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terms 1-60 Flashcards

1
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games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over 20 million dollars

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AAA list games

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2
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video games made to resemble board games and vice 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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weather 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 overview 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 creation

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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 the 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 (or a sprite)

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Avatar

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11
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Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur 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 gameplay

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Decision Making

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13
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Results like play actions being put into motion

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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 creator and the publisher

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Agent

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17
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When a player is not actually participating

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Downtime

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18
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The profession of the character that says weather he or she can or cannot do

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character class

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19
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A game played to relax not to beat or win

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Causal game

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20
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very close to final design but still being tested

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Beta

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21
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The key details or setting points of the game

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Feature 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 content and rules of the game

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Game Design

24
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Development software that game designers use to manage art, sound, and code

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Game Engine

25
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writing of the dialogue, text, story within the words

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Game Writing

26
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subcategory of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

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Genre

27
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A desired result or pan you set to achieve

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Goals

28
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Visual aspects of a game particular the art

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Graphics

29
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everything the user will see on the screen

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Graphical interface

30
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Feeling like your really in the game

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Immersion

31
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identifiable characters or stories that are owned by 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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inerative

33
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the defined starting and ending points

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length

34
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maps and placements of objects and challenges within these maps

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level design

35
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does not require decision making game based on luck

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luck of the draw

36
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how you move/ earn/ gain resources and points 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 balanced game is one that is fair and each player has an equal chance of winning.

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Play Balance

39
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When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other players situation.

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Player Interaction

40
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People who play an unfinished 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 concept designed to secure funding.

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Pitch

42
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The likelihood that something will happen.

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Probability

43
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An early/unfinished version of the game.

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Prototype

44
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Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

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Publishers

45
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Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

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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 can or cannot do.

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Rules

48
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Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.

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Service Mark

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 produce a given 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 titles and names.

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Trademark

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