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game dev

game dev noun: a game developer.

Noun

game dev (countable and uncountable, plural game devs)

  1. (countable, informal) A game developer.
    • This week I reached out to four successful indie game devs to ask where they think their first 1,000 players came from. [...] Like all of the developers interviewed in this piece, Norwegian game dev Anders Lauridsen, the creator of SKALD, says that his first 1,000 sales “came fairly quickly”...2025 January 10, Rigney, Ryan, “Asking Game Devs Where They Found Their First 1,000 Players”, in Push to Talk
    • Game devs are flocking to PC, leaving consoles behind, according to GDC survey2025 January 23, Skye Jacobs, Tech Spot
  2. (informal, uncountable) Game development.
    • Anyway, I'm really intrigued by Ada and I'd like to "go out on a limb" and see how Ada measures up to C/C++ for game development.2004 November 22, Jeff Houck, “Ada suitablity as a game dev language”, in comp.lang.ada (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026

Forms of game dev

pluralgame devs
alternative formgamedev

Questions about game dev

What does game dev mean?
Game dev means a game developer.
What part of speech is game dev?
Game dev is a noun.
What is the plural of game dev?
The plural of game dev is game devs.

Words near game dev in the dictionary

  1. game consoles
  2. game controller
  3. game controllers
  4. game day
  5. game days
  6. game dev
  7. game devs
  8. game drive
  9. game drives
  10. game engine
  11. game engines

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