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spawner

spawner

7.4
A part of a game that creates new enemies or items
  • noun
  • /ˈspɔːnər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : generador
  • In the game, the enemy spawner releases new foes every few seconds.

Examples

  • Going to quickly disable this Swarmer spawner before it's too late.

  • It's a great spawner and Massa for whatever reason

  • We need to improve the spawner so that more items can be generated quickly.

  • The level designer placed a hidden spawner in the corner of the room to surprise players.

Surface Forms

spawner singular
spawners plural

Morphology

spawner = spawn (semi-transparent) = spawn + er

Formed by the productive '-er' agent/result nominalization from 'spawn', but the gaming/computing sense is a domain-specific extension that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Spawner uses the same idea: it is built from spawn 'to produce' plus -er 'one who does'. So in games and computing a spawner is a place or process that creates new characters, items, or tasks.