theorycraft

English

Etymology

Verb

theorycraft (third-person singular simple present theorycrafts, present participle theorycrafting, simple past and past participle theorycrafted)

(video games) To analyze (especially mathematically) the underlying mechanics of a video game in order to optimize or minimax one's gameplay.

Noun

theorycraft (countable and uncountable, plural theorycrafts)

(video games) Theorycrafting.