Editing Video game development (section)

==== Alpha ====
{{See also|Alpha release}}

''Alpha'' is the stage when key gameplay functionality is implemented, and assets are partially finished.{{sfn|Chandler|2009|p=245}} A game in alpha is ''feature complete'', that is, the game is playable and contains all the major features.{{sfn|Bethke|2003|p=192}} These features may be further revised based on testing and feedback.{{sfn|Chandler|2009|p=245}} Additional small, new features may be added, and similarly planned, but unimplemented features may be dropped.{{sfn|Bethke|2003|p=192}} Programmers focus mainly on finishing the codebase, rather than implementing additions.{{sfn|Bethke|2003|p=294}}