Terms 1-60 Flashcards
Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20million.
AAA List Games
Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa.
Convergence
Very first build that is shared with testers.
Alpha
Parts of your game.
Components
Whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience
Depth
Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals
Design Document
Law that protects creation
Copyright
A game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world
Abstract
When a player is presented with too many choices or decisions.
Analysis Paralysis
Represents the player in the game or sprite.
Avatar
Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others.
Bell curve
Making choices that will affect the rest of your game play.
Decision Making
Results like play actions being put into motion
Dynamics
Movie inserted into the video game
Cinematic
Easy to learn and east to play, yet not always easy to master
Accessibility
Middleman between the creator and the publisher
Agent
When a player is not actually participating.
Downtime
The profession of the character that says what she or he cannot do.
Character Class
A game played to relax not beat or win.
Casual Game
Very close to final game but still being tested.
Beta
The key details or selling points of the game.
Features List
The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.
Fluidity
Creating the content and the rules of the game.
Game Design
Development software that game designers use to manage art, sound, and code.
Game Engine
Writing of the dialogue, text, and story within the worlds.
Game Writing
Sub category of games with well defined methods and appeal to players
Genre
A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.
Goals
The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.
Graphics
Everything on the screen that the user will see.
Graphical Interface
Feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there.
Immersion
Identifiable characters or stories that are owned by an individual or company.
Intellectual Property
Something that is repeated over and over.
Iterative
The defined starting and ending points.
Length
Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps
Level Design
Does not require decision making, game is based only on luck.
Luck of the draw
How you move, earn points, gain resources, etc. within the game.
Mechanics
A strong form of protection for an intellectual property
Patent
A balanced game is one that is fair and each player has an equal chance of winning
Play Balance
When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other players situation
Player Interaction
People who play an unfinished game to find errors, inconsistencies or other issues
Play testers
Brief description and/or presentation of a game or a game concept designed to secure funding.
Pitch
The likelihood that something will happen.
Probability
An early/unfinished version of the game.
Prototype
Companies that manufacture and distribute games.
Publishers
Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.
Random
Replayability
A game that allows it to be played over and over again.
Rules
The mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do.
Service Mark
Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.
Simulation
Intended to represent some part of reality.
Space
The look and feel of the game from its design.
Strategic
Strategy that involves your long range plan.
System
Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.
System Design
Creation of rules and patterns in the game.
Theme
Story or history that the game is trying to represent.
Trademark
Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.
Transparency
Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.
User Interface Design
How the player receives information and how the player interacts with the game.
Volatility
The extent to which the game arrangements are not subject to the changes caused by other players.
World Design
Creation of the overall backstory, setting, and theme of the game.
Zero Sum
Situation where one player can only gain by taking away from another player.
