Terms 1-60

Question 1

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

Answer 1

AAA List Games

Question 2

Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa.

Answer 2

Convergence

Question 3

The very first game that is shared with testers.

Answer 3

Alpha

Question 4

Parts of your game.

Answer 4

Components

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Depth

Question 6

Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals.

Answer 6

Design Document

Question 7

Law that protects creation.

Answer 7

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 to many choices or decisions

Answer 9

Analysis Paralysis

Question 10

Represents the player in the game

Answer 10

Avatar

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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.

Answer 13

Dynamics

Question 14

Movie inserted into the video game.

Answer 14

Cinematic

Question 15

Easy to learn and easy 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.

Answer 17

Downtime

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Character Class

Question 19

A game played to relax not to beat or win.

Answer 19

Casual Game

Question 20

Very close to final design but still being tested.

Answer 20

Beta

Question 21

The key details or selling points of the game.

Answer 21

Features List

Question 22

The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.

Answer 22

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.

Answer 24

Game Engine

Question 25

Everything on the screen that the user will see.

Answer 25

Graphical Interface

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Immersion

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Intellectual Property

Question 28

Something that is repeated over and over

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Iterative

Question 29

The defined starting and ending points.

Answer 29

Length

Question 30

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

Answer 30

Level Design

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Luck of the Draw

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Mechanics

Question 33

A strong form of protection for an intellectual property.

Answer 33

Patent

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Play Balance

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Player Interaction

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Play Testers

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Game Writing

Question 38

Subcategory of games with well-defined methods and appeal to players.

Answer 38

Genre

Question 39

A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.

Answer 39

Goals

Question 40

The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

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Graphics

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Pitch

Question 42

The likelihood that something will happen.

Answer 42

Probability

Question 43

An early/unfinished version of the game.

Answer 43

Prototype

Question 44

Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

Answer 44

Publishers

Question 45

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

Answer 45

Random

Question 46

A strategy that involves your long-range plan.

Answer 46

Strategic

Question 47

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

Answer 47

System

Question 48

Creation of rules and patterns in the game.

Answer 48

System Design

Question 49

Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

Answer 49

Theme

Question 50

Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

Answer 50

Trademark