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Talks, podcasts, and webinars on game development, testing, and DevOps — from GDC to community office hours.

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Conference Talks & Podcasts

GDC 2022 · Devcom 2022 · PG Connects London 2023 · O3DE 2022

Succeed by Failing: A Developer's Journey in Error and Crash Reporting

A solo indie developer's honest postmortem on building and shipping Fishing on the Fly — what worked, what didn't, and what he'd do differently. Explores how crash and error reporting tools transform failure from a setback into a feedback loop, and why that mindset is a feature, not a bug.

GDC 2023

Spicy Sauce: The Secret Ingredient to Gaming DevOps

Saving time and money while shipping higher quality games — Real Device Cloud, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and Backtrace crash reporting from first build to live production. How Sauce Labs gives development teams the backbone they need at every stage.

Test Case Scenario Podcast

Behind the Scenes of Top-Quality Game Releases

A deep-dive panel on game development, debugging strategies, and findings from the Sauce Labs 2023 Gaming Experience Survey — covering what it actually takes to ship a polished game.

Test Case Scenario Podcast

Error Monitoring Across the SDLC

Discussing shift-left and shift-right testing, AI-driven testing approaches, and real-time error monitoring — and why the lessons apply equally to solo indie developers and AAA studios.

Sauce Labs — Webinar

Mobile Quality Live: Mobile App Distribution and Error Reporting

Co-presented strategies for enhancing mobile app quality through efficient distribution pipelines, beta testing workflows, and crash monitoring — directly applicable to mobile game launches.

Sauce Labs — Webinar

Shipping Without Fear — Catch Crashes Before Players Do

How to build a crash detection and reporting pipeline that catches issues before they reach players — covering Backtrace integration, triage workflows, and the mindset shift from reactive to proactive quality.

Webinar — Sauce Labs — YouTube

Keeping Quality High With Engineering Efficiency

Balancing test coverage with build speed — practical strategies for keeping quality high without slowing down the engineering team.

Community — Office Hours

Debug Like a Pro

A live community session on advanced debugging techniques, crash triage, and the tools that separate a methodical developer from one who just gets lucky.

Short form

YouTube Shorts

Rising Toxicity in Gaming What Really Matters in Game Bug Prioritization What is Shift-Right in Testing How to Use Shift-Left in Gaming Test With Scaling in Mind Using Shift-Left and Shift-Right in Video Games

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