Behind the Scenes of Top-Quality Game Releases: A Chat with Mac Clark

Behind the Scenes of Top-Quality Game Releases: A Chat with Mac Clark

Welcome to Test Case Scenario! In this episode, our host Jason Baum, along with panelists Evelyn Coleman and Marcus Merrell, are joined by special guest Mac Clark, a Solutions Engineer and Game Developer Evangelist at Sauce Labs. Get ready for a deep dive into the world of game development, debugging strategies, as well as a discussion on Sauce Labs’ 2023 Gaming Experience Survey.

Infographic: 2023 Gaming Experience Survey:
https://saucelabs.com/resources/blog/2023-gaming-experience-survey-infographic

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0:00 - Intro

3:00 - Trolling in bug reporting

7:40 - How game patches started

11:30 - Mitigating crashes and errors

15:00 - Prioritizing critical bugs

18:11 - Evelyn’s play-through gaming style

19:32 - Debugging for mobile vs PC vs console

22:16 - Culture of bug finding and shaming

25:00 - Game review and adoption rate

31:00 - Positive side of bugs and hacks