Checkpoint
Meaning in software engineering, with examples
In software engineering, checkpoint means: A point in a level where the game saves the player's progress, so after failing or dying they start again from there instead of from the beginning.
In Turkish: kontrol noktası, checkpoint, kayıt noktası
How it is used
Level designers decide checkpoint placement to control frustration, and players say a game has fair or unfair checkpoints. You reach or hit a checkpoint and restart from the last checkpoint; autosave is the system behind it.
Example sentences
Add a checkpoint before the boss; nobody wants to replay ten minutes of platforming.
The checkpoint saved after the player had already lost most of their health.
Common collocations
- checkpoint system
- reach a checkpoint
- checkpoint placement
- restart from the last checkpoint
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