#chaz simmons iii

[vfsalumni]

“What do you think when you hear that someone is a 'game tester'? Visions of Tom Hanks bashing Transformers together in a boardroom? Someone strapped into an ergonomic leather chair with a Red Bull I.V. drip staring at five different blinkering screens at once?“

Game testing to many isn’t a luxurious career, while for those who find developers where the craft is truly valued as it should be, they’re known as an indispensable part of the game development and design process, and as important as those constructing assets and coding tools. Their expertise and guidance helps studios to ensure they’re delivering the best experience possible for players, and offers designers alternate solutions to pursue to their biggest challenges.

VFS graduate Chaz Simmons III knows what life is like for a tester, both the good and the bad. He’s been in the trenches of mobile game testing with Big Fish Games in Seattle, and seen the rigors of large scale development, in good times and bad.