Processed graphics in game development: quality assurance and testing

VOLODYMYR SNIHUR — 2025-11-04

While AI-generated and otherwise processed
assets are still relatively new topics, their less sophisticated
counterparts are not. Custom-made generated graphical assets
may be useful in game development as placeholder assets for
prototyping, background graphics for side scrollers or simple
character sprites. There is another possible use of them in the
f
i eld of quality assurance and game testing, particularly live
playtests (playthroughs by actual human players instead of
algorithms). QA can be done by game developers, publishers
should they choose to do so or players and in some cases by
mod authors and mod users (provided the game in question can
be modded at all). Following article explores actual, already
released, practical examples of such modifi cations in the form
that they were considered as “most useful for the end user” and
fulfi lling their intended task. All of them, as well as principles
they are based on, can be useful for the development of future
games and interactive content in professional or academic
settings, since the base assumption of wanting to produce best
possible quality of work that is suffi ciently optimized and can work on PCs of varying performance levels is universal to both
of them.

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FORMATION OF THE IMAGE OF KYIV IN UKRAINIAN ART: FROM ORIGINS TO INDEPENDENCE

Iryna Havryk — 2025-11-04

The article analyzes the historical context of the
formation of Kyiv’s image in Ukrainian art from ancient times
to Ukraine’s independence. It examines the development of
the landscape genre, which played a key role in depicting the
architectural and natural environment of the capital. Special
attention is given to the works of artists who portrayed Kyiv,
from medieval engravings to 19th- and 20th-century paintings.
The infl uence of urban transformations, socio-political changes,
and cultural processes on the artistic representation of the city
is highlighted. The contribution of prominent Ukrainian artists,
including Taras Shevchenko, Mykola Pymonenko, Oleksandr
Bohomazov, Yurii Khymych, Serhii Shyshko, and others, to
the creation of Kyiv’s visual identity is explored. The article
focuses on the evolution of stylistic approaches to depicting
the city, from the documentary accuracy of early engravings to
the expressive and symbolic interpretations of modernists. This
research provides insight into the multidimensional nature of
Kyiv’s image in Ukrainian art and its signifi cance for shaping
national identity.

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Processed graphics in game development: quality assurance and testing

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FORMATION OF THE IMAGE OF KYIV IN UKRAINIAN ART: FROM ORIGINS TO INDEPENDENCE