Multimedia and Games Technology Flashcards
Bitmap graphics
- Stored details about every individual picture element (pixel)
- Tend to be large files
- Can be compressed
Vector-based graphics
- Store information about the objects that make up an image
- Don’t depend on resolution for quality
- Can be more easily resized and stretched the bitmaps
- Give a much smaller file size then a equivalent bitmap
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
Define optimisation
This is when the file is reduced in size so it takes up less web space or storage space
.avi
Audio video interleaved
.fla
Flash Movie Authoring
.wmv
Windows media video
AIF
Audio interchange File
WAV
Waveform Audio File
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
WMA
Windows media audio
Game Genre: Action
- Time crucial scenario
- Slow reaction can mean loss of points/lives
Game genre:Puzzle Games
- Time restriction on task completion
- Increasing levels of difficulty
Game Genre:Adventure Games
- Solve puzzles
- Outcome can affect path taken through game
Game Genre:Role play (RP)
-Play in persona of game character
What is a haptic peripheral
-A device that provides sensory feedback to the user in the from of vibration
MMPORG
Massive multiplayer online role-play game
What is altered reality gaming
Superimposes computer-generated images onto images from the users’ current environment
Testing a computer game
- All pathways through the game can be accessed
- The scoring mechanism works correctly
- Any feedback is in a format that is easy for the user to understand
What is a hotspot
Sections of a large graphic that are hyperlinked to another webpage, website or document.
What is design view
Allows the web developer to add text and multimedia elements to the webpage
What is preview mode
Allows the user to view the webpage in a web browser
What is code view
Allows the user to see and edit the HTML code used to create the webpage they are developing
Testing a webpage
- Make sure the hyperlinks take the user to the correct webpage, website or document
- The time taken to load webpages
- Check videos and animations to ensure they play cored toy
