vocab set 3

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Probability

Answer 2

The likelihood that something will happen.

Question 3

Prototype

Answer 3

An early/unfinished version of the game.

Question 4

Publishers

Answer 4

Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

Question 5

Random

Answer 5

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

Question 6

Replayability

Answer 6

A game that allows it to be played over and over again.

Question 7

Rules

Answer 7

The mechanics enforce these things that you can or cannot do.

Question 8

Service mark

Answer 8

Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.

Question 9

Simulation

Answer 9

Intended to represent some part of reality.

Question 10

Space

Answer 10

The look and feel of the game from its design.

Question 11

Strategic

Answer 11

Strategy that involves your long range plan.

Question 12

System

Answer 12

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

Question 13

System design

Answer 13

Creation of rules and patterns in the game.

Question 14

Theme

Answer 14

Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

Question 15

Trademark

Answer 15

Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

Question 16

Transparency

Answer 16

Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.

Question 17

User Interface Design

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Volatility

Answer 18

The extent to which the game arrangements are not subject to the changes caused by other players.

Question 19

World Design

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Zero Sum

Answer 20

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