| When it comes to video or computer game | | | | the game was not really designed to do (such as |
| testing, the game testers play a roll that is just as | | | | creating the largest army or getting to an |
| important as the developers and designers. | | | | extremely far away point on the map). So, the |
| Without anyone experienced to test the new | | | | game tester has to anticipate these things and |
| games and find the bugs, games would hit the | | | | try out some of the crazy or odd things that |
| market and the gamers out there would be upset | | | | other gamers might try to do to be sure that the |
| when certain weapons, tricks, cars, and so on, do | | | | game can handle the stress or not. |
| not work properly. Without game testers to find | | | | 3. You have to make sure that the game can |
| the problems in video or computer games before | | | | actually be beaten. This means that they have to |
| they are released, the gaming industry would be | | | | try to beat the game itself in all the possible |
| at a serious loss. So, what is it exactly that video | | | | ways, since there are all different types of |
| or computer game testers actually do? Well, they | | | | gamers who will try to beat the game in many |
| have a long list of tasks that they do for video | | | | different ways. Game testers have to anticipate |
| and computer game companies, but here are the | | | | this so there are no glitches or bugs when |
| top 4 main tasks of a video or computer game | | | | gamers try that particular path. |
| tester: | | | | 4. You will also be responsible for making sure |
| 1. You will actually play through the entire game | | | | that the game works correctly on the system |
| and make sure that everything works properly. | | | | that it was designed for. Such as in the case of |
| This means that they have to test out all the | | | | computer games, a game tester has to make |
| weapons, objects, cars, trucks, animals, | | | | sure that the game will work with a large |
| backgrounds, etc, to make sure that everything | | | | combination of different brands of hardware, |
| works right and that there are no glitches. When | | | | video cards, memory, and so forth. |
| you think about all the different components that | | | | There are many different aspects of a game |
| go into video and computer games, there can be | | | | tester's job, but these are the four main areas |
| hundreds of thousands of different combinations | | | | that a game tester has to be great at. Without |
| that have to be tested by a game tester. | | | | these four basic areas to a game tester's job, |
| 2. You also have to test the "limitations" of the | | | | most of the video or computer games on the |
| game. This means that many of the players who | | | | market would not work right. |
| eventually buy the game will try to do things that | | | | |