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