Game Tester Jobs at Home – Primer for Game Testing

While there are tier 2 professional game testers with degrees in gameplay specialization, there are quite a number of freelancers out there who have been working on game tester jobs at home with nothing but a high-school diploma (which isn’t even necessary to be a game tester), a computer, a next-gen gaming console (which is not all that necessary too, but a big plus nonetheless) and a passion for gaming.

If you want to have a clearer grasp of what it is that game testers tackle, the following is a list of questions that game testers usually need to find answers for

Navigation

1. Is the main game menu easy to understand?
2. Is it eye-friendly?
3. Is the gaming experience, navigation-wise, customizable?
4. Is navigation smooth?

Features

5. Is the storyline engaging?
6. How replay-able is single-player mode?
7. Is the degree of customization for graphic settings and controls acceptable?
8. How will you rate the multi-player mode?

Gameplay

9. Is the game fast-paced or too slow?
10. Is there game balance in multi-player mode?
11. What are your suggestions or recommendations to improve gameplay? (More enemies? Bigger maps? More complex terrain? More weapons? More quests?)

Positioning

12. What segment should the game be marketed to? Kids? Teenagers? Adults? Asians? Women?

However, the most important part of the report would be the bugs-and-glitches part, where you create detailed descriptions of the glitches you encountered in the game. This is the part where you actually help the game developers fix errors and avoid potentially rant-inducing issues and make an excellent overall gaming experience for those who’d buy the game later.

Note that most jobs will issue you a ready stable of questions and report formats. If you can answer questions of this nature, you are on your way to landing great game tester jobs at home.