Game testing, a subset of game development, is a software testing process for quality control of video games. Primary function of game testing is discovery and documentation of software defects.
The formal process, performed by professional game testers, begins late into development. Interactive entertainment software testing is a highly technical field requiring computing expertise, analytic competence, critical evaluation skills, and endurance.
A game tester is a member of a development team who performs game testing. Game Testers are responsible for checking that the game works, it is easy to use, the actions makes sense, and the gameplay is fun.
Testers need to write accurate and specific bug reports, and if possible providing descriptions of how the bug can be reproduced. Testers may be assigned to a single game during its entire production, or brought onto other projects as demanded by the department's schedule and specific needs.
