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digital games tester

Digital games testers review and test various genres of digital games by playing them in order to find bugs and glitches within the game's functionality or graphics.

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Description

Digital games testers review and test various genres of digital games by playing them in order to find bugs and glitches within the game's functionality or graphics. They may evaluate the capacity of attraction and playability of games. They may also debug the games themselves.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

levels of software testing software anomalies digital game genres application usability

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

query languages ICT project management methodologies principles of animation LDAP MDX Process-based management Agile project management LINQ software interaction design XQuery ICT debugging tools resource description framework query language N1QL lean project management human-computer interaction tools for ICT test automation SPARQL

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

address problems critically execute software tests report test findings replicate customer software issues provide software testing documentation

OPTIONALOptional competences

measure software usability debug software compose digital game story develop automated software tests demonstrate functionality of video games conduct ICT code review perform software recovery testing create game testing software manage schedule of tasks use scripting programming create concept of digital game develop ICT test suite

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)