1M+
Copies sold
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Developed & published by Jagex
Embedded QA support across a live fantasy survival-crafting experience.
Engagement at a glance
- Engagement
- Embedded DevQA / Game QA support via DAQA
- Contribution
- Senior-level QA contribution: test design and maintenance, defect reporting, regression and live-issue triage
- Period
- 2025 – Present
- QA partner
- DAQA
- Coverage
- Active development, release validation and post-release live monitoring across PC and console builds
- Credit status
- Credited under DAQA
Platform references describe QA coverage or testing exposure where applicable and do not necessarily indicate public release availability on every platform.
QA value shown
Demonstrates embedded DevQA support sustained across active development, release validation and post-release live monitoring. The contribution focused on regression risk, multiplayer and session-flow behavior, and turning player-facing issues into clear, reproducible reports during a fast-moving live-development cycle. This work was delivered as part of the project’s wider QA effort.
Overview
Game description
A cooperative survival-crafting adventure set on Ashenfall, a forgotten RuneScape continent where awakened dragons threaten the land. Players gather resources, build, craft, develop skills, uncover ancient secrets, and prepare to confront the Dragon Queen.
QA Contribution
Embedded senior QA support across active development, release validation, and post-release live monitoring, with a focus on player-facing quality, gameplay flow, progression continuity, UI/UX clarity, multiplayer/session behavior, and regression risk. Contributed to test case creation, review, and ongoing maintenance, keeping coverage aligned with evolving features, build changes, patch priorities, and live risk areas. Participated in recurring QA and production syncs, sharing test status, risk areas, blockers, defect trends, live issue observations, and continuous gameplay feedback to support development decisions, release readiness, and timely hotfix triage when needed.
QA coverage areas
Supported QA and embedded DevQA activities across PC storefront builds and console environments, including Steam, Microsoft Store, Epic Games Store, PlayStation, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch 2.
- Steam
- Microsoft Store
- Epic Games Store
- PlayStation
- Xbox Series
- Nintendo Switch 2
Trailer
Official trailer
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Public project metrics
Publicly available indicators that provide context for the project's market presence and player reception. These are public project metrics for the title as a whole, not personal performance metrics, and do not represent any individual contributor's impact on its sales, reviews, or commercial performance.
Last checked: June 2026
25K+
Steam reviews
52K+
All-time Steam peak
Very Positive
Steam reception
Sources
Public metrics are based on publicly available store or press information and may change over time.
- Jagex reports the game surpassed well over 1 million copies sold worldwide.
Role and responsibilities
- Supported embedded QA coverage across active development, release validation, and post-release monitoring.
- Contributed to test case creation, review, and maintenance for gameplay, progression, UI/UX, multiplayer/session flows, regression areas, and patch-specific risks.
- Participated in recurring QA and production syncs, providing updates on test progress, build health, blockers, risks, live issue trends, and player-impact observations.
- Supported live patch monitoring after major updates by tracking player-facing issues, reproducing reports, assessing severity, and helping prioritize hotfix candidates when needed.
- Executed smoke passes, exploratory testing, feature validation, regression checks, and fix verification across PC and console builds.
- Reported reproducible defects with clear steps, expected behavior, evidence, and player-impact context.
- Provided continuous gameplay feedback to QA, production, and development stakeholders to support clarity, usability, balance, and post-release stability.
Testing activities
- Smoke and build verification
- Feature validation
- Exploratory testing
- Regression and fix verification
- Multiplayer and session-flow checks
- UI/UX and controller-focused observations
- Stability and crash investigation support
- Player-impact triage
- Post-release live monitoring and hotfix support
Example areas tested
- Gameplay flow and progression continuity
- Combat readability, enemy pressure, and interaction edge cases
- UI clarity, prompts, menus, map, and journal states
- Save/load, death, rejoin, and session continuity scenarios
- Crafting, building, resource, and reward-loop validation
- Multiplayer and dedicated-session behavior at a high level
Challenges
- Working in a rapidly changing Early Access development environment.
- Balancing broad coverage with release priorities and high-risk player flows.
- Distinguishing functional defects, design friction, balance concerns, and usability issues.
- Communicating risk clearly without exposing internal implementation details.
- Maintaining regression awareness across interconnected survival, combat, progression, UI, and multiplayer systems.
Lessons learned
- High-quality repro evidence reduces decision time.
- Player-impact framing makes severity and prioritization clearer.
- Systemic games require testing around interactions, not isolated features.
- Good QA notes should explain what happened, why it matters, and what could regress.
Technologies involved
- Jira
- Xray
- Unreal Engine familiarity
- PC testing
- Controller testing
- Multiplayer/session testing
- Video and log evidence
- Test planning and regression matrices
Examples are sanitized and focused on QA methodology. No confidential data, internal defects, proprietary process details, or unreleased content are disclosed.