Game design Flashcards
Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20 million
AAA List games
Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa
convergence
Very first build that is shared within testers
Alpha
Parts of your game
components
Whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience
depth
Provides an overview of the game and learning goals
Design document
Law that protects creation
copyright
A game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world
Abstract
When a player is presented with two many choices or
decisions
Analysis
Represented the player ( or a sprite )
Avatar
Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others
Bell curve
Making choices that will affect that will affect the rest of your game play
Decision making
Results like play actions put into
Dynamics
movie inserted into the video game
cinematic
Easy to learn and easy to play,yet not always easy to master
Accessibility
Middleman between the creator and the publisher
Agent
When a player is not actually participating.
Downtime
The profession of the character that says what he or she can and cannot do
Character Class
A game played to relax not to beat or win.
Casual Game
Very close to final design but still being tested.
Beta
The defined starting and ending points
length
maps and placement of objects and challenges within those maps
level design
does not require decision making,game is based only on luck
luck of the draw
how you move, earn points,gain resources,etc.within the game
mechanics
