Terms 1-60

Question 1

Games that are advertised frequently and have a budget of over 20 million dollars.

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AAA List Games

Question 2

Video games made to resemble a board game or vice versa.

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Convergence

Question 3

Very first build that is shared with testers.

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Alpha

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Parts of your game.

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Components

Question 5

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

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Depth

Question 6

Provides an overview of the game and its learning.

Answer 6

Design Document

Question 7

Law that protects creation.

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Copyright

Question 8

A game that has no connection to real life.

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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 a person in a game.

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Avatar

Question 11

A propability for an event to change or occur.

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Bell Curve

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A Desition to make a choice that affects the rest of the game.

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Desition making

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Result like play actions being put into motion.

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Dynamics

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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

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Middleman between the creator and the publisher.

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Agent

Question 17

When a player is not particepating.

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Downtime

Question 18

The profession of the charecter that says what he of she cant do.

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Charecter class

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A game played to relax not to beat.

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Casual game

Question 20

Very close to final design.

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Beta

Question 21

The key details or selling point of the game.

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Futures List

Question 22

The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.

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Fluidity

Question 23

Creating the content and the rule of the game.

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Game design

Question 24

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

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Game Engine

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

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Game writing

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Subcategory of games with well-defined methods and appeal to players.

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Genre

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A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.

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Goals

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The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

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Graphics

Question 29

Everything that the player will see on the screen.

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Graphical Interface

Question 30

Feeling like you are really in the game.

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Immersion

Question 31

Identifiable characters or stories that are owned by an indivisible or company.

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Intellectual

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Something that is repeated.

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Iterative

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The defined starting and ending points.

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Length

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Maps and placement of objects and challenges within those maps.

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Level Design

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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, and etc. within the game.

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Mechanics

Question 37

A strong form of protection for intellectual property.

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Patent

Question 38

A balanced game is one that is fair and each player has a better chance.

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play balance

Question 39

When the actions of a player affect another player.

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Player interaction

Question 40

People who play an unfinished game to find errors.

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Playtester

Question 41

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

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Pitch

Question 42

The likelihood that something will happen.

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Probability

Question 43

An early/unfinished version of the game.

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Prototype

Question 44

Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

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Publishers

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Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

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Random

Question 46

A game that allows it to be played over and over again.

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Replayability

Question 47

The mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do.

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Rules

Question 48

Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.

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Service Mark

Question 49

Intended to represent some part of reality.

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Simulation

Question 50

The look and feel of the game from its design.

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Space

Question 51

Strategy that involves your long-range plans.

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Strategic

Question 52

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

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System

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Creation of rules and patterns in the game.

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System Design

Question 54

Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

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Theme

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Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

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Trademark

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Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.

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Transparency

Question 57

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

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User Interface Design

Question 58

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

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Volatility

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

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World Design

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Situations where one player can only gain by taking away from another player.

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Zero Sum