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Terms 1-60 Flashcards

1
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Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over 20 million

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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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Whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience

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Depths

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6
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Provides an overview of the game and it’s learning goals

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Design Documents

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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 connections 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 to 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

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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 out into the moon

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Dynamics

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14
Q

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 the creator and the publisher

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Agent

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17
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When a player is not not actually participating

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Downtime

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18
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The profession of the character that says what he or she can and can not 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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Casual 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 selling points of the game

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Features 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 the content and the rules of the game

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Game design

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

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Game engine

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25
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The defined starting and ending points

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Length

26
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Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Level Design

27
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Does not require decision making game is based only on luck

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Luck of the Draw

28
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How you move, earn points, gain resources, etc. Within the game

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Mechanics

29
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writing of the dialogue,text and story within the words

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game writing

30
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sub category of games with well defined methods and appeal to players

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genre

31
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a desired result or plan that you set to achieve

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goals

32
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The visual aspects of a game particularly the art

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Graphics

33
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everything on the screen that the user will see

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graphical interface

34
Q

feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there

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immersion

35
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identifiable charter or stories that are owned by a person or a company

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intellectual property

36
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something that is repeated over and over

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iterative

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 ballance

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.

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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
Q

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
Q

collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome

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System

52
Q

strategy that involves your long range plan

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strategy

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

56
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Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.

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Transparency

57
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How the player receives information and how the player interacts with the game.

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User Interface Design

58
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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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Volatility

59
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Creation of the overall backstory, setting, and theme of the game

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World Design

60
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Situation where one player can only gain by taking away from another player.

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Zero Sum

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