 4. Software quality -- Chapter 5. Test phases -- Chapter 6. The game testing process -- Chapter 7. Testing by the numbers -- Chapter 8. Combinatorial testing -- Chapter 9. Test flow diagrams -- Chapter 10. Cleanroom testing -- Chapter 11. Test trees -- Chapter 12. Ad Hoc testing and gameplay testing -- Chapter 13. Defect triggers -- Chapter 14. Regression testing and test reuse -- Chapter 15. Exploratory game testing -- Appendix A. Odd-numbered answers to exercises -- Appendix B. Basic test plan template -- Appendix C. Combinatorial test templates -- Appendix D. Test flow diagram (TFD) templates -- Appendix E. On the companion disc.