Terms 1-60

Question 1

games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20

Answer 1

AAA List Games

Question 2

video games made to resemble board games or board games made to resemble video games

Answer 2

Convergence

Question 3

the very first build that is shared with testers

Answer 3

Alpha

Question 4

parts of your game

Answer 4

Components

Question 5

Whether the 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 had no conection to or with the real world

Answer 8

Abstract

Question 9

When a player is presented with too many choices or decisions.

Answer 9

Analysis Paralysis

Question 10

Represents the player in the game (or a sprite).

Answer 10

Avatar

Question 11

Probability distribution where some 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

Cinimatic

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

everything the user sees

Answer 21

graphical interface

Question 22

feeling like you are in the game

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immersion

Question 23

identifiable characters or stories owned by an individual or company

Answer 23

intellectual-property

Question 24

something repeated over and over

Answer 24

interative

Question 25

The defined starting and ending points

Answer 25

Length

Question 26

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

Answer 26

Level Design

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Luck of the Draw

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Mechanics

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Pitch

Question 30

The likelihood that something will happen

Answer 30

Probability

Question 31

An early/unfinished version of the game

Answer 31

Prototype

Question 32

Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

Answer 32

Publishers

Question 33

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

Answer 33

Random

Question 34

A strategy that involves your long range plan

Answer 34

Strategic

Question 35

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

Answer 35

System

Question 36

Creation of rules and patterns in the game

Answer 36

System Design

Question 37

Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

Answer 37

Theme

Question 38

Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

Answer 38

Trademark