Towards Automated Video Game Testing: Still a Long Way to Go

Towards Automated Video Game Testing: Still a Long Way to Go. Politowski, C., Gu�h�neuc, Y., & Petrillo, F. In Proceedings of the 6th ICSE International Workshop on Games and Software Engineering (GAS), pages 37–43, May, 2022. ACM Press. 7 pages.

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As the complexity and scope of game development increases, play testing remains an essential activity to ensure the quality of video games. Yet, the manual, ad-hoc nature of play testing gives space to improvements in the process. In this study, we investigate gaps between academic solutions in the literature for automated video game testing and the needs of video game developers in the indus-try. We performed a literature review on video game automated testing and applied an online survey with video game develop-ers. The literature results show a rise in research topics related to automated video game testing. The survey results show that game developers are skeptical about using automated agents to test games. We conclude that there is a need for new testing approaches that did not disrupt the developer workflow. As for the researchers, the focus should be on the testing goal and testing oracle.

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   AUTHOR       = {Cristiano Politowski and Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc and 
      Fabio Petrillo},
   BOOKTITLE    = {Proceedings of the 6<sup>th</sup> ICSE International Workshop on Games and Software Engineering (GAS)},
   TITLE        = {Towards Automated Video Game Testing: Still a Long Way 
      to Go},
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   ABSTRACT     = {As the complexity and scope of game development 
      increases, play testing remains an essential activity to ensure the 
      quality of video games. Yet, the manual, ad-hoc nature of play 
      testing gives space to improvements in the process. In this study, we 
      investigate gaps between academic solutions in the literature for 
      automated video game testing and the needs of video game developers 
      in the indus-try. We performed a literature review on video game 
      automated testing and applied an online survey with video game 
      develop-ers. The literature results show a rise in research topics 
      related to automated video game testing. The survey results show that 
      game developers are skeptical about using automated agents to test 
      games. We conclude that there is a need for new testing approaches 
      that did not disrupt the developer workflow. As for the researchers, 
      the focus should be on the testing goal and testing oracle.}
}

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