Terms 1-60

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

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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

Answer 8

Abstract

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Analysis Paralysis

Question 10

Represents the player in the game or sprite.

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 game play.

Answer 12

Decision Making

Question 13

Results like play actions being put into motion

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Dynamics

Question 14

Movie inserted into the video game

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Cinematic

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Accessibility

Question 16

Middleman between the creator and the publisher

Answer 16

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 she or he cannot do.

Answer 18

Character Class

Question 19

A game played to relax not beat or win.

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Casual Game

Question 20

Very close to final game but still being tested.

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Beta

Question 21

The key details or selling points of the game.

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Features 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 rules of the game.

Answer 23

Game Design

Question 24

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

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Game Engine

Question 25

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

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Game Writing

Question 26

Sub category of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

Answer 26

Genre

Question 27

A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.

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Goals

Question 28

The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

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Graphics

Question 29

Everything on the screen that the user will see.

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Graphical Interface

Question 30

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

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Immersion

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Intellectual Property

Question 32

Something that is repeated over and over.

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Iterative

Question 33

The defined starting and ending points.

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Length

Question 34

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Level Design

Question 35

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

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Luck of the draw

Question 36

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

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Mechanics

Question 37

A strong form of protection for an intellectual property

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Patent

Question 38

A balanced game is one that is fair and each player has an equal chance of winning

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Play Balance

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Player Interaction

Question 40

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

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Play testers

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

Question 45

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

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Random

Question 46

Replayability

Answer 46

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

Question 47

Rules

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Service Mark

Answer 48

Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.

Question 49

Simulation

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Intended to represent some part of reality.

Question 50

Space

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The look and feel of the game from its design.

Question 51

Strategic

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Strategy that involves your long range plan.

Question 52

System

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Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

Question 53

System Design

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Creation of rules and patterns in the game.

Question 54

Theme

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Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

Question 55

Trademark

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Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

Question 56

Transparency

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Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.

Question 57

User Interface Design

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

Question 58

Volatility

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

Question 59

World Design

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

Question 60

Zero Sum

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