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Overview:
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Rare has a rich culture of writing automated tests for their game and engine code. The 'Sea of Thieves' project has hundreds of thousands of automated tests that exist to validate behaviour and to ensure that bugs are kept to a minimum, as they continually deliver an ever-changing experience to players. Among this large test suite, are tests that validate and verify shader code. This session explores the technologies that Rare currently uses to write tests for their shader code, both on 'Sea of Thieves' and on their upcoming game, 'Everwild'. Throughout this session Rare discusses two forms of testing shader code:1. Screenshot Comparison2. Shader unit testsThey go through the pros and cons of both types of tests, as well as delving into the implementation of their shader unit testing framework to discuss the design goals of the system.
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