Pesto's Guide to Testing

Let's Make Testing Easy!

Testing turns good products into great ones. Every product benefits from it, from the biggest system books to the smallest gazetteers, but too often, products go without testing because their creators feel that they don’t have the time or know-how to run tests.

It doesn't have to be that way!

Pesto's Guide to Testing is a comprehensive guide to TTRPG testing aimed at new creators, but includes plenty of tips and resources for experienced designers as well.

Topics include:

• What is Testing?
• Types of Issues that Testers Raise
• How Do I Prepare for Tests?
• What Should I Look For in a Tester?
• Leading Feedback Discussions
• Using a Bug Tracker
• Collecting Feedback Through Surveys
  

... and much more.

The guide is also brimming with resources, including a bug tracker, a guide for players on how to be a good tester, and rules for building characters for testing 5e products.

This Guide is Free!

New developers have enough up-front expenses to worry about; I don't want this to be one of them. I owe my success to the many mentors that shared their expertise as I was getting started, and still help me to this day. This guide is my way of paying that forward.

That said, I also have a mortgage. If you find the advice within helpful, consider leaving a tip after your product breaks even by re-buying this guide with a non-zero purchase price.