Andy Robson created Testology in June 2006. Testology has been set up to provide a very high quality of Quality Assurance, games consultancy and testing-staff placement to the entire games industry. Testology will work closely with the development teams and publishers in all areas of game development and on all projects, big or small.
Andy Robson has been working in the industry since 1994 when he joined Bullfrog Productions and run the department as Head of testing. In 1998 he went on to work at Lionhead Studios as the Head of Testing. During this time Andy has worked on over 30 AAA titles covering PC, Xbox, & PlayStation.
These are listed below:
| Title |
Publisher |
Platform |
Game ranking Avg review % |
|
The Movies , Stunts & Effects expansion pack
|
Activision |
(PC) |
83.6% |
|
Black & White 2 , Battle of the Gods expansion pack
|
EA |
(PC) |
69.3% |
|
The Movies
|
Activision |
(PC) |
84.1% |
|
Black & White 2
|
EA |
(PC) |
75.9% |
|
Fable TLC
|
Microsoft |
(PC+X-BOX) |
84.7% |
|
Fable
|
Microsoft |
(X-BOX) |
85.2% |
|
Black & White
|
Graphic simulations |
(Apple Mac version) |
97% |
|
Black & White
|
EA |
(P5 Glove version - PC) |
|
|
Black & White: Creature Isle
|
EA |
(PC) |
68.6% |
|
Black & White
|
EA |
(PC) |
89.7% |
|
Populous: The Beginning
|
EA |
(PC) |
79.8% |
|
Theme Hospital
|
EA |
(PC+PS1) |
75.3% |
|
Dungeon Keeper Gold
|
EA |
(PC) |
|
|
Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons
|
EA |
(PC) |
69.5% |
|
Dungeon Keeper
|
EA |
(PC) |
93.5% |
|
Syndicate Wars
|
EA |
(PC+PS1) |
90% |
|
Hi-Octane
|
EA |
(PC\SATURN+PS1) |
|
|
Gene Wars
|
EA |
(PC) |
63.3 % |
|
Magic Carpet
|
EA |
(PC/PS1+SATURN) |
70% |
|
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
|
EA |
(PC) |
90% |
|
Syndicate
|
EA |
(3DO) |
|
|
Theme Park
|
EA |
(MEGADRIVE) |
|
| Theme Park |
|
(SNES) |
|
Many of these titles were highly acclaimed, including Fable on the X-Box which was the fastest selling X-box title.
There are over 30 AAA titles that Andy Robson has worked on. These titles have all been in the top 10 when released.
Andy Robson has worked alongside industry legend Peter Molyneux for 12 years; initially alongside him at Bullfrog Productions in 1994. Then Peter left Bullfrog and Electronic Arts, to set up his new company, Lionhead Studios.
Andy Robson then joined Peter Molyneux in 1998 to work at Lionhead Studios as Head of Testing. He then worked alongside Peter Molyneux for a further 8 years.
Andy Robson has 12 years experience running a testing department with leading developers Bullfrog Productions and Lionhead Studios.
Andy’s knowledge about QA processes and getting games out on time to the highest quality is second to none.
Andy has worked with Peter Molyneux testing all his games for the past 12 years, and has always had the highest respect from Peter when it comes to feedback on game-play mechanics and whether a game is fun to play or not . He always asked Andy if a game was ready to be shipped. Peter made a point of speaking to Andy before the Producer, the Lead Designer or the Development manager and has often stated that he always felt that Andy Robson gave him the most honest answer. He respected these answers and the reasons behind them, even if it wasn’t always what he wanted to hear.
- 12 years as Head of testing at the most respected companies in the world, Bullfrog Productions and Lionhead Studios.
- Massive experience in all processes when testing a product from concept to Gold.
- 12 years experience working with all major publishers, production staff and testing departments.
- Working with out of house dev teams and in-house dev teams.
- 12 years experience giving gameplay feedback on all aspects of a game from concept doc, design docs, game-play mechanics, GUI, balancing, pacing of the game, green light builds, demos and so on.
- Experience in setting up 2 testing departments from scratch.
