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Computer Games Tester Careers

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Work Environment:

Computer game testers (quality-assurance technicians) play games repeatedly to find any errors and bugs which have to be debugged before game gets to market.

Testing is an essential component of production procedure. Being a computer game tester, you'd find and record programming-bugs. You'd also behave as first audience of game, give reports on game's playability and suggest improvements.

Being a member of team of quality assurance testers, you'd:

  • work to targets
  • test various versions and levels of computer game

  • record every bug report in software quality-management system
  • analyze game's performance with reference to what designer anticipated
  • check content/text in instruction booklets and on packaging
  • compare game with other games in market
  • find out problems and recommend changes
  • play computer games methodically and in different ways
  • attempt to find out reasons behind problems
  • examine for spelling-mistakes and copyright matters, like logos
You'd work intimately with game programmers, designers and artists before release of game, and with customer-support staff after game's launch.

Qualification, Education and Experience:

You can get into game industry through quality assurance (QA) testing work, specifically if you're not previously qualified as a programmer/artist.

You don't necessitate standard qualifications to be a computer game tester, since your understanding of games market and playing abilities would be essential for companies. Though, it'd be helpful to have experience of utilizing database packages and spreadsheets, and basic understanding of programming.

Companies would demand to see evidence of your-knowledge and passion for this industry. Maintaining yourself updated with gaming publications and websites, and attending games-festivals could assist you with this.

Experience into games-retails could be helpful to get background knowledge and an understanding of audience requirements.

Though not necessary, holding a BTEC-HND or degree into computing, games design or games-development could be helpful, particularly if you wish to advance to producing, programming or design.

Many universities provide computer games training courses. Most useful-courses comprise practical abilities and placements. Several people get work within this industry by placements. For details regarding admission requirements and course content, contact universities. For information about industry acknowledged courses, check the website of skill-set.

Training Details:

You'd improve your skills at the work. Though, your company might give training into game designer, test-plans and utilizing their bug-reporting software.

You can improve your employability and skills by obtaining qualifications into software testing through BCS ISEB (British Computer-Society's Information Systems Exam Board). For further information, check the website of BCS ISEB.

Skills and knowledge:

  • excellent office computer abilities
  • excellent verbal and written communication abilities
  • an understanding of games market
  • an enthusiasm for games-playing with skills to play on higher levels
  • concentration to details
  • capability to work within a team
  • a disciplined and systematic manner
  • capability to work under-pressure and accomplish targets
  • tactful approach
  • outstanding problem resolving and analytical abilities
  • persistence and patience, to execute repetitive tasks
  • excellent negotiation abilities

Salary and Other Benefits:

  • Initial remunerations for computer game testers can be about £14,000 to £20,000 for a year.
  • By experience income can get to around £28,000.
  • Being a quality assurance team head, earnings can get to around £33,000 for a year.

Working Conditions:

You'd generally work for unsocial and extended hours to accomplish targets, specifically in run up to release of a game. Sometimes, games-testing could be stressful, repetitive and hectic.

You'd work within an office and employ much of working time at computer.

Different Opportunities:

You can work with a quality assurance testing firm, games publisher or bigger games developer.

Openings might be publicized by games sites and recruitment agencies. You can get job by contacting directly to firms, and creating contacts within industry.

You can advance to QA management and lead tester, or get into marketing, level design or production-management. You'd require additional skills like 3D modeling or programming, to get into specialist fields.

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