If you are looking for a game tester job, go to our Jobs board. It is FREE, we are not going to sell you a guide on how to find them, there they are. If you want to know more about the industry or game testing, read our website, look up our profile on Yahoo Answers, ask your own questions in our Q&A Section. Yeah, it is FREE too. If you are tired of guides and want real education on game testing… keep reading.

Starter Kit Description:

The Starter Kit is the Basic Lessons on skills and knowledge needed for Game Testing. There is no mysterious method contained in the starter kit on how you can earn $30-$120 an hour game testing. Go buy a guide if you want to entertain that idea. There is no secret information on how to stay home, drinking pop and eating pizza, test games, turn it into your full time job and you make more than most college graduates… do not waste your money pursuing mythical positions.

We train people for real jobs that are real careers. Go look at our jobs boards if you want to see the types of jobs. You start out at $8-$12/hr and usually are at $16-$24/hr within 4 years. Not bad for not having to go to college for four years and get a degree.

The Starter Kit has about 12 of the 36 lessons in our certification program. We want you to become a certified game tester but we want you to able to see what you are getting for a cheap cost. That is why we created the Starter Kit. We even credit you for the Starter Kit purchase if you go on and purchase certification later. Certification is all 36 lessons of game tester training and gives you the ability to email and ask questions of our pool of experts. Lessons average about 15 minutes each and can be reviewed as many times as needed.

If you are interested to know what you will be learning in the starter kit, click the Lesson Outline link above to see the Course Syllabus and then see which of those lessons are contained in the Starter Kit.

To buy your Starter kit, you need to click the “add to cart” above.

Lessons are Delivered Online

If you already have a PowerUp Games account, you will need to login so the Starter Kit is delivered to your account. Lessons can be watched in the Tutorial Pane of your account page. If you don’t have an account, you will need to create a quick account in the checkout process.

Please sign up for the community even if you don’t buy anything. We would like to keep in touch.

Why you should buy the Starter Kit and do the Lessons.

It boils down to 1 of 2 reasons.

1) You are not yet in the industry and want to be in it to see if you like it.

You love Video Games and play them all the time and wonder if the video game industry is in your future and want to try it out as a game tester, the most predominant way to enter the industry.

2) You need industry experience to get the position you want:

You are already in the Video Game Industry and need experience. For example, you have graduated with a degree in Video Game Design and find out there are no entry level Video Game Design positions, So you use Game Testing to build your industry experience to get to the point where you can get your Video Game Design position or you are an artist, and can get an entry level art position. So you use Game Testing as a way to get in the industry, meet people and get them to see your art so eventually you can get one.

The starter kit is an easy way to see if what we are teaching is real and looks like real education that you would get in a classroom all at a reasonable cost. Then after you have completed it, you can ask yourself if additional education in game testing is in your future… In which case, we offer our game tester certification.

The “Stay at home" Game Tester

Never pay someone for information on the “Stay at home Game Tester”. It is associated with hype, almost always is someone trying to get you to buy something, and is 99.99% of the time a scam.
We occasionally have a Stay at home testing Gig and again it is FREE. We email the community about them. Who can participate varies. Some Publishers will want our certified game testers, some want people who have finished the Starter Kit and some want anyone in our community. Since it is FREE and you only have to sign up in our community, it is a way to get a couple extra bucks once in a while.

How do you know that we are the Authorities on Game Tester Training?

...or the Job of Every Game Tester is to Verify Content

So we will help you verify PowerUp Games. Click each item to see the reference.

1) Be Recognized in the Video Game Industry: 2) Be a Real Business: 3) Verifyable Backgrounds in Game Testing: 4) Continue to work in the Industry: 5) Have your training come from a Professional Source: 6) Act like a Real Business: 7) Be Recognized by others as a Real Business:

Colleges use our material We have a phone number, email address and physical address We have industry veterans with verifiable backgrounds, like our CEO We help people get into the industry (see our Yahoo answers Profile) Our Training was developed at a professional game testing company We are a business registered with the State of Florida PowerUP Games: We are listed wtih the game industry schools on GamaSutra

Email us if you have additional verification questions.
Be sure to run all sources that you may be listening to, through the same test and evaluation.

Here is what one of our students said about the course…

     I have just recently completed my Certification for Game Testing through PowerUp Games. I have been an avid gamer for my entire life and must admit I was a bit of a cocky know-it-all before taking this course. But quickly found that the information supplied was very useful and informative. It was right to the point and educational.

     I walked away with a huge array of new knowledge and understanding of terms and the gaming industry as a whole. With excellent one on one support I was able to create an impressive cover letter and resume. I have also assisted with where and how to properly apply for the places I am interested in. As well as tips for my soon to come follow up interviews.

This course was an excellent investment for my new career in the gaming industry and I would highly recommend it to anyone ready to break into the industry.

Extremely excited,

RaVeN

Why should you get Certified?

Getting Certified is for those who are truly serious about a job in the video game industry. You may be able to figure out how to do this all yourself and have plenty of time on your hands to do that, if so, you may not want certification. But certification is meant to give you the edge in getting the job. It helps your resume rise to the top, it shows you are serious.

The certification program is intended to

1) Educate you on game testing
2) Give you examples and stories you can use in interviews and cover letters
3) Get you to think and speak like a game tester
4) Understand game testing versus game playing

Are you giving a Starter Kit as a Gift?

If you are buying a Starter Kit as a gift for someone else, please select the Gift Certificate on Checkout and fill out the information. The Gift Certificate contains your ID and Password so you can print or file away for safe keeping.

Prerequisites for the Course

There are no prerequisites to our course. No materials needed, except a connection to the internet.

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