Game design vocab 2

Question 1

Fluidity

Answer 1

The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.

Question 2

Features list

Answer 2

The key details or selling points of the game.

Question 3

Game Design

Answer 3

Creating the content and the rules of the game.

Question 4

Game Engine

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Game writing

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Genre

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Goals

Answer 7

A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.

Question 8

Graphics

Answer 8

The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

Question 9

Graphical Interface

Answer 9

Everything on the screen that the user will see.

Question 10

Immersion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Intellectual property

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Iterative

Answer 12

Something that is repeated over and over.

Question 13

Length

Answer 13

The defined starting and ending points.

Question 14

Level Design

Answer 14

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

Question 15

Luck of the draw

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Mechanics

Answer 16

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