Bellwork Terms

Question 1

AAA List Games

Answer 1

Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20 million

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Convergence

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Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa

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Alpha

Answer 3

Very first build that is shared with testers

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Components

Answer 4

parts of your game

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Depth

Answer 5

Whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience

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Design Document

Answer 6

Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals

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Copyright

Answer 7

Law that protects creation

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Abstract

Answer 8

A game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world

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Analysis Paralysis

Answer 9

When a player is presented with too many choices or decisions

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Avatar

Answer 10

Represents the player in the game (or a sprite).

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Bell Curve

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Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others

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Decision Making

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Making choices that will affect the rest of your game play

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Dynamics

Answer 13

Results like play actions being put into motion

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Cinematic

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Movie inserted into the video game

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Accessibility

Answer 15

Easy to learn and easy to play, yet not always easy to master

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Agent

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Middleman between the creator and the publisher

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Downtime

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When a player is not actually participating

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Character Class

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The profession of the character that says what he or she can and cannot do

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Casual Game

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A game played to relax not to beat or win

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Beta

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Very close to final design but still being tested

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Features List

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The key details or selling points of the game

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Fluidity

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The extent to which the game circumstances change over time

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Game Design

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Creating the content and the rules of the game

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Game Engine

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Development software that game designers use to manage art, sound, and code

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Game Writing

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Writing of the dialogue, text, and story within the worlds

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Genre

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Sub category of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

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Goals

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A desired result or plan that you set to achieve

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Graphics

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The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art

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Graphical Interface

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Everything on the screen that the user will see

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Immersion

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Feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there

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Intellectual Property

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Identifiable characters or stories that are owned by an individual or company

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Iterative

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Something that is repeated over and over.

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Length

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The defined starting and ending points

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Level Design

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Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Luck of the Draw

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Does not require decision making, game is based only on luck

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Mechanics

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How you move, earn points, gain resources, etc. within the game

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Patent

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A strong form of protection for an intellectual property

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Play Balance

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A balanced game is one that is fair and each player has an equal chance of winning

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Player Interaction

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When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other players situation

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Play Testers

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People who play an unfinished game to find errors, inconsistencies, or other issues

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Pitch

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Brief description and/or presentation of a game or a game concept designed to secure funding

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Probability

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The likelihood that something will happen

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Prototype

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An early/unfinished version of the game

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Publishers

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Companies that manufacture and distribute games

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Random

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Occurrences in a game that players have no control over

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Replayability

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game that allows it to be played over and over again.

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Rules

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The mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do

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Service Mark

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Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase

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Simulation

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Intended to represent some part of reality

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Space

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The look and feel of the game from its design.

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Strategic

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Strategy that involves your long range plan

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System

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Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome

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System Design

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Creation of rules and patterns in the game

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Theme

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Story or history that the game is trying to represent

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Trademark

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Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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Transparency

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Whether or not a game reveals its secrets

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User Interface Design

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How the player receives information and how the player interacts with the game

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Volatility

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The extent to which the game arrangements are not subject to the changes caused by other players

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World Design

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Creation of the overall backstory, setting, and theme of the game

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Zero Sum

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Situation where one player can only gain by taking away from another player