| You can apply for a video game tester job online, | | | | The main role of a video game tester is to |
| get it and start to do your testing. But I tell you, | | | | detect bugs. If you can easily recognize bugs |
| it's not easy to get an offer online, its best done | | | | while playing video games, you won't find this job |
| offline. At the end of this article, I am going to | | | | difficult to do. |
| reveal to you places you are likely to find, apply, | | | | How the job is done |
| get and begin your testing. Firstly, you need to | | | | It varies depending on the kind of testing. If its |
| know the role of a video game tester. Because if | | | | computer games, it done on the internet but it's |
| you don't know what you are going in for, then | | | | the usual video game, it can be done at home or |
| it's likely you won't do the job well. So read on, | | | | at a place the company specifies for you. When |
| and discover for yourself what you would do | | | | you receive samples of video game to test, it |
| when you become a video game tester. | | | | comes with a manual which describes what it's |
| Responsibilities of a video game tester | | | | expected of you to deliver after playing the |
| Video game testing is a kind of quality control | | | | game. It's in the form of an application form |
| done to ensure that high quality games are | | | | which has spaces to jot your opinion on levels. |
| distributed into the market. Quality control, on its | | | | You either write down your observation as you |
| own, simply means the act of confirming the | | | | play or write after playing the games, but its |
| quality of products by passing out samples. Your | | | | better to have a jotter beside you to write down |
| job as a video game tester is to test samples | | | | some certain things to help to easily recollect |
| and view your opinion where there should be | | | | when filling the company's main form. I suggest |
| adjustment, especially in the areas of bugs, art | | | | you play the game 3 or more time before writing |
| glitches and logic errors. If this looks difficult, there | | | | down your opinion. As you play, watch out for |
| is another type of video game testing which is | | | | bugs or glitches because that's the main purpose |
| called beta testing. This type requires little or no | | | | of the testing. When you've finished making a |
| experience, as long as you play video games, you | | | | report, proofread read the report to make sure |
| will be able to tackle it smoothly. | | | | that there are no spelling and grammar errors. |