playtest

verb, noun — 2 senses

playtest

verb

Etymology From play + test.

1

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:

playtest

noun

Etymology From play + test.

1

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.

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