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term 1-60 Flashcards

1
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Game which are advertised frequently and have budgets over 20 million

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AAA list Games

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2
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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 over view 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 creations

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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 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

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Avatar

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11
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Probability distribution where some events are more likely to happen 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 action being put into motions

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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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Easy 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 participation

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Downtime

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18
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the profession of the character what says what he and 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 be beat or win

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casual game

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20
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very close to the final design but still being tested

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Beta

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21
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The key details or 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 art, 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 worlds

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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 really are

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immersion

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

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intellectual Property

32
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something that is repeated over and over

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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 placement 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 Draw

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

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play balence

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

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player interation

40
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players that play an unfinshed game to find errors, inconsistencies or other issues

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play testers

41
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Brief description and or presentation of a game or a game consept designed to sucure funding

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Pitch

42
Q

the likeyhood that something will happen

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probalability

43
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an early/ unfinshed version of the game

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prototype

44
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companies that manufacture and distributes games

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Publishers

45
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occurrences in a game that players have to control

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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 cannot do

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rules

48
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legal protection

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service marks

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 prouce 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 title and name

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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 extended to which the game arrangements are not subtracted to the changes caused by other players

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volatility

59
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creation of the overall backstory, settings, and theme of the game

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world design

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

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zero sum

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