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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Automated Testing Roundtable Day 2

Andrew Fray  (Automated Testing Consultant, Automated AF)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Date: Wednesday, March 11
Time: 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Roundtable
Vault Recording: Not Recorded
Audience Level: All

Day 2: Legacy
Automated testing provides a team with stability across development, allowing early feedback, fast iteration and empowering QA. Yet investing in automation has a bad reputation in the industry, where just-ship-it is the mantra. Maybe, as the market becomes increasingly competitive, its time has finally come.

On Day 2 we prefer to talk about introducing automated testing to an organization. Do you have a culture or a codebase that doesn't currently embrace automated testing? Are you having trouble getting people on-board, or maybe it was very easy and you can share why? Grand failures are just as interesting as successes!

These roundtables bring together people of all experience levels and budgets to discuss how they currently, or would like to, use automated testing of any form. See atig.dev/gdc for more details and to join our discord!

Takeaway

Attendees will discover common definitions around automated testing, how other studios are currently using it, what works well, and what doesn't. They will return to their studios and extol the benefits of automated testing, and that it doesn't have to be hard or time consuming to see returns on investment.

Intended Audience

Programmers and technical QA with experience or interest in automated testing. It's ok to not be an expert - all ability levels encouraged.