game desing VOCAB

Question 1

AAA list game

Answer 1

Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over 20 million

Question 2

convergence

Answer 2

video games made to resemble board games and vice versa

Question 3

alpha

Answer 3

very first build that is shared with testers

Question 4

components

Answer 4

parts of your game

Question 5

Depth

Answer 5

whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience

Question 6

Design Document

Answer 6

provides on averview of the game and its learning goals

Question 7

copy rigth

Answer 7

law that protects creation or nothing to do with the real world

Question 8

Analysis Paralysis

Answer 8

when a player is presented with to many choices or decisions

Question 9

avatar

Answer 9

Represents the player in the game (or a sprite)

Question 10

Bell curve

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Decision Making

Answer 11

Making choices that will affect the rest of your game play

Question 12

Dynamics

Answer 12

Results like play octions put into motion

Question 13

Cinematic

Answer 13

Mouse inserted into the video game

Question 14

Accessibility

Answer 14

Easy to learn and easy to master

Question 15

Agent

Answer 15

Middleman between the creator and the publisher

Question 16

Downtime

Answer 16

when a player is not actually participating

Question 17

Character Class

Answer 17

The Profession of the character that says what he or she could and cannot do

Question 18

Casual Game

Answer 18

A Game Played to relax not beat or win

Question 19

Beta

Answer 19

Very close to Final design but still being tested

Question 20

Features list

Answer 20

The key details or selling of the game

Question 21

Fluidity

Answer 21

the extent to which the game circumstances change over time

Question 22

Game design

Answer 22

creating the content and the rules of the game

Question 23

Game Engine

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Game writing

Answer 24

Writing of the dialogues,text and story within the worlds

Question 25

Genre

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Goals

Answer 26

A desired result or play that you set to achieve

Question 27

Graphics

Answer 27

The visual aspects of a game ,party culary the art

Question 28

graphical interface

Answer 28

everything on the screen that the use will see

Question 29

immerson

Answer 29

feeting like you really the games as though you are really there

Question 30

intellectual property

Answer 30

identiable chararcters or stories that are awned by an individual or company

Question 31

interactive

Answer 31

something that is repeated over and over

Question 32

length

Answer 32

the defined starting and ending points

Question 33

level design

Answer 33

maps and placements of objects and challenge within those maps

Question 34

luck of the draw

Answer 34

does not require decision making game is based only on luck

Question 35

mechanics

Answer 35

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

Question 36

polent

Answer 36

a strong form of protection for an intellectual property

Question 37

play balance

Answer 37

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

Question 38

player interaction

Answer 38

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

Question 39

play tester

Answer 39

people who play on unfinished en cies , or other issues