Game Testing at Indium Software - Case Study
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Indium's game testing services were chosen by a global gaming firm due to their extensive experience and asset base, enabling accurate quality assurance across multiple devices. The testing process included automation-driven methodologies and effective communication with the client, leading to a successful product launch with high ratings. Indium's capability to quickly scale its resources and provide comprehensive infrastructure support contributed to timely project completion and improved software quality.
Game Testing at Indium Software - Case Study
- 1. The asset base The experience level Cost competitiveness Some of the qualities the publisher for included: Indium’s game testing proved to be the right fit for the client because of our experience in testing across devices. We were able to perform testing on: Our testing lab houses mobile devices and Tablets of all kinds –Android, iOS, Windows and Amazon Kindle We also have gaming PCs & Laptops to support game titles We have experienced personnel, averaging 12 years of experience in game testing. ADVANTAGE INDIUM The client had attempted to create an in-house testing team but faced certain hurdles: The ideal solution was to look for a testing partner with its own asset base to outsource quality assurance to. Games need to be tested on the right devices for accurate quality assurance. For this, the client needed to invest in the devices, which would become redundant after the game was released. The second challenge was to hire key, experienced QA personnel, which added to the costs. Assets also add to overhead costs, an additional drain on the finances of the publishing company. In-house testing would dilute the focus of the company from publishing to managing the testing assets KNOWLEDGE CHALLENGES A leading global firm based in the US was developing a software tool for workforce management, employee attendance marking, collecting labour data and generating attendance summary of a large workforce. The software was developed using .NET technologies and AJAX and Oracle 10G was the database used. TheThe client was scouting around for the right testing partner, one who had the capability to manage the testing process at rapid speed, without sacrificing quality. Importantly, the QA team at the client site wanted a 100% automation-driven testing process, to reduce time-to-release, for every build. Also, the project needed handling of multiple data sets for a highly data intensive application. CLIENT PROFILE Reliability, quality assurance at competitive costs make Indium the ideal testing partner for this video games publisher. Enhancing Software Quality
- 2. I can’t say enough about how great this team has been. We have had a launch on 4 platforms –first geo-locked, and then world-wide. The team has been very adaptive to last minute overtime requests, and have done so cheerfully. They have been integral to a very successful launch (we are number #3 in casino worldwide in Apple store). We also have a 5 star rating in the Apple store. In other words –this team is excellent. There is nothing they need to improve right now. - QA Manager of a billion dollar gaming firm in US BENEFITS OF INDIUM GAME TESTING TOOLS Defect Management Tool –JIRA 15,000 test cases were developed METRICS Team size: 80 Duration: 7 + months KEY PROJECT STATISTICS We at Indium go the extra mile to make sure the projects we undertake are delivered successfully, on time, every time. To ensure this, we equipped ourselves suitably: Rapid scalability of resources –our team was beefed up from 8 to 80 in two months. This helped us complete the project on time. Infrastructure: We spruced up our infrastructure to suit the needs of the project, thus covering every aspect of testing. Effective Communication: Continuous interaction with the customers and their third party developers helped us gain their confidence and test in real time. SuggestionsSuggestions and Improvements: Based on our vast experience in game testing, we made suggestions to the customer on game design and monetization. This not only got positive feedback, but the suggestions were implemented and enhanced the quality. BENEFITS OF INDIUM GAME TESTING Execution –we worked closely with the client right from the alpha stage of the project, then beta, close master, soft launch, global launch and maintenance, updates and patches Shared daily status report Shared weekly status report Tracked a milestone checklistTracked a milestone checklist Maintained an iOS compliance and com- patibility checklist We maintained communication with the client, thus retaining their trust and updating them of progress periodically through multiple tiers: Chat based –Skype, Slack Audio conferencing bridges Video conferencing bridges Email communication Bug database (JIRA/Mantis) Our work was mapped out to include testing for: Functionality Compatibility Compliance Regressions Smoke Test case preparation After understanding the requirements for the testing, we invested in: Purchase of mobile devices Purchase of high end PCs Network (exclusive leased line, backup network lines) Firewall Hiring of full-time resources BENEFITS OF USING iSAFE These four steps ensure that the game to be tested is understood well, the test cases prepared, each level tested methodi- cally and the client provided with the right information critical for thev success of the game. © Indium Software Inc. | www.indiumsoft.com