thanks for the 'tester' code.
I tested it with code F5Z9HOJJD4UNJ65.ino from your Instructables. And I still have a few questions.
I connected the joystick outputs to A0 and A1 (23 and 24) of the Atmega8 and placed two 4.7kOhm pullup resistors on SDA(A5) and SCL(A4).
In the serial console, I always have -15 displayed for x and y, regardless of the variations on the potentiometers. And even disconnecting the wires.
I had noticed that the slave code didn't compile because you had to add 'int numBytes' for example for the receiveEvent function. Moreover, I had no display in the serial console of the values x_pos and y_pos, whereas for temp_x and temp_y yes (by adding Serial.print here and there).
I don't understand tests 1, 3 and 4. According to what I read, the displayed result is necessarily 'PASS', since this is what is asked to write on the serial console, after writing on the I2C bus, whether writing takes place or not. In the code, I ran test 2 after test 3 and 4 to verify by unplugging the SDA and SCL cables. And we still get 'PASS' for tests 1, 3 and 4.
I hope you don't get bored with all those programming questions on the DCS forum.