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Question 1

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

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AAA list games

Question 2

video games made to resemble board games and vice versa

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Convergence

Question 3

very first build that is shared with testers

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Alpha

Question 4

parts of your game

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Components

Question 5

weather 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

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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 (or a sprite)

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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

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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

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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 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 weather he or she can or cannot do

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character class

Question 19

A game played to relax not to beat or win

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Causal game

Question 20

very close to final design but still being tested

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Beta

Question 21

The key details or setting points of the game

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Feature List

Question 22

The extent to which the game circumstances change over time

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Fluidity

Question 23

Creating content and rules 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

Question 25

writing of the dialogue, text, story within the words

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Game Writing

Question 26

subcategory of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

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Genre

Question 27

A desired result or pan you set to achieve

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Goals

Question 28

Visual aspects of a game particular the art

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Graphics

Question 29

everything the user will see on the screen

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Graphical interface

Question 30

Feeling like your really in the game

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Immersion

Question 31

identifiable characters or stories that are owned by individual or company.

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Intellectual property

Question 32

something that is repeated over and over

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inerative

Question 33

the defined starting and ending points

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length

Question 34

maps and placements of objects and challenges within these maps

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level design

Question 35

does not require decision making game based on luck

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luck of the draw

Question 36

how you move/ earn/ gain resources and points 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.

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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

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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

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Strategy that involves your long range plan.

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Strategic

Question 52

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

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System

Question 53

Creation of rules and patterns in the game

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System Design

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Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

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Theme

Question 55

Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

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Trademark