Is there exist any company in Malaysia or international company that have branch in here that would like to hire a serious video game tester? I'm currently in extended year in degree Science Computer major in Graphics and Multimedia but after a poor performance making me think about this profession. I've search about it a google and found out it quite a serious business out there. Kinda wandering if in Malaysia we got that kind of job. Searching it at JobStreet but didn't find any.

no, you won't find it in Malaysia.

study hard, don't play too much game and get a decent job.

Really?? Too bad. How about Singapore? There are a few international games company there, right? Anyone knows anything about this profession there?

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Thanks for the advice

There was one in Ipoh wasn't there ? some online game producer in Ipoh needed game testers.

So, there really is. But must be kind rare. Will try my best to find it.

lord_aminkin, do inform me if u found such a job... i'm looking this kind of job as well... will inform ya if i found any... ...

This post has been edited by lyk: Jun 16 2008, 07:39 AM

even if there's such a job in malaysia, don't think can earn much...unless u willing to go usa and have a try applying job at numerous game companies there... or u can try at nintendo, its an 1337 company!

will do.

Yeah, that's probably right. But it's kinda well paid in the US and all. Ranged from RM 38 to as highly RM 300 per hour just for playing games.

Actually Codemasters Malaysia setup their development centre at KL Sentral. Last time there are finding for QA tester for their developed games. They recently just launched GRID.

This post has been edited by mikelee: Jun 16 2008, 03:03 PM

That's sound promising. Might want to look into it.
ps: By the way, I have played GRID and it's really interesting game.

TS, why do you interested to be a game tester? Is it your interest or you thinking that it is an easy job?

Being a professional game tester is not just play the game, you are required to perform the following:
- go thru all the quest, subquest, bonus quest of the game as well as as many builds as possible to make sure they are working
- try to screw the game by seeking out bugs or find any possible exploit of any game rules like skills, quests, path, etc etc.
- build a super character that is impossible to beat.
- give constructive comments on gameplay and level design
- repeat the whole game many times until I achieve all the above, in reasonable time frame.
Its not an easy job, you see.

(Btw, I need some help here)

I never think it an easy job. Before posting here, I've read a few review, article by experienced game tester and suddenly think this is an interesting job. At least this is where I good at. I've played many games, encounter many bugs, unnecessary features and whatnot. I'm confident that I can make use of my skills in gaming to make it worthy. Furthermore, I'm a Computer Science degree major in Graphics and Multimedia but I don't really see my future as a programmer because I don't take lesson seriously. So, I think this is the best way to start my own career, or at least that what I thought if I had the opportunity here in Malaysia. Can't I?

This post has been edited by lord_aminkin: Jun 16 2008, 01:54 PM

It's actually quite, boring, you have to count points, for instance, you hit 200 aliens, points range from 10 pts to 300 points, you have to keep track of ALL of them and see if the score matches. With RPGs, you have to make sure effects that stack actually stack, and effects that don't stack don't. Also you have to roam every inch of ground to make sure there are no "holes" in the map. Think about something like Warcraft, and having to walk up and down to cover every inch of ground so that you can find out if there are any "holes" in it. Also you have to plot optimal path, in a game there's always something called an optimal path, a build that lets players become a lot better. That's what you have to find.

You can always switch majors I think, can't you ?

Not to burst your bubble or anything....game testing jobs was practically everyone's once a upon a time dream job. Mine too....

But then reality kicks in....and hard. Get a real job?

i saw EA singapore is hiring for the job u r asking...u may check it out.

perhaps a game maker is more practical then game tester...

Yeah. Gonna do it sooner or later. Moreover, I still have one year of extended semester.

Thanks for the info. Gonna try look into it.

Nobody can confirm what will happened in the future. So just do it. From game tester then u can move forward to game maker and so on. Better than you stuck with those boring jobs.

Tell me which job is not boring. At least there's some fun part and it something I want to do. By the way, thanks for the job description. There's some useful info in that. About switching the major, I don't think I can afford that. Besides the financial problem, I don't think I can manage it at this stage. (Too lazy to study anymore)

Thanks for the support man.

ps: Actually, I started this thread to find out if there is opportunity in video game tester career in Malaysia or maybe Singapore. Not opinion on whether I should take this path or not. But, nevertheless I welcome all of it.

wah TS there are a lot of mmu student like u lor...hurm wonder if they really interested in this kind of job also...they played nvr stop even got exam also still play game...really crazy~

Dun always think of gaming. Just find a decent job and earn yur living

There's a lot of ways to earn a living right? I'm just inquiring how to make this one of the option. Can't I?
If you have any information about this job in Malaysia, I welcome all of it. But if you just want to condemn whatsoever, please let you out yourself. Peace

if just game tester then you can find it in malaysia. But video game tester(xbox,ps3,ps) kinda hard. Last time jobstreet did send me a notification about a game tester job for those handphone games.

How about starting yourself as a normal QA tester for any kind of software industry? From that on, you can pick up QA skills and also know how QA tester works day to day.

This post has been edited by mikelee: Jun 17 2008, 02:05 PM

Dude, I been worked some years in game industry in Malaysia & Singapore.
Game tester/QA not as fun as you think especially working in local company.
First the pay was low, workload is heavy, you don't get to pick which game you like to test to play, you might "been force" to play the same boring,crappy game again & again in whole month or even more.

This post has been edited by nameless: Jun 17 2008, 02:10 PM

The reality kicks in..

http://www.gamebrains.com/jobs/Index.html
this might help

Thanks for everything guys. There's some good information as well as good advice. If there's anything related to this job, don't forget to let me know. Thanks

I read an article written by a an in-house game tester many years ago (btw, i'm still young if you must know). From the outside, many people would think that it is really a fun job to do. Hey, after all you are just playing games! But...no, apparently. Just imagine you are testing the Mario game. You will have to hit the brick say 400 times to see if there is a bug. What happen will if i hit it 401 times? I will go nuts really doing the same thing over and over again - with a Mario!

But if your passion is with games, then go right ahead. If you think you can have a good career as a game tester, don't let others to tell you otherwise. Good luck!

This post has been edited by zc_squash: Jun 17 2008, 04:41 PM

this is madness11!! hit bricks 401st times!?? haha...that one called bad testing strategy ler...well u must be efficient in finding more bugs in games...more bugs = more kpi = more bonus

for those who want a game job, i have some site to share with. you have to register to be a game tester. just go through the site and decide the best that suite you.

Only For Gamers

Game Testing Guru

National Game Tester

Video Games QA



i'm one of the game tester and i love my job

There's another company in Mid Valley City that was looking for game testers for their online MMORPG some time back.....I dont know now but you maybe want to search for "Mid Valley" on Jobstreet search bar to see the results.....

the company is cubizone. used to play their MMORPG and their Customer Service sux.

Talk to The One Academy. They have partnerships with Ubisoft on games' development course and could have similar positions around.

Games Tester is kind of rare here, unless it's for the magazines; even that, you probably will not be exclusively testing for games only.

Note on one thing though, Games Testing is not as fun as we might think. The number of games you have to test varies and half of the time you will be testing games that you won't even like. It will be like software testing / engineering, you will be spending times writing the so called "failure analysis report" and will need to touch the source code from time to time. You will also need to follow multiple scenario on the testing just to make sure that the game is bug-free.

It's a job that requires you to play games, not a job that let you play games. And that, my friend, makes a lot of difference. Don't let people affect your desire though. If you like it, go for it, even it means you have to re-locate to somewhere else.

hi guys, just wanna bring up this topic again.

have anyone tried this before: www.iamgametester.com
does it work in malaysia? my friend in philippines is earning from their product.

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Added on October 28, 2011, 3:59 pmhmm...no reply, means no one has tried it yet...

i think i'm gonna buy it. it has 60days money back guarantee. and a lot of positive reviews on it. just not sure if it works in malaysia.

will let you know if it's helpful for me

This post has been edited by bludaisy: Oct 28 2011, 03:59 PM

game tester in sg have.. bad pay and your scope sometimes double-up with forum administrator, or in-game manager.
Very little job advancement.
Overseas are abit different, because they make plenty of games, worldclass games and MMORPG.
in malaysia and singapore, they do more of marketing and network/systems instead.

with your qualifications, u are better off in different IT job rather than a gametester. If u like games, u can still join a game company and have a more fulfilling career.

After the one who post this mention once, I also felt this post are going a bit off the road already,

I think the title will be "Are there any game tester job in Malaysia", but topic discussion are turning to "are game tester a good or bad job in Malaysia",

I also looking for information about game tester job in Malaysia, if anyone knows, please share with me,

Thanks

Lad, game jobs/companies in malaysia pretty much dead... same as singapore
Your best bet would Ubisoft singapore.

To get a game tester/QA in these big company,beside games knowledge and experience, having good writting skill and knowing 1 or 2 foriegn languages would be a big PLUS

I know of afew places taking in Games Tester, only catch is many do not qualify as they have 0 knowledge in what a game tester does. Many Malaysian thinks game tester is fun and easy, but hell no. Hence it has became cheaper for us to test the games ourself and push out a beta stage game for bug fixing. I took in a guy for Game Tester once, had to spoon feed him and not willing the extra hours, showed him the door after his probation ended. Hence I decided no more newbies in this field !