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Terms 1-60 Flashcards

1
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Results like play actions being put into motion.

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Dynamics

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2
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Movie inserted into the video game.

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Cinematic

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3
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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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4
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Middleman between the creator and the publisher.

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Agent

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5
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games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20

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AAA list games

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6
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video games made to resemble board games or board games made to resemble video games

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Convergence

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7
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the very first build that is shared with testers

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Alpha

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8
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The parts of your game

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Componets

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9
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Whether the game is easy to play or requires more experience

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Depth

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10
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Provides an overview of the game and its learning goals.

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Design Document

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11
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Law that protects creation

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Copyright

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12
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A game that has no connection or nothing to do with the real world

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Abstract

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13
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When a player is presented with too many choices or decisions

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Analysis Paralysis

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14
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Represents the player in the game (or a sprite)

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Avatar

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15
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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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16
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Making choices that will affect the rest of your game play

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Decision Making

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17
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When a player is not actually participating

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Downtime

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18
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The profession of the characters that says what he or she can or cannot 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 overtime

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Fluidity

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23
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Creating the content and 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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Writing dialogue, text, and the story

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Game writing

26
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Subcategory of games with well-defined methods and appeal to players

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Genre

27
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A desired result or plan that you set to achieve

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Goals

28
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The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art

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Graphics

29
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Everything on the screen that the user will see

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Graphical Interface

30
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Feeling like you are really in the game as though you are really there

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Immersion

31
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Identifiable characters or stories that are owned by an individual or company

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Intellectual Property

32
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Something that is repeated over and over

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Iterative

33
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The defined starting and ending points

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Length

34
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Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

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Level Design

35
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Does not require decision making, the game is based only on luck

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Luck of the draw

36
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How you move, earn points, gain resources, etc, within the game

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Mechanics

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 balance

39
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When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other player’s situation

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Play interaction

40
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People who play an unfinished game to find errors, inconsistencies, or other issues

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Playtesters

41
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Brief description and/or presentation of 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 mask

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 a game for it’s design

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Space

51
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A strategy that involves a long-range plan

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Strategic

52
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Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome

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System

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 it’s secrets

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Transparency

57
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How the player receives info 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 arrangments are not subject to the change 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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A situation where one player can only gain by taking away from other players

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Zero-sum

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