Meet the Gamepad Tester Team
Five specialists — one founder and four support engineers — who have spent over a decade building, refining, and supporting the most trusted free controller testing platform on the internet. Real gamers. Real expertise. Real answers, around the clock.
Chris SpawnPoiint — Founder of Gamepad Tester
The gamer who built the platform from scratch in 2012 because the tool he needed simply did not exist.
Chris SpawnPoiint has spent 13 years at the intersection of competitive gaming and controller hardware. Long before content creation became his platform, Chris was the person in every gaming session who could tell you within seconds whether a controller's left stick was drifting, whether a trigger's spring was weakening, or whether a button's double-fire was hardware or software. That instinct became Gamepad Tester.
In 2012, Chris built the very first version of Gamepad Tester from scratch — a lightweight browser page that used the newly standardised Web Gamepad API to display raw controller input. It was designed to answer one question that every gamer asked but couldn't easily answer: is it the controller or is it the game? Within months it had reached tens of thousands of users across gaming forums, Discord servers, and social media.
Over 13 years, Chris has expanded Gamepad Tester into a full diagnostic platform covering buttons, stick drift, trigger pressure, vibration motor testing, N-key rollover, CPS measurement, and platform-specific tests for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and keyboards. Beyond Gamepad Tester, Chris runs multiple gaming-adjacent content projects across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and X — while remaining hands-on in the tester's development and support team every single day.
Our Support Specialists
Four dedicated specialists covering every major controller platform, every time zone, and every support channel — all day, every day. No bots. No automated responses. Real expertise on every ticket.
Steve
10 years diagnosing controller hardware faults across all major platforms. Expert in potentiometer repair, PCB trace analysis, and thumbstick module replacement. Steve handles the most complex multi-symptom diagnostics on the team and leads the support queue triage process.
Yve Gaming
Deep expertise in XInput, DirectInput, and Windows driver architecture. Former esports hardware technician. Yve covers all Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC controller issues including DS4Windows configuration, Steam Input mapping, and competitive gaming peripheral setup.
Chris Gamepad
Built Gamepad Tester's vibration engine and Gamepad API polling architecture. Specialist in DualSense adaptive trigger diagnostics, HD Rumble analysis, and controller firmware update issues. Chris ensures every haptic test accurately reflects true hardware state.
DanKamYouKnow
Ensures every tool is accurate, accessible, and cross-browser compatible across all platforms and operating systems. Expert in Gamepad API edge cases, Nintendo Switch compatibility, and mobile browser support. DanKam owns the quality bar for every test on the platform.
Our Core Values
Three principles that have guided every product decision at Gamepad Tester since the first version launched in 2012.
Honesty First
Gamepad Tester shows raw hardware values without filtering or softening the results. If your stick is drifting at 0.085, we tell you it is drifting at 0.085. We do not hide problems to avoid concern — accurate information is the only useful information.
Complete Privacy
Every button press, axis value, and trigger reading is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is transmitted. Nothing is stored. Your controller's behaviour is private information and it stays on your device. We have never and will never sell input data.
Free Forever
Gamepad Tester has been free since 2012 and will remain free. There are no premium tiers, no paywalled accuracy, no subscription that unlocks better results. Every gamer deserves the same honest diagnostic tools regardless of budget.
Real Human Support
When you contact Gamepad Tester, you get a real person who understands controller hardware. Every support query is answered by Steve, Yve, Chris, or DanKam — specialists with years of hands-on hardware experience, not automated responses.
Continuous Improvement
Every tool on Gamepad Tester has been updated for new controller models and refined over 13 years. The stick drift tester is more accurate than it was in 2014. This is not a static project — it improves every time a gamer reports a new edge case.
Global Reach
Gamepad Tester is used by gamers in over 80 countries — from casual home players to professional esports teams and hardware repair shops. Every tool is built to work universally across all browsers, operating systems, and connection types.
We are always looking for passionate people who genuinely care about gaming hardware, accurate diagnostics, and helping players get the most from their equipment. If you know controllers inside and out — whether as a hardware specialist, developer, content creator, or support expert — we would love to hear from you.
Get in TouchGet in Touch with Gamepad Tester
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States
Gamepad Tester — Our Team · Founded 2012 by Chris SpawnPoiint · 77 Sands St 7th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA · gamepadtester.co@gmail.com · +1 (308) 140-5938 · ← Home · Contact Us · Support