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Games are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20 million
AAA List Games
Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa
Convergence
Very first build that is shared with testers
Alpha
Parts of your game
Components
Weather the game is easy to play or require more experience
Depth
Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals
Design Document
Law that protects creation
Copyright
A game has no connection or nothing to do with the real world
Abstract
When a player is presented with too many choices and decisions
Analysis Paralysis
Represents the player in the game (or a spirit)
Avatar
Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others
Bell curve
Making choices that will affect the rest of your game play
Decision making
Results like play actions being put into motion
Dynamics
movie inserted into the video game
Cinematic
Easy to learn and easy to play, yet not always easy to master
Accessibility
Middle man between the creator and the publisher
Agent
When a player is not actually participating
Downtime
the profession of the character that says what he or she can and cannot do
Character class
A game played to relax not to beat or win
Casual game
Very close to final design but still being tested
Beta
the key details or selling points of the game
features list
The extent to which the game circumstance change over time
Fluidity