BUG CLASSIFICATION Depending on the project different scopes may be used to categorize, filter and assign the

bugs to correctors. The most commonly used categories are:

Animation: these bugs occur
whenever part of an animation is
not consistent with the entirety of
the animation sequence or
whenever no animation or the
incorrect animation is played (ex. a
“running” animation is played
when the character is not
moving)
Audio: any problems related to the
application’s music, sound effects
or dialogues are classified as an
"audio" bug. Missing
Sounds, corrupted sounds, music
or sound distortion, music or
sound volume variations are all
problems related to the
Application’s audio component (ex.
The sfxs for explosions are missing)
Controls: the "controls" are all the
physical actions the user has to
accomplish to trigger an
application action; this category
includes any problem related to the
application’s control mechanics and
scheme (ex. the play button cannot
be selected with the
mouse)
Graphics: includes bugs that occur
whenever there is distortion or an
error in the way a graphical
element is rendered on screen,
whenever a graphical element is
missing or whenever an element
does not fit in the screen
dimensions ( ex. low resolution
assets, textures that disappear
when moving away from them)
Exploit: the abuse of game systems
or systems related to the game
(online connectivity) to obtain an
unfair advantage compared
to other players, or to bypass
sections of the game completely (
ex. the user can shoot the boss
during the intro movie,
immediately completing the level)

Crash/Could not continue: special Legal: issue which, if discovered
category in which all issues that has legal implications for the
prevent the user from playing are company (ex. Copyright assets,
placed (ex. the title crashes brand names or logos) (ex. a Nike
when booted in Japanese) logo is present on one of the
) background buildings)
Level Design: applies to bugs
concerning a level’s layout,
objective, goal or quest related
issues and other issues strictly
related to how the level is built (ex.
the level is not marked as complete
when fulfilling the objective)
Menus: problems concerning the
title’s menus and submenus, their
availability, design, display and
functionality ( ex. the Credits
button has no functionality)
Monetization: issue which could
affect the monetization aspect of
the product (ex. completing the
Halloween special level awards the
user 1000 gems instead of 1 gem)

Performance: issues related to the
frame rate of the title tested (or
FPS) (ex. low FPS when Credits are
playing)
Programming: relates to the code
that powers the application, its
stability and capacity to produce its
desired effect ( ex. the
game crashes when pressing X and
Y at the same time; weapon Z
deals area damage instead of
single target)
Save/Load: relates to the way the
application saves and loads the
user’s progress, scores and settings
(ex. the user’s settings are
not saved when exiting the game;
the user’s high score resets when
he restarts a level)
Settings: issues related to the way
the settings affect the title and
their functionality (ex. when setting
audio to 0 music can still
be heard)
Text: refers to issues related to the
texts displayed throughout the
application (ex. missing,
untranslated, illegible, unaligned,
misspelled texts) (ex. all main
menu texts exit the designed box)

An issue can fall into multiple scopes categories and all scopes should be stated as much as possible. Leaving aside their importance in the bug
assignation process, the scopes help running queries in the bug database to easily filter issues for reports or to ma ke sure that the same issue is
not already submitted in the database.

Short Terminology
AI (Artificial The artificial intelligence or computer-controlled opponents/NPCs.
Intelligence)
AI Path The route that the AI/NPCs are following in gameplay.
Routing
Animation All the player's, the NPCs' and the assets movement and action
animation in-game. This also includes the combat animation and
abilities animation.
Art Environment art, character art, assets art, NPCs art.
Assert Error Typically, an error line prompted by an action.
Camera All camera issues that obstruct the user's point of view or brings
the camera through unintended areas (i.e.1st person camera,
3rd person camera).
Clipping Two or more textures/assets are poorly aligned. Usually this
appears when textures/assets are placed too close to each other
and pass through each other.
Consistency/ The degree (or absence) of uniformity, standardization, and
inconsistency freedom of contradiction among parts of a component or system.
Lighting All the lighting issues found in game. This can be related to the
aspect of the respective light (not the appropriate color, shape in
accordance with the environment, position), the shadows in-game
(shape, size, position) or the source of the light (missing,
misplaced).
LoD (Level of The level of detail of some textures/assets suddenly changes as the
Detail) player character approaches or moves away from the respective
texture/asset. This means that the texture, asset do not disappear,
they just change their aspect when the player reaches a certain
distance from them.
Low res Some textures have a lower resolution comparative with the rest of
texture the textures in-game. Not to be confused with LoD (Level of Detail).
Mapping Discrepancies between map and mini-map, name of the map and
in-game map name.
VFX The visual effects of the elements found in the environment,
as well as those that are directly linked to the player’s and
NPCs’ actions (abilities, movement specific features).
Collision The Player character has poor collision with parts
of the environment/assets. This includes invisible
walls blocking the character.
Combat/Ability All player’s and NPCs’ animations during combat or when
animation using abilities.
Controls The way the user's input (from a keyboard, mouse or
controller) controls the menu or gameplay actions.
Crash The software client closes suddenly or after a freeze.
Draw Distance Parts of the environment, textures, assets, are not visible
all the times, or are not visible at all.
Framerate The rate at which the client renders the game.
Freeze The rate at which the client renders the game.
Functionality Menus or any other function of the software in and out of
the gameplay (ex. user interreacts with the door and door
is not opening).
Placeholder A texture/asset of a certain color (usually purple, green, or
checkered) used or included temporarily or as a substitute
for something that has not been fully implemented yet.
Can be used in relation with all game aspects (i.e.
placeholder cutscene, placeholder text, placeholder
asset).
Rendering Parts of the environment, textures, assets appear and
disappear when the camera is moved around (this is
caused most of the times by the textures/assets not being
rendered from all the angle, or by the camera's collision
with the environment).
Some textures have a lower resolution comparative with
Low res texture the rest of the textures in-game. Not to be confused with
LoD (Level of Detail).
UI (User All user interface issues (ex. map, ammo capacity ).
Interface)
Skinning Static textures are stretched giving the appearance of
elongated parts of the environment (textures, assets) or
issues related to the player character (worn items, parts of
the body, customization).
Text Misspelled, missing or incorrect text.
Truncation Text that extends out of its text box and punctuation.
Gameplay The designed gameplay for the user (for example, a building creates a
different unit than ordered).
HUD (Heads-Up In-game information areas that displays vital gameplay information
Display) for the user (i.e. resources bar).
Icon Only item icons; all the issues related to item icons should have this
specific subtype added to the title.
Inconsistency A minor deviation from the intended design of the game.
Incorrect Parts of the environment, assets or textures that are not as expected
texture/asset (i.e. color, shape, pattern).
Legal (Licensing) Any legal, brand, or licensing issues.
Level Art (LA) Everything that has to do with textures in a level - presence of
textures, if they are aligned, if they have color, shape, etc.
Level Design (LD) Environment design/game mapping; the way a level is designed,
layout of the large scale features of the map, environmental
conditions (rain, fog, sun, moon, day, night, etc), scoring system, time
limits, resources, specific area behavior (for example water travelling,
or resource harvesting), non-static parts of the level (buttons, doors,
interactable objects, hidden passages, etc), scripted events, missions,
objectives, rewards, cut scenes, etc.
Rooming Parts of the environment, textures, assets appear and disappear when
the camera is moved around (this is caused most of the times by the
textures/assets not being rendered from all the angle, or by the
camera's collision with the environment)
Seam The textures are not fully aligned, leaving a visible gap between them.
In order for it to be considered a seam, the gap should be narrow
(usually the seams in-game appear as dotted white lines, or very slim
white lines).
SFX/Sound/Audio Missing or incorrect sound effects, volume changes or inconsistencies,
looping effects.
Misplaced The texture's/asset's position/placement (i.e. floating issues, or large
texture/asset gaps).
Missing texture/asset Parts of the environment, assets or textures are missing (are not
visible).
Generally defined as any auxiliary device such as a mouse, keyboard,
Peripheral or controller that connects to and works with the computer/console in
some way.
Z-Fighting Two or more textures are "fighting" for the upper position, resulting in
a "flickering" that appears on textures' surfaces.