Testing Department

greetings human, and welcome to the experimental testing laboratory ! here at the etl, we welcome new subjects to help us ensure the game is as stable and bug free as possible thank you for embarking on this journey with us! if you have not done so already please sign up for newsletter here sign up for discord (soon we will have a #private testing channel) criteria admission to this exclusive research facility has a few basic criteria 1\) you will need an android mobile device (or emulator) 2\) an email (preferrably gmail) we can use to send you a special install link please keep this link to yourself and do not share with anyone 3\) some time to play the game we have no minimum requirement here but hope you will become obsessed with every little detail and earn the title of greatest etl champion to ever live! setup step 1 obtain email authorization from a team member to become a tester in the etl provide your email to team member you can do this in discord , twitter @cthulhu awakens or writing contact\@cosmicfoundry io step 2 check provided email for invite to install the game do this from your device click link and follow instructions step 3 play game, have fun! if you encounter a bug/problem/error, or just something that seems 'off', congratulations! it's time to report your first bug! note if you already have a build, but want to latest please uninstall cthulhu first, and then get new build from google play testing page report bug process when reporting bugs, its important to provide the devs with as much information as possible we intend on creating a more formal process but for now we request you send a form email directly to our cco, larry holland step 1 open new email to larry\@cosmicfoundry io step 2 subject line should read m1bug ' insert name for bug here ' try to come up with a descriptive name for the bug step 3 cut and past the following text into the email body, and fill out each field \<email start> bug name device reproduction steps gameplay screenshots (attach) debug console screenshots (attach) video (attach) description / comments \<email end> form email field definitions it is not 100% necessary for you to have complete information for every field, but please try to report as much information as possible here is a description of each field in the form bug name used in both email subject header and in the body as a field a natural langaugre description you can create that is intuitive and simple example might be "abilities dont work reliably" device this is where we need to know what hardware device you are playtesting on if it's an android phone/tablet, please list the model name (ultra s21, tab 6 etc ) and ideally the model number ( sm x200nzaexac 64gbwi figray) be as specific as you can knowing how much memory the device has (8meg, 24meg etc ) is also useful reproduction steps this is possibly the most important part of the bug report we need to be able to make the bug happen again to do that, we need to know exactly what you did to get the bug in the first place an example might look like this launch game play level 1 with one agent alive, cast heal all ability bug nobody is healed, even the agent casting the ability note this seems to only happen when fighting the spider queen boss description / comment this is just a natural language description of the bug and/or any additional information relevant it might include specifics about your internet connection, or that you received a phonecall while playing, or you dropped your device or anything additional that might help the dev team if you have questions, are not sure of something, this is the place to include that final word congrats, you are now ready to jump in and become a full fledged etl tester ! we are going to find an interesting way to reward the testers who are engaged and prolific as a tester, you are an invaluable member of the cthulhu awakens team we're watching you! seriously, thank you for helping, this is an extremely important service to the project