Alpha Video Game
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An Alpha Video Game is a video game that is an Alpha software.
- AKA: Video Game Alpha Release.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Video Game Development, Software Bug, Software Release Life Cycle.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha Retrieved:2017-5-21.
- A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix bugs still present in the software.
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha Retrieved:2017-5-21.
- The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In this phase, developers generally test the software using white-box techniques. Additional validation is then performed using black-box or gray-box techniques, by another testing team. Moving to black-box testing inside the organization is known as alpha release.[1]
Alpha software can be unstable and could cause crashes or data loss. Alpha software may not contain all of the features that are planned for the final version.[2] In general, external availability of alpha software is uncommon in proprietary software, while open source software often has publicly available alpha versions. The alpha phase usually ends with a feature freeze, indicating that no more features will be added to the software. At this time, the software is said to be feature complete.
- The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In this phase, developers generally test the software using white-box techniques. Additional validation is then performed using black-box or gray-box techniques, by another testing team. Moving to black-box testing inside the organization is known as alpha release.[1]