{"id":1673,"date":"2025-05-13T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:49:26","slug":"testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/2025\/05\/13\/testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#dfdfdf\">This week, Sophie spoke to us all about the importance of accessibility in video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User Testing vs Bug Reporting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>User Testing<\/strong> &#8211; Testing the game itself does the gameplay work? Is it cohesive? Is it easily understandable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bug Reporting<\/strong> &#8211; Intentionally trying to break the game in order to find things\/ aspects of the game that need to be fixed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After we were told the difference, we were tasked with completing bug reports from games made by previous WSA Games Design and Art students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<strong>Esther&#8217;s Story<\/strong>&#8216; is a short narrative puzzle game made in two weeks for the Buddy Up Jam: Winter 2022 game jam:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/queue\/c\/1728167\/alumni-games-on-itch?game_id=1406625\u00a0\">https:\/\/itch.io\/queue\/c\/1728167\/alumni-games-on-itch?game_id=1406625<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-194.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-194.png 797w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-194-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-194-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-194-768x761.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clean up on isle<\/strong>:\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/queue\/c\/61212\/winchester-school-of-art-games-design-art-course?game_id=3273575\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-196.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-196.png 886w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-196-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-196-768x632.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-196-850x699.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clean up on isle<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-197.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-197.png 887w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-197-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-197-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/image-197-850x672.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Sophie spoke to us all about the importance of accessibility in video games. 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