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game design vocab Flashcards

1
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games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20 million.

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AAA List Games

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video games made to resemble board games and vise versa.

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Convergence

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3
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very first build that is shared with testers.

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Alpha

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4
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parts of your game.

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Components

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5
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whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience

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Depth

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6
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provides an overview of the game and its learning goals

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Design Document

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7
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law that protects creation

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Copyright

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8
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a game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world

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Abstract

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9
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when a player is presented with too many choices or decisions

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Analysis Paralysis

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10
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represents the player in the game (or a sprite)

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Avatar

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11
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probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others

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Bell Curve

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12
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making choices that will affect the rest of your game play

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Decision Making

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13
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results like play actions being put into motion

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Dynamics

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14
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movie inserted into the video game

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Cinematic

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15
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east to learn and easy to play yet not always easy to master

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Accessibility

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16
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middleman between the creator and the publisher

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Agent

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17
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when a player is not actually participating

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Downtime

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18
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the profession of the character that says what he/she can and cannot do

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Character Class

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19
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a game played to relax not to beat or win

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Casual Game

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20
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very close to final design but still being tested

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Beta

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21
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the key details of selling points of the game

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Features List

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22
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the extent to which the game circumstances change over time

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Fluidity

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23
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creating the content and the rules of the game

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Game Design

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24
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development software that game designers use to manage are, sound, and code

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Game Engine

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25
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writing of the dialogue, text, and story within the world

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Game Writing

26
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sub category of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

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Genre

27
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a desired result or plan that you set to achieve

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Goals

28
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the visual aspects of a game, particularly the art

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Graphics

29
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everything on the screen that the user will see

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Graphical Interface

30
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feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there

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Immersion

31
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identifiable characters or stories that are owned by and individual or company

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Intellectual Property

32
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something that is repeated over and over again

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Iterative

33
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the defined starting and ending points

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Length

34
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maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Level Design

35
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does not require decision making , game is based only on luck

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Luck of the Day

36
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how you move, earn points, gain resources, etc. within the game

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Mechanics

37
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a strong form of protection for an intellectual property

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Patent

38
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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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Play Balanced

39
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when the action of one player immediately affects at least one other players situation

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Player Interaction

40
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people who play an unfinished game to find errors, inconsistencies or other issue

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Play Testers

41
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brief description and/or presentation of a game

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Pitch

42
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the likelihood that something will happen

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Probability

43
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an early / unfinished version of the game

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Prototype

44
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companies that manufacture and distribute games

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Publishers

45
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occurrences in a game that players have no control over

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Random

46
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a game that allows it to be played over and over again

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Replayability

47
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the mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do

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Rules

48
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legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase

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Service Mark

49
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intended to represent some part of reality

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Simulation

50
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the look and feel of the game from its design

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Space

51
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strategy that involves your long range plan

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Strategic

52
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collection of game mechanics that produce a given a outcome

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System

53
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creation of rules and patterns in the game

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System Design

54
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story or history that the game is trying to represent

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Theme

55
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form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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Trademark

56
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whether or not a game reveals its secrets

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Transparency

57
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how the player receives information and how the player interacts with the game

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User Interface Design

58
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the extent to which the games arrangements are not subject to the changes caused by others

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Volatility

59
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creation of the overall back story setting and theme of the game

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World Design

60
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situation where one player can gain by taking away from another player

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Zero Sum

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