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terms 1-60 Flashcards

1
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games that are advertised frequently and have budgets over 20$ million.

A

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 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
Q

when a player is presented with too many choices or decisions

A

Analysis paralysis

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6
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represents the player in a game (or a sprite)

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Avatar

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7
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Probability distribution where some events are more likey to occur than others

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Bell curve

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8
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making choices that will affect the rest of the game play

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Decison making

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9
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Results like actions being put into motion

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Dynamics

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10
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Movie inserted into a video game

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Cinematic

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11
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Easy to learn and easy to play but not easy to master

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accessibillity

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12
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middle man bettween the creator and the publisher

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Agent

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13
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The key details or selling points of a game.

A

Features list

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14
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The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.

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fluidity

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15
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creating the content and the rules of the game.

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Game design

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16
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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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17
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Everything on the screen that the user will see.

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Graphical interface

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18
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Feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there

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Immersion

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19
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Identifiable charter or stories that are owned by a person or a company

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Intellectual property

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20
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something that is repeated over and over

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Iterative

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21
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A strong form of protection for an interictal property

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Patent

22
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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 balance

23
Q

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

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Player interaction

24
Q

people who play an unfinished game to find errors inconsistencies or other issues

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playtesters

25
Q

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

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depth

26
Q

provides an overview of the game and its learning goals.

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design document

27
Q

Law that protects creation

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copyright

28
Q

A game that has no connection to the real world

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abstract

29
Q

When a player is not actually participating

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downtime

30
Q

a game that is played to relax not to beat or win

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casual game

31
Q

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

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character class

32
Q

very close to the final design but still being tested

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Beta

33
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writing of the dialogue text and the story within the worlds

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game writing

34
Q

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

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genre

35
Q

a desired result or plane that you set to achieve.

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goals

36
Q

The casual aspect of a game particularly the art

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graphics

37
Q

the defined starting points and ending points

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length

38
Q

maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps.

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level design

39
Q

does not require decision-making game is based only on luck

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luck of the draw

40
Q

how you move to earn points gain resources etc. within a game

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mechanics

41
Q

A strategy that involved your long-range plan

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Strategic

42
Q

collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

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system

43
Q

creation of rules and patterns in the game.

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system design

44
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story or history that the game is trying to represent

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theme

45
Q

form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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Trademark

46
Q

brief description and or presentation or a game concept designed to secure funding.

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Pitch

47
Q

The likelihood that something will happen

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probability

48
Q

An unfinished version of the game

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prototype

49
Q

companies that distribute games

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publishers

50
Q

occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

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random

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