How do I become a game tester with no experience?

Is it hard being a game tester?

Do you get tired of the same games? It's not that it's hard, but it's hard for me to test games and play new ones every day, so it's a bit boring. Have you played any games this year? I don't know if I can say I played any games, but I have played various games since April this year. I think I have played at least 15 to 20 games. It's my first time this year, so it's not really a normal number. I think this will be my maximum until the end of the year.

Would you like to try something different? I would like to do better in game quality. I think game quality has changed a lot recently. I played 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild', and it was very well-made. You can play this game on a smartphone, and that's great, but 'Mario Kart' is a console game, which is completely different from that. I wish there was more action games. I also want to play a game where the graphics are very high, and the character's movements are fast.

What is your favourite game? I think it's the one I'm playing right now. I'm currently playing 'Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Sunshine'. It's a 2D game, but the graphics are nice, and it looks fun. Also, the character moves very quickly and that's interesting. I like that. It's a cute game, so I'm enjoying it.

What about the new game, 'Worms Battlegrounds'? I think it's a great game. I think I'm going to finish it soon. I've finished almost all the stages.

It's not about your personal preference, but you have said that it would be good to be able to play your favourite games on mobile phones.

How do I become a game tester from home?

I'm hoping to do this and I have a full time job as a software developer, but want to make games on my own and play them myself when I get bored from work and life.

This seems to be the quickest way to test. How do I actually get into one of these paid positions? Are there any tips or information on where to look? What companies would you advise looking at to get into the paid gaming industry? Thanks!

The problem with a lot of game testing companies is that the people who work there typically have some degree of gaming expertise/experience. Which means that the tests will not always run in exactly the same way or the results are going to be biased towards their opinions which will in turn bias the final results. The best option if you know exactly what you're looking for, is to apply to a studio such as Ubisoft or EA since they also require people who don't necessarily have experience in gaming as testers because they have a reputation to uphold for quality over quantity.

The reason I don't think the gaming community has much of a presence on Reddit is because most people who do game dev simply find their game project a chore. In other words, it just consumes too much of their time/energy and they just move on to a fresh project. There are some exceptions but that's simply the nature of the beast. It's like the music industry. Most artists don't really care about their fan base but the people in charge do.

My advice, if you want to go straight to working on games as a freelancer is to start at game jams. Game jams are organized every year all over the world. Basically, these are one day events where developers all over the world come together and create teams for projects. You'll be working in a team of a handful of people who all think they can write games. Some won't even be familiar with programming. Yet they'll all pitch in ideas. You'll have to choose who among the group of potential programmers and artists you think you'll mesh best. You won't be writing code by yourself but you should be able to come up with an idea about your next project. You'll be working on a team so you'll still have input into the team. Plus you'll be surrounded by people all thinking they can write a game.

What's more, you'll probably be in a jam session with some big time game devs.

Do you need qualifications to be a game tester?

No, not really.

Game testing has no job description and is open to anyone who is dedicated, passionate and passionate about games. I would encourage all game tester types to join the Game Jolt Game Tester's Club to keep up to date with the latest software and hardware news.

My name is Mike S. I'm a game tester working for a company based in Australia. Unfortunately we don't have a game testing position available at the moment but my career path has led me to joining Game Jolt.

Hello. My name is Adam R. And I'm an Australian game tester. It took me a while to get into games as I was more of an RPG player back in the day. So in 2024 I decided to try out the free-to-play games and started playing mobile games to find something new. What I really liked was testing the free-to-play models and seeing if I could find where the bugs were. Nowadays, I spend a bit of time searching for new and unreleased titles.

My name is Dan C. And I'm originally from the USA, and moved to the UK a few years ago. I got into the industry in 2024, by accident, and found myself stuck testing a bunch of browser-based flash games. Since then I've learned and made the most of the opportunities that come up, working in web- and phone-based games with a focus on mobile.

My name is Chris K. And I am a UK based game tester. After getting into the industry in 2024, I quickly moved into the QA side of things. There are lots of great opportunities in the mobile game industry, and I'd recommend starting out with the smaller mobile projects as they offer better scope for learning.

My name is Ian S. And I'm an experienced game tester living in the UK. Starting out in the industry in late 2024 I moved onto a web team, working on iOS and Android games until finding myself with access to a lot of free time to tinker around. Since then I've worked on a number of different games including some on Steam, and still working one game on iOS. I work on a variety of platforms so have managed to dip my toe into a little of everything.

My name is Dave S. And I'm a tester based in London, U.

How do I become a game tester with no experience?

My friends and I are planning to release a board game.

We're currently looking for testers. The idea of the game is that it's a "test your skills" game. You play against the computer or against a friend, and the goal is to finish the game as fast as you can.

The game is a mix of a race, action and skill game. The player(s) have to solve puzzles to progress through the game. The idea is that you'd get a feel for how to play the game by solving a few of the puzzles, then playing the game in real-time (or at least, testing the game).

I'm thinking that the game could potentially be released on Steam, and I would like to make the game accessible to as many people as possible. I've done some research into this, and the best way to do this seems to be to create a demo and submit it for approval on Steam.

My question is, how do I go about doing this? I have no experience with creating demos and submitting them for approval. A lot of the information I've found so far has been very complex and technical, which is why I'm asking here. I would prefer to not need to learn how to create a demo. I would like to have it submitted for approval and published on Steam without needing to learn how to do that.

I'm currently reading about using GameMaker, but it seems like a lot of people don't recommend using GameMaker for games that are designed to be submitted for Steam approval. I'm asking this question because I'm hoping to get advice from other indie game developers who have experience with this. It's a good question, I've only ever been able to test games before they get submitted to steam by having them tested on my computer. You might be able to do something similar with a friend's computer but they will most likely need to have the game installed on their own computer, but again, that's assuming you have a friend who's willing to give you a little bit of his/her time.

Viktor JanssonJan 5 '13 at 18:53. I'm not sure if I understand your question completely, but perhaps this might help: Yes, you can submit a game for approval on Steam without ever having submitted a game for approval on Steam before.