eSoft Interactive's Blog » test http://esoftinteractive.com/blog Everything about the team, the games and mobile stuff! Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Game design and development – Part 4: Quality Assurance http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/10/22/game-design-and-development-part-4-quality-assurance/ http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/10/22/game-design-and-development-part-4-quality-assurance/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:47:14 +0000 Administrator http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/10/22/game-design-and-development-part-4-quality-assurance/ BETA team!

After all the assets have been integrated and a final build is ready, a copy is forwarded to the eSoft Interactive BETA team for quality assurance and compatibility testing. In this stage, the team thoroughly tests the game for bugs, errors, gameplay issues and loopholes and lasts for at least two weeks. In most cases, the BETA team’s feedback also include suggestions that would further enhance the game. Each point is carefully noted and assessed by the development team and then integrated if they feel the need to do so. On some occassions, new ideas are even voted by the BETA team before it gets on the final version. Once all the bugs have been ironed out and the team feels that the game is almost ready, it is passed on to the web/marketing team for release!

Speaking of the eSoft Interactive BETA team, let me take this chance to thank the guys: pointoflight, blazingwolf, tjasko, fraggler, jledesma, cheryl, spmwinkel, mbaker5408, bacchus_3, ndench, phoebs, reubkov and saldatore. These guys have been with us through thick and thin! If you would like to join our internal BETA team, please feel free to email us at beta(at)esoftinteractive(dot)com.

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Being in an industry where imagination is used more often than anything, one of our passions (or most of us, at least) here at eSoft is to catch up on reading–all kinds of interesting books, novels, comic books (yeah! we’re huge Marvel and DC fans!) magazines and other reading materials. Creating video games, like any form of art, comes from a source of inspiration and we often find it by exposing ourselves to various reading materials. This gives us a chance to gather new ideas or something that we can improve our own ideas. Its not always play and work here at eSoft, we also stock up on knowledge about the gaming industry and its history, related businesses, various technologies, upcoming games and software, the latest mobile devices, what’s hot and what’s new. Have you read any good book lately?

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At eSoft Interactive, it’s more than just releasing games to the public. There are many different things we have to be concerned about. Recently we upgraded our computers to Intel-Based MacBooks, which we are very proud to own. Since BootCamp is available for free, this allows us to have Windows XP, working hand in hand with OSX on a solid and stable hardware. But there’s a concern with technology that happens to be a big question to developers; and many technology enthusiasts. What’s happening on June 30th, 2008 is a big regard to many companies. Windows XP sales will be discontinued, the operating system will be phased out and Windows Vista will be on the forefront of many new computers. Free support will still be available until April of 2009, but extended support (which is not free) will be until 2014 only according to ZDNet. As developers, we have to stay up-to-date when it comes to software and hardware technology. We all know that new technology is not cheap and can be very expensive (cough…iPhone Generation 1…) which is why our developments will be heavily affected by this and we will have to carefully assess how upgrading will impact our operations.

Here at eSoft, we love to see and read about the latest technology. The future is starting to become more interactive, and many people just want to look inside of it. We don’t know if we could be developing for multi-touch devices in the future (maybe Windows Mobile 7 will have this cool technology). We will have to wait and see what the future holds for us. What do you think what will happen to mobile devices in the future?

Photo borrowed from Pocketables.net.

]]> http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/07/08/is-technology-aging-rapidly/feed/ 0 Check out our Feb 2008 eNewsletter! http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/02/13/check-out-our-feb-2008-enewsletter/ http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/02/13/check-out-our-feb-2008-enewsletter/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:38:30 +0000 Administrator http://esoftinteractive.com/blog/2008/06/10/check-out-our-feb-2008-enewsletter/ We have just released an update for PPC Transport Tycoon Deluxe! The new version has better support for QVGA and VGA devices! Also if you haven’t yet joined the Traffic Jam craze grab these titles now!

eSoft Interactive has recently partnered with Alawar Entertainment to bring you the latest and coolest PC casual games exclusively! First in our line-up is this amazing arcade game called Farm Frenzy! Check it out now!

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eSoft Interactive has recently partnered with Alawar Entertainment the premiere and largest provider of casual games in Eastern Europe to deliver you the latest and coolest PC games for your desktop PC! From here on eSoft Interactive will constantly be releasing casual PC games from their very own online store and provide exclusive discounts to all their customers.

Check out our first PC game release in partnership with Alawar Entertainment: Farm Frenzy! This addictive arcade game gives Old McDonald a run for his money!

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1)Complete name
2)Device make and model
3)Mobile games played or beta tested in the past

Thanks! :)

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