Post #3490882
2026-06-30 13:34 UTC
If you make video games, either as a career or hobby, only other people are allowed to play them
But how do I test them???
My list:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. This game has so much stuff in it and it gets updates roughly two times a year with lots of rebalance and new stuff.
Dark Souls. One of the best games ever made - how could I leave it out?
Dark Souls 2. My second favorite Souls-like. It’s different enough from DS1 to be included here.
Lunacid. Objectively a bad choice because it’s not very replayable but I love it and replay it all the time.
UFO 50. Technically one game ;)
Minesweeper. Sometimes I just want to kill time on my smartphone.
Yume 2kki. For all my casual “I just what to wander around mindlessly” needs.
Minetest (Luanti). Mod-heavy sandbox for my sandbox needs.
Doom. Mod-heavy FPS for my FPS needs.
My girlfriend’s future game of her choice so I don’t miss out on her important achievement.
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@BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-30 13:45
If you make video games, either as a career or hobby, only other people are allowed to play them But how do I test them??? Hire a QA team? I’m not sure, I don’t make the rules. Oh wait, huh. Uhhh… I sort of don’t have any experience with game dev so I didn’t think of that. Maybe you can playtest but can’t play through the whole game? Or maybe you get a QA team for free to help out on passion projects, I’m not sure. I’ll let you decide on this one maybe, I’m assuming you know more than I do with this.