Daymare 1994: Sandcastle

Invader Studios and Leonardo Interactive bring
Daymare 1994: Sandcastle
to Steam
with help from Pingle Studio

Case study
the challenge

Make sure the atmospheric horror game has enough quality for a release in the short term

the challenge
the result
the result

Daymare 1994: Sandcastle gets a smooth release on Steam

commercial and critical reception

TBA

TBA

TBA

01.

experienced in
developing
Unreal Engine games

02.

vision grounded in 15+
years of experience
with unreal engine

03.

exceptional expertise
with the
horror genre

the result

Daymare 1994: Sandcastle
releases on time and
with the high-quality technical state

Full cycle of
PC game testing
to fit Steam requirements

Exploring the game mechanics
to feel native and intuitive
on any PC configuration.

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here are some solutions we’re
especially proud of

A team of UE-experienced QA engineers did their best to make sure the game ran smoothly. Here are some challenges they faced:

challenge

Complete all the QA-related works in a short turnaround.

solution
  • Assign a team with decent experience in Unreal Engine and horror games;
  • Perform onboarding and documentation discovery;
  • Divide the game into sections and assign a QA engineer to each section;
  • Assign a specific PC configuration for every QA engineer to cover all the possible resolutions and configurations.
challenge

Find ways to improve the user’s experience with the final product.

solution
  • Assign the QA lead to create a detailed report on the testing results featuring all the required fixes, tasks prioritizing, risks, and critical issues;
  • Every QA engineer on the project shares their own feedback on the UX, including recommendations for improvement on certain game elements.

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