Vocab Terms 41-60

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