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City of Heroes Dev Diary

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-02-05 00:01:00.0


The RPGVault has posted a developer diary written by NCSoft's Tosh Toida regarding the testing process of their upcoming massively multiplayer online RPG, City of Heroes. Here's a taste:

The first thing we do with each version is what we call a Smoke Test. In the electronics business, this meant plugging everything in and turning it on, to see what piece started smoking. In the games business, it's essentially the same thing - a quick check of all the systems to make sure they work right away. With a game this size, this is actually quite a task, and can take several hours to complete. Think about your favorite game, and then think about how long it would take to press every button in the game. Then do it again tomorrow. And then again the next day...


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