Game Operation Reigons

Game Operating Region	Explanation
Pre-Game	Game Launcher that assesses your PC to see if it is good enough. Ex. Fallout 3
Game Start	Main Menu that you can go through to start the game or go through settings. Ex. Tekken 7 Main Menu
In-Game	Gameplay of the game, the player controlling the characters in the game. Ex. Fighting in Tekken 7
Post-Game	Ending scenes triggered by game completion. Ex. Tekken 7 Ending Cutscene

	Identify where these different Gameplay parts of a Game exist within the Game Operating Regions diagram.

 

Game Play Part	Region	Game Play Part	Region
1. Main operating system window	Pre-Game	9. Credits	Post-Game
2. Configure pre-game options	Pre-Game	10. End of Game	Post-Game
3. System home screen	Game-Start	11. Development team name & logo	Pre-Game
4. Game being played	In-Game	12. Save Level Progress	In-Game
5. Quitting	In-Game	13. Loading screen	In-Game
6. Cut scene	In-Game	14. In Game options	In-Game
7. Main menu	Game-Start	15. Download maps	Game-Start
8. Reloading	In-Game	16. Menu screen options	In-Game

Bug/Defect Summary

Games Tester

Ben Ankers

Date of Test

25/06/2017

Versions

Windows 7

Bloons Tower Defence 5 Version 3.1

Defect Description

When losing lives due to the balloons reaching the end of the track the lives sometimes do not count down correctly

Severity

This is a Minor issue as it could result in game prematurely ending.

Steps to Reproduce

1.    Get to round 35 which has lots of balloons stacked up on each other

     Then let them get to the end then the defect happens.

     The lives counter will count wrong and you may lose the game

Actual Behaviour

The Balloons reach the end and the lives counter counts down too many.

Expected Behaviour

The player will expect the lives counter to count down correctly and not end the game early.

Evidence

I have Images of the defect before and after.

Workaround

I could not find a work around.

Test Suite

Combinatorial Testing

Data Dictionary

Game Test Processes

Process	Description	Which Phase Does This Take Place?
Smoke Testing	This is a test which determines if there is a super obvious problem with the game/disc.	1
White Box Testing	This is where testers are there to test games that they know about and they go out of their way to find bugs.	2/3
Black Box Testing	This is where people test a game and they are just going to play the game with no intention to try and find bugs or break the game.	3
Clean Room Testing	This is where testers are observed in the way that they play the game. This is testing the game without a test suite.	4
Play Testing	This is when the game is given out for it to be tested by lots of people and then they would receive feedback which would help make the game better.	3/4
Ad Hoc Testing	This is where the QA team find something on their own and then they would report is and then it would be resolved.	all

                

Game Test Phases

Phase	Description	Phase of Testing: (Number)
Preparation	This is the stage in which the right people are gathered to test the games functions, test suites are also set up to help the testers.	1
Alpha	This is where the games mechanics are there although there is no content. This is there to test mechanics and to find any major flaws.	2
Beta	This is where content is added to the game so there is an actual game to play. External testing reaches out to others to test it, Internals testing it getting your team to test the game.	3
Gold	This is the phase in which the game is very near completion and there is not lots of work to do before full completion.	4
Certification	This is where the game looked at by firms like PEGI or ESRB then it is shipped to shops to then sell in the future.	5
Regression	This is where the game needs a patch when something comes up and the game needs to be fixed asap.	6