playtest
playtest verb: to test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
Verb
playtest (third-person singular simple present playtests, present participle playtesting, simple past and past participle playtested)
- To test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
- He playtested his Geometry Dash level to make sure there were no bugs.
- CPH3 had been playtested too long, and they’d added so many new elements that the game was extraordinarily buggy.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 321
Noun
playtest (plural playtests)
- A session of testing a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
- We've fixed the first round of problems and it's time for another playtest.
Forms of playtest
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | playtests |
| present participle | playtesting |
| past participle | playtested |
| past | playtested |
| Noun | |
| plural | playtests |
Origin of playtest
From play + test.
Questions about playtest
- What does playtest mean?
- Playtest means to test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
- What part of speech is playtest?
- Playtest can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of playtest?
- The past tense of playtest is playtested.
Words near playtest in the dictionary
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