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Alen Ladavac - Taking CI and automated testing seriously - WebCamp Zagreb 2018

WebCamp Zagreb

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  • Presented by Alen Ladavac of Croteam
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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Alen Ladavac discusses continuous integration and automated testing pipelines at Croteam, using Serious Sam and The Talos Principle as case studies.

Continuous integration and testing pipelines in games - case studies of The Talos Principle and Serious Sam 2018.webcampzg.org/talks/taking-ci-and-automated-testing-ser…

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What people say. Engineers recommend this talk as a rare and insightful look into robust automated testing practices within the game industry.

senkoon Hacker News • Recommends

On “I learned to love testing game code”

Here's also a good overview how Croteam (creators of Serious Sam and The Talos Principle) approach automated testing: link to this video The talk is from 2018 and references some of the trends in the industry towards more automated testing.

senkoon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Raytracing won't simplify AAA real-time rendering”

> From what I've seen game industry has terrible software engineering practices. You'd be surprised. Here's a talk from Croteam on how they test their games and engine: link to this video I'd wager all major engines are exhaustively tested. Trouble is, there's combinatorial explosion of game state, user input, assets, scripted behaviour and engine, so there's a huge area to cover.

dsegoon Hacker News • Mentions

On “TDD from the Factorio Team”

Not TDD but here is a talk about automated testing at Croteam Continuous integration and testing pipelines in games - case studies of The Talos Principle and Serious Sam link to this video

cpetersoon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?”

…ugh: the secret level could have been the foundation for automated unit testing game objects and battling characters. I haven’t watched them yet, but I added these relevant videos to my YouTube backlog just this week: * Automated Testing of Gameplay Features in 'Sea of Thieves' (GDC 2019): link * Taking CI and automated testing seriously (2018): link to this video…