Note:
As of Nov 2025 Indie QA crew is on permanent hiatus.
We were able to provide a lot of useful feedback to devs, however since all the QA work was volunteer based, we would often get inconsistent amounts of feedback from testers.
This meant that we couldn't guarantee devs how much feedback we could give them, sometimes it was lot, other times not.
The board has been busy working on other events, so we don't have a consistent manager for the group, and we did not want to potentially waste devs time.
For future efforts we may need to have some sort of enforcement method or buy in from testers, or have a member whose major responsibility is just managing QA crew.
The Indie QA Crew is an initiative run by the board members of IGDA DC to serve both indie developers in our group and aspiring QA professionals by connecting developers who need game testing with volunteer testers. We hope this initiative helps provide developers with more consistent and relevant feedback when they need it for their game projects and provides volunteers with a professional-level experience of game QA work.
This Google Doc contains all the information about becoming a tester or submitting a game. The whole process is managed via our Discord so you should join that if you are interested. If you have any questions about the program post them in the #playtesting channel on our Discord or message one of the board members.
These games have received QA feedback via Indie QA Crew: