Is unit testing viable in game programming?

Question

I\'m fond of the idea of unit testing but I\'m having trouble applying it to game programming. Games are highly stateful and often the code doesn\'t break itself into distinct u

Answer 1

My experience with unit and automates testing during the development of Crysis 2 is available here: http://yetanothergameprogrammingblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/aaa-automated-testing.html Hope it helps.

Summary:

Automated testing improved deliverables stability, increasing productivity for both content creators' and engineers Automated testing is an effective tool to improve code quality and reduce the chances of having to work overtime The Game Industry as a whole is very reactionary in general, automated testing meets several irrational arguments against Don't call it testing, call it something else, almost anything else (Look at Behavior-Driven-Development) Be flexible, writing good tests is hard and require skills that are not widely available in the Game Industry