Quality assurance tester application - Evan

[evanmand]

Position: Quality assurance tester

Do you understand that Wildfire Games is a non-commercial project, work for 0 A.D. is volunteer, and work is done for free? Yes

Do you agree to distribute all your work for Wildfire Games under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license? Yes

Are you sure you are not wanting to work on something programming related? (Then you don't need to send in an application form.) Yes

Name: Evan Anderson

Email: evanmand@protonmail.com

Location: Utah, USA

Availability: ~5 hours per week

Age: 23

Occupation: I currently work as a quality assurance professional, focusing on embedded software.

Skills and Experience: I have been working in quality assurance for about 6 months. Before my current position I got a computer science degree and have done some programming internships.

Motivation: I love video games and open source projects. Being able to contribute to this game would be fun and rewarding. I also play the game a lot anyways, so I might as well be on the hunt for bugs.

Personality: When it all comes down to one sentence I love creating and understanding how things work.

Short Essay: I found out about Wildfire Games through 0 A.D., which I was introduced to by my brother. My family is super into real time strategy games. I am intersted in contributing to the project because I love gaming and tech, and would like to gain more testing experience.

Interests and Hobbies: One of my biggest hobbies is gaming. I participated in competitive esports in college and have met many friends through games. I am also very into music (playing the piano/saxophone), indoor gardening, and building with LEGO (also competitively).

Favorite Game: Current favorite game is 0 A.D. obviously. Overall my most played game is Starcraft.

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Edited December 23, 2025 by evanmand

[Stan`]

Hello there, you don't need much to get started. You could get the latest release candidates to check if everything works properly )

 

Welcome to the forums!

[evanmand]

Thanks for the welcome Stan! I've run into my first crash, and have reported it here: https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/7661#issuecomment-132398

If you have any feedback on how I'm reporting issues please let me know, I'm sure every organization has their own processes.