In video games, spawning is the live creation of a character, item or NPC.
When a player character respawns, they generally do so in an earlier point of the level and get some kind of penalty.
Regarding player-created spawn points, the game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars allows players utilizing the Strogg Technician class (Strogg team version of GDF Medic class) to create "spawn hosts" out of the bodies of fallen GDF enemies.
Any player on the Strogg team can use any unused spawn host and the player – upon death – can use it to spawn closer to the objective or in a tactical location, being effective tools for defending a location or advancing the front line.
Conversely, players utilizing the GDF Medic class can disable and remove Strogg player-created spawn hosts by zapping them with their defibrillator pads.