Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing

Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry? Then this is the book is for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder. This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games QA testers.

List of contents

1 What Is QA
2 Contracts, Different Types of QA Companies, and Wages
3 Education and Mentoring
4 Community, Networking, and Events
5 Job Searching
6 CVs (Resume) and Cover Letters
7 Interviewing for a QA Job
8 Working in QA: Everyday Tips and Skills
9 Bug Report Breakdown
10 Types of Testing
11 Looking after Yourself (Mental Health and Your Rights)
12 Where to Go Next

About the author

Harún Ali has more than 4 years' worth of game testing experience, working on titles such as Lego Dimensions and Space MMO Star Citizen. Before working in the industry, he worked in the education sector as a game development tutor. That experience ignited a passion for educating people by volunteering as a STEM ambassador to speak at local schools, Limit Break Mentorship, and WASD, Yorkshire Games Festival, Develop:Brighton and EGX to advocate for QA and underrepresented groups within the games industry.

Summary

Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry? Then this is the book is for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder. This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games QA testers.

Product details

• Authors: Harun H. Ali
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032323985
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232398-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Series: The Pocket Mentors for Games Careers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation