On all the platforms being supported
Check for background music
and sound effects
ON/OFF sound & background music
Receive the call and check
Verify if sound effects are in sync with action
ON/OFF device sound(native sound) and check
Check for vibration effect if present
User Interface
Check in Landscape/Portrait mode
Check for animation, movement of character, graphics, Zoom In/Out (all gestures) etc
There should not be any clipping (cutted background)
Test whether one object overlaps with another
Verify if loading indicator is displayed wherever required
Character should not move out of the screen/specified area
Test for enable and disable images/icons/buttons etc
Check for screen title
Check for message title, message description, label (should be appropriate)
Check scrolling
Font displayed (color, size etc)
Check other objects too (ex -if its a car race- you need to look at road, people, other objects like buildings etc)
Performance
Check the loading time of a game
Make sure that any action is not taking considerable time, game flow should be fast
Score
score calculation
Verify leaderboards General/All time/Weekly/local etc
Check the score registration functionality
Check the format (whether, comma is required in score etc ideally if customer is a foriegner coma should be in millions not in thousands )
Check for level completion syncs with the score
Time Out
Check for time out
Do the actions when time-out yet to happen
Multitasking
Switch b/w different apps and play game , check for sound, score, UI, time-out etc
Pause
Check if game is paused when call received or multitasking or sleep mode
Save Settings
Turnoff and ON device, check if settings are saved
Log out /On , check same
User should not loose his game in above conditions
User profile
Put a all types of images in Player profile and check
Put special character, numbers,space in username and check
Password should be in masked
Chat feature
Check the profile images
max limit of chat description
Enter empty string, special character and check
For a opponent , there should be a notification that he has received a message
Functionality
Check game area, game logic
play till last level
get the cheat codes from development team and check all the levels
Check for the features that will be unlocked level-wise
Check for bonus score
Check the score hike when level gets increased
Check for multi-tap action (example in a car race we hold accelerator and left/right turn button simultaneously)
Menu options
Different game modes/location
Help & About Screen
Should be in easily understandable format
free from spelling mistakes
URL should be hyperlinked (depends)
Multiplayer game
Session expiry check
login/log out
Registration (Sign Up)
Verify account (receive verification mail)
login with registered but not verified account (without clicking verification link)
Forgot password checks (many cases here)
Game flow
Check for WIN/lost/Draw
Check user statistics graph
Challenge/Decline challenge/receive challenge
Check for forfeit
Check when player 2’s turn is on Player 1 is not able to do actions (should not be able to forfeit also)
Check for pass turn
Check for time-out (for one player)
Check the score for both the players till game ends
Memory leak
Check the game when device memory is low
Network (n/w) check
N/w messages if n/w is not present
check if what happens when n/w not present and user plays a move (whether score submitted for that move etc)
Check for localization
Should be Support of different languages
Check for date/time format
Change the device date/time , format etc
Size
User wont like if your game takes lot of device space, so keep one eye on game file size
Device , OS
Check in supported screen sizes and os versions (basicaly depend upon Client requirement)
Depends on platform
Sometime we need to check as per OS guidliness as well. For ex in Wp7 we need to check in 2 background (light/dark).
Check Share options
Post score via mail/FB/Twitter
Check the posted/sent messages in FB/Twitter/Mail. Check links are hyperlinked and application icon is displayed in
the post (depends)
If twitter integration is a manual ( custom UI developed by developer), check what happens when u enter more than
140 chars (as twitter limit is 140)
Music playing during app launche
If music player running and we start installing any game app, music player should pauses without prompting for the user permission.
Steps for checking this:
1. Play a music file.
2. Launch the application.
3. Verify that while the application loads, it does not pause, resume or stop the actively playing music.
Interuption
If app(game) is in running mode, then Check the behaviour of interuption like like Bluetooth, Infra red and CALL/SMS/MMS.
Upgrade the game
/ Battery effect
Upgrade of Games to the latest version and while migration all data should persist [ score, user profile etc ]
What if Battery goes down/switched of the cell while playing, Wheter the score wil get saved?
Uninstallation
On all the platforms being supported
Important: Level Check
All game levels should be tested
Money
Whether real or fake money, tester should keep track of it over days of testing.
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