Scriptless Testing for an Industrial 3D Sandbox Game

Fernando Pastor Ricós, Beatriz Marín, Tanja Vos, Tanja Vos, Joseph Davidson, Karel Hovorka

2024

Abstract

Computer games have reached unprecedented importance, exceeding two billion users in the early 2020s. Hu-man game testers bring invaluable expertise to evaluate complex games like 3D sandbox games. However, the sheer scale and diversity of game content constrain their ability to explore all scenarios manually. Recognizing the significance and inherent complexity of game testing, our research aims to investigate new automated testing approaches. To achieve this goal, we have integrated scriptless testing into the industrial game Space Engineers, enabling an automated approach to explore and test sandbox game scenarios. Our approach involves the development of a Space Engineers-plugin, leveraging the Intelligent Verification and Validation for Extended Reality-Based Systems (IV4XR) framework and extending the capabilities of the open-source scriptless testing tool TESTAR. Through this research, we unveil the potential of a scriptless agent to explore 3D sandbox game scenarios autonomously. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of an autonomous scriptless agent in achieving spatial coverage when exploring and (dis)covering elements within the 3D sandbox game.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pastor Ricós F., Marín B., Vos T., Davidson J. and Hovorka K. (2024). Scriptless Testing for an Industrial 3D Sandbox Game. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE; ISBN 978-989-758-696-5, SciTePress, pages 51-62. DOI: 10.5220/0012599400003687

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase24,
author={Fernando Pastor Ricós and Beatriz Marín and Tanja Vos and Joseph Davidson and Karel Hovorka},
title={Scriptless Testing for an Industrial 3D Sandbox Game},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE},
year={2024},
pages={51-62},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012599400003687},
isbn={978-989-758-696-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE
TI - Scriptless Testing for an Industrial 3D Sandbox Game
SN - 978-989-758-696-5
AU - Pastor Ricós F.
AU - Marín B.
AU - Vos T.
AU - Davidson J.
AU - Hovorka K.
PY - 2024
SP - 51
EP - 62
DO - 10.5220/0012599400003687
PB - SciTePress