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Annotated Games: Version 0.2, 4 players

This game was played during the game testing of Find the Bug! Agile. The players pursued different paths towards the victory.

  1. Player 1: Aim for many test cases and few tests
  2. Player 2: Aim for many tests and few test cases
  3. Player 3: Aim for a balance between tests and test cases
  4. Player 4: Look for the best use for the codes in the current turn

The players' hands are shown in the table (codes, use cases and CV) and the table is shown by use cases with the left number indicating the product owner and the right number indicating the tester. The game plays with six components.

Round 1

Player Codes Use Cases CV Action
1 ■■■■■ ■■/■■ Create test case input blue/red, output purple/yellow
2 ■■■■■ ■■/■■ Test test case purple/yellow with green/blue: FAIL
Take blue, give player 1 green
3 ■■■■ ■■/■■ Create test case input red/yellow, output purple/green
4 ■■■■ ■■/■■ Create test case input yellow/purple, output blue/green
Repository 19 red, 19 blue, 18 green, 20 yellow, 18 purple

1  2     3       4  

Player 1 must start with a test case (purple and yellow) and since player 2 had all the colors necessary to test it fully (blue, green and red), she did so but failed. Player 3 must then also start with a test case (purple and green) and so did player 4 (blue and green), since she didn't have the necessary red to do a full test.

Round 2

Player Codes Use Cases CV Action
1 ■■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Create test case input yellow/blue, output red/green
2 ■■■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Test test case purple/yellow with blue/red: PASS
Take purple and yellow, take purple CV and give player 1 yellow CV
3 ■■■ ■■/■■ Test test case blue/green with red/yellow: FAIL
Take yellow, give player 4 red
4 ■■■■ ■■/■■ Test test case red/green with purple/yellow: FAIL
Take yellow, give player 1 purple
Repository 18 red, 19 blue, 18 green, 16 yellow, 15 purple

1  2     3       4  3     1  4

Player 1 tempts player 4 with a test case that can be tested with her purple, blue and yellow cubes. It can also be integrated with her first test case and give player 1 additional victory points. Player 3 tests blue/green test case to spend her red and yellow codes but fails while player 4 accepts player 1's offer but again we see a failed test case.

Round 3

Player Codes Use Cases CV Action
1 ■■ ■■/■■ ■■ Create test case input yellow/red, output green/purple
2 ■■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Test test case purple/green with yellow/blue: FAIL
Take blue, give player 3 yellow
3 ■■■ ■■/■■ Test test case blue/green with yellow/red: PARTIAL PASS
Take yellow, give player 4 red
4 ■■■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Test test case red/green with yellow/blue: PASS
Take red and green, take red CV and give player 1 green
Repository 15 red, 19 blue, 17 green, 14 yellow, 15 purple

1       3  2     4  3     1  4     1  

Player 1 plays a third test case. There is already one purple/green test case played by player 3 but player 1 hopes that player 3 will test her test case. Player 2 chooses to test player 3's purple/green test case since player 1 already has 1 VP but fails. Player 3 fails a second time but player 4 passes, earning both her and player 1 victory points. Player 1 is now in the lead but has only 2 codes left.

Round 4

Player Codes Use Cases CV Action
1 ■■■■ ■■/■■ ■■ Copy player 2's codes
2 ■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Test test case purple/green with blue/yellow: PARTIAL PASS
Take yellow, give player 3 blue
3 ■■ ■■/■■ Create test case input purple/yellow, output red/blue.
4 ■■■ ■■/■■ ■ Create test case input purple blue, output green/red
Repository 15 red, 17 blue, 16 green, 13 yellow, 17 purple

1       3  2     4  3     1  4     1       3        3  

With only 2 purple codes, player 1 needs more codes and chooses to copy player 2's codes to get codes of four different colors. Player 2 passes her test case only partially and now needs to get a red code to complete her test. Player 3 needs a purple code to continue testing but gambles and create a new test case, hoping to either get the needed purple through another player's test or replication. Player 4 would like to integrate the two passed components but two blue codes are required and her mix of codes doesn't allow her to test a non-passed component either. Instead, she creates a test case, hoping to get more blue that way.

At this point, the game felt too balanced. The test game was halted to test modifications in version 0.3.

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