Terms 1-60

Question 1

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

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AAA List Games

Question 2

Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa.

Answer 2

Convergence

Question 3

Very first build that is shared with testers.

Answer 3

Alpha

Question 4

parts of your game.

Answer 4

Components

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Depth

Question 6

Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals.

Answer 6

Design Document

Question 7

Law that protects creation.

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Copyright

Question 8

A game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world.

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Abstract

Question 9

When a player is presented with too many choices or decisions.

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Analysis paralysis

Question 10

Represents the player in the game.

Answer 10

Avatar

Question 11

Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others.

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Bell curve

Question 12

Making choices that will affect the rest of your gameplay.

Answer 12

Decision making

Question 13

Results like play actions being put into motion.

Answer 13

Dynamics

Question 14

Movie inserted into the video game.

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Cinematic

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Easy to learn and easy to play, yet not always easy to master.

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Accessibility

Question 16

middle man between the creator and the publisher.

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Agent

Question 17

When a player is not actually participating.

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Downtime

Question 18

The profession of the character that says what he or she can or cannot do.

Answer 18

Character Class

Question 19

A game played to relax not to beat or win.

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Casual Game

Question 20

Very close to final design but still being tested.

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Beta

Question 21

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

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Game Writing

Question 22

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

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Genre

Question 23

A desired result of a plan that you set to achieve.

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Goals

Question 24

The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

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Graphics

Question 25

Everything on the screen that the user will see

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Graphical Interface

Question 26

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

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Immersion

Question 27

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

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Intellectual Property

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Something that is repeated over and over

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Iterative

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The defined starting and ending points

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Length

Question 30

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Level Design

Question 31

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

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Luck of The Draw

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

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Mechanics

Question 33

A strong form of protection for an intellectual property

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Patent

Question 34

A balanced game is one that is fair with each player having an equal chance of winning

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Play Balance

Question 35

When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other player’s situation

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Player Interaction

Question 36

People who play an unfinished game to find errors, inconsistencies, or other issues

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Play Testers

Question 37

Brief description and/or presentation of a game or a game concept designed to secure funding

Answer 37

Pitch

Question 38

The likelihood that something will happen

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Probability

Question 39

An early/unfinished version of the game

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Prototype

Question 40

Companies that manufacture and distribute games

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Publishers

Question 41

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over

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Random

Question 42

Strategy that involves your long range plan

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Strategic

Question 43

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome

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System

Question 44

Creation of rules and patterns in the game

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System Design

Question 45

story or history that the game is trying to represent

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theme

Question 46

form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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trademark

Question 47

Whether or not a game reveals its secrets

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Transparency

Question 48

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

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User Interface (UI) Design

Question 49

The extent to which the game arrangements are not subject to the changes caused by other players

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Volatility

Question 50

Creation of the overall backstory, setting, and theme of the game

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World Design

Question 51

Situation where one player can only gain by taking away from another player

Answer 51

Zero Sum