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gamedev en · NOUN

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1. (countable, informal) Alternative form of game dev. ▸ A game developer.
   • Dreams’ creative range is astonishing, and it’s possible to make any style of game in minutes, whether it’s a marble run, a city sim, or a rhythm-action minigame within another game. Ettouney hopes this may encourage jaded gamedevs to experiment more: […] 2018 March, Edge, number 316, page 73:
   • Come and be inspired by your peers’ game audio journeys both present and future, join the conversation, network with other gamedevs and party by the seaside. […] Descriptor: A tour of the most common pitfalls unprepared gamedevs encounter on dialogue projects for videogames. 2017 June, Develop, number 183, pages 32–33:
   • Gamedevs share code, war stories, screenshots, videos, and links to their games, and the conversation regarding tools, languages, and algorithms is very active. 2012, Christer Kaitila, The Game Jam Survival Guide: Build a Game in One Crazy Weekend and Survive to Tell the Tale!, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 87:
2. (informal, uncountable) Alternative form of game dev. ▸ Game development.
   • Real gamedev is impossible without fair amount of math. […] This book covers many gamedev algorithms and optimizations, most of which are not limited to JavaScript. […] I encourage you to join and share your gamedev assets for free—the developer community will be most grateful. […] It doesn’t make much sense to write this class step by step, since the code doesn’t really have anything to do with gamedev-specific algorithms. 2012, Juriy Bura with Paul Coates, Pro Android Web Game Apps: Using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, Apress, →ISBN, pages xv–xvii and 162–163:
   • My first real gamedev job … we were three guys … Now I work for a big company, doing AAA titles, but I feel bitter, yes there is some excitement, but then the teams are 100-150 people, you got not one platform but 4-5 (old-gen + next-gen), and one of it launch title. It’s a hell ride. (Chaos Engine, 2006) 2007, SwanQuake: The User Manual, Liquid Press / i-DAT, →ISBN, page 116:
   • Gamedev images from Twitter 2012, Christer Kaitila, The Game Jam Survival Guide: Build a Game in One Crazy Weekend and Survive to Tell the Tale!, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 89:
   • Jump into hardware hacking and gamedev at the same time with a purpose-built handheld that uses MicroPython as its game development platform 2022 November, K.G. Orphanides, “Build a MicroPython handheld”, in The MagPi, number 123, page 50:
   • Rosman has continued to run monthly meetups since 2009 and says that’s how she became known as “Melbourne’s gamedev aunty.” […] “As for what the environment is like, our gamedev is about keeping things fun and professional; never uptight.[…]” 2018, Marie Meagan, Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play, DK/Prima Games, →ISBN, pages 228 and 257:
   • Assembly also hosts a gamedev competition which attracted 19 entries this year. 2010 October, Paul Grenfell, “Assembly 2010”, in Game Developer, volume 17, number 9, page 5, column 2:
   • The gamedev community is really a small world of really cool people. 2020 February 1, Mark Melnychuk, quoting Samantha Ramsay, “Digital dreams: Meet Regina’s independent video game developers”, in Regina Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., page B5, column 5:
   • I believe it can provide you a lot of value, so all I ask from you is a few minutes of your time, so I can share with you why it can be beneficial to you and your gamedev journey. If you haven’t read it yet, you might enjoy GAMEDEV: 10 Steps to Making Your First Game Successful. 2020, Wlad Marhulets, 100 Game Design Tips & Tricks, Unfold Games, LLC, →ISBN, page 80:
   • Kent, who started his own business called Om Games, plans to attend the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York in the fall to study game design and development with a business minor. Kent, a member of the Columbus-based Central Ohio Gamedev Group, hopes to continue the business through college but wants to focus on school. 2017 May 20, Emily Mills, “Singer, video game enthusiast, young mechanic follow their dreams”, in News Journal, Mansfield, Oh., page 4A, columns 1–2:

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