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Steps to reproduce

Meaning in game development, with examples

phraseCommon term

In game development, steps to reproduce means: The exact list of actions in a bug report that someone else can follow to make the same bug happen again, so developers can see it and fix it.

In Turkish: tekrarlama adımları, hatayı yeniden oluşturma adımları, repro adımları

How it is used

A standard section of every bug report, together with expected result, actual result and build number. Testers say a bug is easy or hard to repro (short for reproduce), and 'can't repro' means the developer could not make it happen.

Example sentences

  1. Please add steps to reproduce; I can't make the crash happen on my machine.

  2. Steps to reproduce: start a new game, open the map, then press Pause twice.

Common collocations

  • clear steps to reproduce
  • repro rate
  • can't repro
  • expected result
  • actual result
  • bugA mistake in the game that makes it behave in a way it should not, such as a crash, a character falling through the floor or a quest that cannot be finished.
  • QAShort for quality assurance: testing a game to find, document and check bugs before and after release, and also the team that does this work.
  • crashA serious failure in which the game suddenly stops working and closes or freezes, usually losing the player's unsaved progress.
  • buildA playable version of the game produced from the project's current code and assets at a certain moment, for example for testing, a demo or a release.

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