Game Testing All in One (Game Development Series)

In this chapter, you learned that ad hoc testing is the mode of testing that best enables you to explore the game, wandering through it as you would a maze. There are two main types of ad hoc testing. The first is free testing , which allows the professional game tester to "depart from the script" and improvise tests on the fly. The second is directed testing , which is intended to solve a specific problem or find a specific solution.