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Question 1

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

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AAA list games

Question 2

video games made to resemble board games and vice versa

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convergence

Question 3

very first build that is shared with testers

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alpha

Question 4

parts of your game

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components

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wether or not the game is easy or hard to play

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depth

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provides an overview of the game and learning its goals

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design document

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law the protects creation

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copyright

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a game the has no connection or nothing to do with the real world

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abstract

Question 9

when a player is presented with too many choices

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analysis paralysis

Question 10

represents the player in the game

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avatar

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probability distrubtion where some events are more likely to accour than others

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bell curve

Question 12

making choices that will effect the rest of your game play

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decision making

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results like play actions being put into motion

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dynamics

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movie inserted into the video game

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cinematic

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easy to learn and east to play yet not always easy to master

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accessibility

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middleman between the creater and the publisher

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agent

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when a player is not actually participating

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downtime

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the profession of charachter that he or she can cannot do

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character class

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a game played to relax not to beat or win

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casual game

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very close to final design but still being tested

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beta

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the key details or selling points of the game

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features list

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the extent to which the game circumstance change over time

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fluidity

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creating the content and the rules of the game

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game design

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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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writing of the dialouge, text, and story within the worlds

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game writing

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sub category of games with well defighned methods and appeal to players

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genre

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a desigherd result or plan that you set to achive

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goals

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the visual aspects of a game, particularly the art

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graphics

Question 29

everything on the screen that the user will see

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graphical interface

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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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identifable characters or stories that are owned by an indevisual or company

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intellectual property

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something that is repeated over and over

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iterative

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the difined starting and end points

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length

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maps and placements of objects and challenges within these maps

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level design

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does not require dicision making. game is based only on luck

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luck of the draw

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

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mechanics

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a strong form of protection for an intelectual property

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paten

Question 38

a balanced game is one that is fair and each player has an equal chance of winning

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play balance

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when the action of one player immediatly affects at least one other players situation

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player interaction

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people who play an unfinished game to find errors inconsistances or other issuses

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play testers

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brief description and/ or presintation of a game or a game concept desgined to secure funding

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pitch

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the likelihood that something will happenen

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propobility

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an early/ unfinished version of the game

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prototype

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companies that manufature and distribute games

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publishers

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occurances in a game that players have no contol over

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random

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strategy that involves your long range plan

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strategic

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collection of game mechanics that produce a givin outcome

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system

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creation of rules and patterns in the game

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system design

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story or history that the game is trying to represent

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theme

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form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names

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trademark

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wheather or not a game reveals its secrets

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transparent

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

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user interface design

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

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volatility

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creation of the overall back story, setting, and theme of the game

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world design

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situation where one player can only gain by taking away from another player

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zero sum