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i’m pretty new here and its my first post so firstly i’d like to say hi to all and top notch wit the site.
anyways.. on to my question.
To gain Game testing or software testin or playtestin as a career on either the xbox or pc, wot requirements do u actually require besides being an avid gamer and general pc knowledge and console repairs and stuff..
i’m reali interested in seekin employment doing this but i’m jus curious on wot’s actually required as opposed to just gaming.. like can u offer online review’s or optional additions that would be great in games…
thankx for readin.. and please.. be gentle…
and.. on the third day… he respawned.. horrid lag i say :roll:
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i’m pretty new here and its my first post so firstly i’d like to say hi to all and top notch wit the site.
anyways.. on to my question.
To gain Game testing or software testin or playtestin as a career on either the xbox or pc, wot requirements do u actually require besides being an avid gamer and general pc knowledge and console repairs and stuff..
i’m reali interested in seekin employment doing this but i’m jus curious on wot’s actually required as opposed to just gaming.. like can u offer online review’s or optional additions that would be great in games…
thankx for readin.. and please.. be gentle…
and.. on the third day… he respawned.. horrid lag i say :roll:[/quote:614c72d9cb]
The ability to spell correctly and not write in text message language is a very important one for a QA person? lol.. Just kidding..
For testing no qualifications are really required. You should enjoy finding bugs within games, writing clear descriptions of how to reproduce them. Your opinion of a game generally doesnt really matter. Opinions or ability to break down a game critically really only applies to the role of designer. Testers in my experience have little say in the out come of a game, unless its an in house play tester or something. QA testers typically get a list of bugs or areas to focus testing on, then write a report on what’s fix and whats not. Then repeat about 200 times :)
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A lot of testers I’ve met have been on game design courses (as thats what they want to be). You’ll be asked for opinion of the features in the game so you’ll need to be able to convey your thoughts in a clear manner (unlike me…I just say something is s**t’ or ‘alright’)
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Additional Languages isn’t a requirement but definatly a plus, they would appear to get preference from what i’ve seen.
Depends what sorta tester you want to be. If your looking for full time testing job, then you’d probably want to be an in house tester, where you have a bit more involvement with the whole game development process, then you’d ideally be coming from a game design course or something similar.
If its not that permanent job then as long as your compitent enough to spot bugs and have an interest in games then dont see a problem.
Additional languages are a bonus for both :)
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