Paul James - Game Dev Heroes 2026 QA Winner

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social

Award-winning Independent QA Specialist. Credited on multiple indie titles, including BAFTA award-winning Blue Prince, and IGF winner, Cryptmaster.

pauljamesgamestesting.com
https://linktr.ee/PaulJamesGT

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Aug 3, 2026, 8:59 PM Pinned

15 Days: Part 31 - where my Testing Shelf gets its debut, I share how you can earn a chance to win a signed Mega Drive, give a brief fitness update, and tell you which game I've been testing lately.

pauljamesgamestesting.com/2026/08/03/1...

pauljamesgamestesting.com15 Days: Part 3115 Days: Part 31 – July 16th to July 31st 2026 It’s Alive! The Testing Shelf…It’s Alive! And we’re back to the day-to-day, after the excitement and celebration of Part…

@tallstorygames.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

Bloody hell, we've packed a lot into this one, haven’t we? Here’s all you need to know about Heir of the Dog, our latest #PixelArt #MysteryGame 🧪🎩🌕

Will you be downloading it on 29 October?

#MonkeyIsland #Blackadder

Vintage cream paper background, featuring the Heir of the Dog game cover art, surrounded by arrows pointing to facts about the game: Monkey Island meets Blackadder, original and satisfying puzzles, bloody good music, indie point and click adventure game set in Victorian London, retro pixel art, full of puns, sarcasm and toilet humour, a comedy and mystery with a love story element, available in five languages, full of pettable dogs, 100% human made.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 3:47 PM

I hope you feel better very quickly, sir.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 3:43 PM

15 Days: Part 36 is coming soon.

In the meantime, you can catch up here:

pauljamesgamestesting.com/blog-2/

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 3:30 PM

WarCraft Forever delivery day! 😍 @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com

@tallstorygames.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 5:03 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

It's all about the puzzles in this new #PointAndClick #IndieGame 🧩🧩🧩

Original, satisfying, and often in bad taste... solve them all on 29 October 🧪🎩🌕

Prepare to lose an entire weekend to the five Ps: #puzzles, pups, puns, potions and poo. Highbrow, obviously.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 4:44 PM

I got mine a while ago. Definitely worth taking advantage of this sale.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:41 AM

I'm looking at my Valhalla.

@tallstorygames.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:03 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

Time to introduce you to some of the oddballs that you'll be meeting in Heir of the Dog, our latest #PixelArt #AdventureGame🧪🎩🌕

Swipe to make their acquaintance – then add this all-new #PointAndClick #IndieGame to your Steam wishlist ✨

#ScreenshotSaturday

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:12 PM

Thank you, sir!

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:59 AM

After the excitement of this pint, it was a walk home to watch Celebrity Traitors and then get some sleep. Back to testing today.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:47 PM

Friday night and a rare excursion to the pub. Having a pint in honour of the many bugs crushed lately. Never one to be satisfied, my face has obviously spotted something untoward. 😂

@tallstorygames.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

3 weeks until Heir of the Dog launches! If you...

🧪 dig classics like #MonkeyIsland and #Discworld
🧪 are a fan of #RetroGames and old school #PixelArt
🧪 support #IndieGames
🧪 have a childish sense of humour

... our hilariously British #PointAndClick adventure belongs on your wishlist 🐕

Fuchsia background with Victorian print wallpaper, featuring the words ‘WISHLIST IT TODAY’ and a pixel art image of a brown dog wearing a black top hat.

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:26 PM

You don't know me, Amazon! Oh, wait...

@tonywarriner.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:47 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

I'm in a good mood! And so there's a 30% discount on me book and also the #BrokenSword templar key rings until Monday!

Code: BEVIGILANT

RT pls :) #promote

ko-fi.com/A6714MSW

@thoughtrise.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:00 AMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

as far as i'm concerned, if you're soundboarding game ideas and something makes everyone laugh and/or smile, it's a thing you should take note of and seriously think about putting in the game games should be sequences of moments of delight. if you found delight, hold it tight

@playhilltop.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:29 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

Cool to be featured in the CBC next to killer narrative games being made by fellow Toronto indies. Our team is 5 people. Not going to make a AAA GTA 6-killer. What we CAN make are specific, personal games. Something I love about indies broadly, and something that 🇨🇦 teams seem to be extra good at.

@tallstorygames.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:40 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

Wait a second? You like British comedy AND old-school #pointandclick #adventuregames? Better stick this on your wishlist then 👉 heirofthedog.co.uk/steam

#IndieDev #IndieGame #PixelArt

@thecryptmaster.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:26 PMReposted by @pauljamesqa.bsky.social

I don't really know how to market to living people. Support us financially or risk my eternal wrath, I suppose...

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 8:38 PM

We're at the tail end (pun intended!) of Heir of the Dog by @tallstorygames.bsky.social, launching October 29th. 🙂

@pauljamesqa.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:19 PM

A very busy weekend of testing has included a tabletop game, beta-reading a book, clickety-clicking through a point-and-click adventure, and blasting through an arcade shooter. Somehow, I am smashing it.

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