Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

game dev

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: game dev
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game developer.

Countable; Informal

noun

Game development.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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”..."
"Game devs are flocking to PC, leaving consoles behind, according to GDC survey"
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

game devs (plural) gamedev (alternative)

Questions

What does game dev mean?: A game developer.

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