Game Testing Quotes

A very important part of game development is testing - something that a lot of developers don't do.

We didn't have our online service developed. We had never shipped a console game before as a company. So we were developing a lot of new competencies as a company and assembling a new team.

The guys from Atari that are making the next Alone in the Dark game came and we had a great meeting. I'd love to do that. I'm a fan of videogames. I like them. And to get to be part of one of them would be a fun and exciting thing.

Right now we're working on finishing up Pirates! for the Xbox, we're developing Civilization IV and we've got a couple other games in development that we'll tell you about soon.

Using a mouse, keyboard or gamepad make my arm tired, so I can't use them in a continual manner. The only device I can use for an extended period of time is a joystick. It's posing problems when I'm test-playing something in progress.

I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.

Myself and the team at Gearbox have a very keen interest in cross-platform play.

I completely love playing and designing games and always will. I am so into games that I listen to game music all day. That may sound strange, but you can guarantee I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.

I used to be a part-time enthusiast press games writer when I was starting to get into making indie games.

For me, going out on loan and playing men's football was crucial, and I was getting bored of playing Under-23 football because I wasn't getting tested.

We are a game developer ourselves, and we built everything we need for our games. We share everything we built, including our game engine.

The great times are when you put a game on location and see others play it for the first time. After all, we are really kind of an entertainer. You perform for the joy of the audience.

'Syndicate' is technically the first game I worked on.

I had a friend who had done the cinematics for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' so he kind of indoctrinated me into the series. I did a bunch of temp stuff for him - I roughed stuff in the game for him, playing about nine characters - just so he had some character templates to work from.

Specifically, my favorite tool in Java is hot code swapping in debug mode, meaning I can edit the code while the game is running and immediately see the results in the running game. This is super great for rapid tweaking.

There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.