KDU CGT case studies
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The KDU Certified Game Tester (CGT) credential is a vendor-neutral certification intended for people who want to demonstrate practical competence in software quality assurance for games. It suits QA testers entering the industry, manual testers moving from business software into games, and indie developers or community moderators who need a structured testing vocabulary. The KDU CGT case studies are 5 cases and about 4,717 words.
1The 98.2% Pass Rate on the Release-Readiness Slide
Studio A ships a live-service action RPG on PC and two consoles. Eight months ago the team moved from 6-month milestones to 2-week sprints, and QA was folded into the sprint cadence without changing the regression approach.
934 words, about 5 min26,912 Combinations, Four Testers, Nine Days
You are the test lead on a 12v12 hero shooter two weeks from a content milestone. The new build adds 12 weapons, 8 attachment types, 6 maps, 3 game modes and 4 supported input configurations (keyboard and mouse, two controller layouts, handheld).
871 words, about 4 min3The 7% Damage Gap and the Frame-Rate-Dependent Crit
Combat in your action RPG resolves damage as floor( (base x (1 + sum of percentage bonuses)) x critMultiplier ) x situationalMultiplier, with each floor applied at the point shown. Bonuses are additive; crit multipliers are 1.5, 2.0 or 3.0; situational multipliers include a 1.25 backstab and a 0.75 cover reduction.
948 words, about 5 min4Eight Days to Submission, Four Known Issues
Submission is in eight days. Your build is going to a platform holder's certification review, and the checklist covers suspend and resume, controller disconnect, save-data integrity, error handling and network-loss behaviour.
1,000 words, about 5 min5Three Network Symptoms, One Friday Build
Your 6v6 competitive shooter runs a 60 Hz authoritative server with client-side prediction and lag compensation. Since the last patch, three symptoms appear in telemetry and player reports.
964 words, about 5 min