PEOPLE ARE THE REASON FOR OUR RESULTS The Room 8 Group approach allows us to shape the work environment where QA specialists are an essential part of the team. While QA is sometimes seen as an “entry point” to the games industry, we know it is a valid career choice spanning years. It requires a unique set of skills, like an eye for a finer defect or a hand to creatively destroy a beautiful piece of code. While QA can be easy, great QA is not. We believe people are our strongest asset, and we support their self actualisation: we teach, we coach, we grow, and we invest in QA specialists to develop careers they will be proud of.
risks and concerns in a way stakeholders can see the impact. Over the years, these approaches have gained us a large amount of knowledge required to become specialists in the field. We’ve set up camp in Poland and Romania. They are perfect starting points for us, we have a great market understanding of these communities, and we benefit from incredibly strong talent. Our plans are ambitious. Room 8 Group’s QA Service Line aims to form a global community to connect QA professionals from around the world. By elevating the importance of quality
“I started my QA journey in Romania in early 2009. I decided to pursue this path despite having studied political sciences in uni. It was an incredibly exciting industry, relatively new to the region, and it immediately looked like a good fit for me. It proved to be an ideal career for inquisitive and methodical minds, with more depth to it than what my parents thought - “you’re just playing video games all day?” I had never played on an authentic PlayStation or Xbox, and quickly discovered how little I knew about the science of QA itself, despite gaming my whole life. I was welcomed by a community of like-minded individuals, very passionate about the craft. It taught me everything I needed to know about types of bugs, types of testing, how to push titles to their technical limits, how to give feedback without calling someone’s baby ugly and much, much more. I know what makes a great QA specialist and can identify the spark early on, shape it and enable it to grow. Minds with great potential are seen before they’ve had to acquire much experience on paper and are nurtured into professionals who are proud to support the development of great games.” Octavia Vasilescu
QA Service Line is launching with the core pillars of functional testing on PC, console and mobile, and we plan to add a compliance testing component later this year. We understand that each game development project is unique, with its own set of challenges, requirements, and aspirations. That’s why we work closely with our clients to develop customised testing strategies tailored to their specific delivery milestones and schedules. It allows us to deliver the highest quality testing possible. We monitor our progress and how build quality evolves. Our data-driven decisions let us adapt our coverage in real time, while escalating
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assurance, we want to give QA professionals more opportunities for growth, development, and recognition, as well as provide young people with more opportunities to be a part of game dev. For the industry, it could lead to more polished and engaging games and greater appreciation for the important role that QA specialists play in the development process. In conclusion, at Room 8 Group, we believe that quality is not a luxury but a necessity, particularly in testing. We are committed to bringing the focus to QA and redefining perception around it, one bug at a time.
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