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Terms 1-60 Flashcards

1
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AAA List Games

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

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Covergence

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Video Games made to resemble board games and vice versa

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Alpha

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Very first build that is shared with testers

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Components

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Parts of your game

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Depth

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

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Design Document

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Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals

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Copyright

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Laws that protect creations

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8
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Abstract

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A game that has no connection or nothing to do the real world

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9
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Analysis Paralysis

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When a player is presented with to many choices or decisions

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Avatar

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Represents the player in the game (or a sprite)

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Bell Curve

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Probability distribution where some events are even more likely to occur than others

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Decision Making

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Making choices that will affect the rest of the game play

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Dynamics

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Results like play actions being put into motion

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14
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Cinematic

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Movie inserted into the video game

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15
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Accessibility

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

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16
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Agent

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Middleman between the creator and the publisher

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17
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Downtime

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When a player is not actually participating

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18
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Character Class

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The profession of the character that says what he or she can and cannot do

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19
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Casual Game

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A game played to relax not to beat or win

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20
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Beta

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Very close to final design but still being tested

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21
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Features List

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The key details or selling points of the game

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Fluidity

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The extent to which the game circumstances change over time

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Game Design

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Creating the content and the rules of the game

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Game Engine

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

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Game Writing

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

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Genre

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

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Goals

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A desired result or plan that you set to achieve

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Graphics

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The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art

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graphical interface

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Everything on screen that the user will see.

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Immersion

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

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Intellectual property

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

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iterative

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something that is repeated over and over again.

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Length

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The defined starting and ending points

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Length design

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Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Luck of the draw

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

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Mechanics

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

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Patent

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A strong form of protection for an intellectual property

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Play Balance

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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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Player Information

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

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Play Tester

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

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Pitch

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

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Probability

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The likelihood that something will happen

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Prototype

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An early/unfinished version of the game.

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Publishers

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Companies that manufacture and distribute games

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Random

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Occurrences in a game that a player have no control over

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Replayability

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

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Rules

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The mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do

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Service Mark

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Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase

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Simulation

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Intended to represent some part of reality

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Space

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The look and feel of the game from its design

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Strategic

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Strategy that involves your long range plan

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System

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Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome

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System Design

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Creation of rules and patterns in the game

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Theme

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Story or history that the game is trying to represent

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Trademark

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Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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Transparency

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Whether or not a game reveals its secrets

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User Interface Design

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

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Volatility

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

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World Design

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

60
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Zero Sum

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

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