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What are the best tools to reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing in game development?

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Debugging and testing are essential but often tedious and expensive stages of game development. They can consume a lot of time and resources, especially for complex and large-scale projects. However, there are some tools that can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing in game development, while ensuring the quality and performance of your games. In this article, we will explore some of the best tools for different aspects of debugging and testing, such as code analysis, automation, debugging, profiling, and optimization.

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1 Code Analysis Tools

Code analysis tools are software that can scan your code and detect errors, bugs, vulnerabilities, and other issues that might affect your game's functionality and security. They can also suggest improvements, refactorings, and best practices to enhance your code quality and readability. Some examples of code analysis tools for game development are SonarQube, CodeScene, ReSharper, and NDepend. These tools can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing by identifying and fixing problems early in the development cycle, before they become more serious and harder to solve.

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Like everything, the programmer is the initial debugger. Have a good design and a good team going in and most problems will be fixed by testing the game and functions against the test cases produced at game design time. Starts with being a good coder. Allegedly this is the problem with most software these days, an old old phrase GIGO, (Garbage In Garbage Out). And we wonder why "cyber crime" is on the rise. Not hackers, its lazy and poor coders and managers and teams that need to learn the trade a bit better.

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2 Automation Tools

Automation tools are software that can perform repetitive and routine tasks for you, such as building, deploying, testing, and releasing your game. They can help you save time and effort, avoid human errors, and ensure consistency and reliability. Some examples of automation tools for game development are Jenkins, TeamCity, Unity Cloud Build, and Unreal Engine Automation System. These tools can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing by streamlining your workflow, accelerating your feedback loop, and enabling continuous integration and delivery.

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There is also CryEngine which is for Game Development. With Unreal and Unity maybe CryEngine as well there's a subsidy which allows to use the software for free under 100k or less or more depending on the software used

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3 Debugging Tools

Debugging tools are software that can help you find and fix errors, bugs, and crashes in your game during runtime. They can provide you with useful information, such as call stacks, variables, breakpoints, watch expressions, and logs. They can also allow you to modify and test your code without restarting your game. Some examples of debugging tools for game development are Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, MonoDevelop, and Rider. These tools can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing by making your debugging process more efficient, effective, and convenient.

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Use your IDE's debugger more. It's the single most underrated tool in your toolbox. It will save you hours. Learning to comb through code with the debugger efficiently will not only make you a better programmer but also make you more valuable to your team/company. Ps. If you write code that needs to be debugged on *cough* certain, proprietary hardware and can't connect your debugger, I'm sorry ??

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Visual Studio is now built in to the installer of Unity Hub. Thus need not be installed separately. And has a debug tool or feature built in to the Unity Engine, same as Unreal and CryEngine if I'm not mistaken.

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4 Profiling Tools

Profiling tools are software that can help you measure and analyze the performance of your game, such as CPU, memory, GPU, network, and disk usage. They can help you identify and optimize the bottlenecks, leaks, spikes, and other issues that might affect your game's speed, stability, and quality. Some examples of profiling tools for game development are Unity Profiler, Unreal Engine Profiler, Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers, and RenderDoc. These tools can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing by improving your game's performance and user experience.

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5 Optimization Tools

Optimization tools are software that can help you reduce the size and complexity of your game, such as assets, code, and data. They can help you compress, trim, merge, and simplify your game components, without compromising their quality and functionality. They can also help you adapt your game to different platforms, devices, and resolutions. Some examples of optimization tools for game development are AssetBundles, Addressables, TexturePacker, and MeshLab. These tools can help you reduce the time and cost of debugging and testing by making your game more lightweight, scalable, and compatible.

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There is things such as Blender and 3DMaya which enable character and item development for things in games e.g a human being, alien, demon, cars planes, trains etc.

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This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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