HeadSpin for Game Testing

Q: What is cleanroom testing?

Cleanroom testing is a QA method used by game developers to validate and improve the performance, consistency, and reliability of gaming software. Testers use cleanroom testing to identify the leading cause behind the bugs and minor errors in a game.

Q: Why is regression testing crucial for gaming software?

Regression testing verifies the entire functionality of gaming software from scratch and identifies new bugs. With the help of regression testing, game developers re-execute the code and compare its output with previous outputs to enhance the performance of games.

Q: Can you test the in-app transaction performance of gaming apps with HeadSpin?

Yes. With the HeadSpin Platform, gaming companies can create test sessions to analyze the in-app transaction performance of gaming apps. Gaming companies can also automate various customer user journeys with the HeadSpin Platform to understand the transaction-related problems faced by users while using their gaming apps.

Q: What is recovery testing?

Game developers use recovery tests to understand how well a gaming application can recover from crashes, hardware failures, and other failures. In this testing method, a gaming application is forced to fail, and testers will check how it recovers from the failure conditions.

Learn how global gaming companies are working with HeadSpin and using deep ML models to test gaming apps, identify gameplay malfunctions, and resolve game performance issues across global locations.

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How Gaming Companies Leverage HeadSpin’s Platform for Testing Games

Measure & monitor network latency impacting gaming experiences

Perform UX testing on real devices with recorded test sessions

Analyze game performance & impact - FPS, CPU, memory & battery usage

Measure audio-video quality using HS reference-free MOS score

Perform KPI-based performance benchmarking

Create, execute & automate tests on real devices

Measure performance of in-game advertising campaigns

Test & monitor in-app transaction performance

Run multiplayer testing

Core KPIs Tracked by HeadSpin for
‍Gaming Companies

Memory Usage

Battery Usage

Frame Rate

Audio/Video Mean Opinion Score

Time To Interaction

Launch Time

App Crashes

Run thousands of tests parallelly at scale without worrying about device availability with our reliable global device infrastructure.

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Leverage a reliable global device infrastructure

HeadSpin Enables Leading Global Gaming Company Achieve Faster Release Cycles

About the Customer

A Japan-based multinational conglomerate corporation

Industry: Mobile Gaming

Employees: 500+

The Objective

To validate mobile user experiences from an application and gaming perspective across multiple locations worldwide through manual and automated testing so as to assure seamless gaming experiences

Our Solution

HeadSpin provided the gaming company with an innovative game testing Platform to improve its user experience worldwide as follows:

The HeadSpin Platform enabled the gaming company to control devices remotely for both manual and automated testing and ensured exceptional end-user experience

Increased engineering velocity and moved to a high-velocity continuous release model leveraging automation with 2-3 releases per week

Impact

Enabled end-to-end automation by sniffing new builds and executing tests on them

75%

reduction in the time-to-market for new feature release

Leading American Gaming Company Leverages HeadSpin's Data Science Insights to Achieve Flawless Game Performance

About the Customer

A US-based social gaming company headquartered in San Francisco

Industry: Gaming

Employees: 2250+

The Objective

To automate testing for different user journeys so as to proactively resolve issues for a geographically distributed user base

To ramp-up testing infrastructure to test dynamic user journeys

Our Solution

HeadSpin deployed dedicated Android and iOS devices on Headspin hosted cloud across multiple geographies worldwide

HeadSpin delivered test automation for Unity (the platform used by the company)

With HeadSpin’s solutions, the company identified various factors for battery drain and improved the overall playtime of users using lower-end devices

HeadSpin offered the infrastructure the company needed to understand user experience across their major market geographies

Impact