Terms 1-60

Question 1

Games which are advertised frequently and have budgets over $20 million.

Answer 1

AAA list game

Question 2

Video games made to resemble board games and vice versa.

Answer 2

Convergence

Question 3

Very first build that is shared with testers.

Answer 3

Alpha

Question 4

Parts of your game.

Answer 4

Componets

Question 5

Whenever the game is easy to play or required more experience.

Answer 5

Depth

Question 6

Provides an overview of the game and it’s learning goal.

Answer 6

Design Document

Question 7

Law that protects creation.

Answer 7

Copyright

Question 8

A game that has no connection nothing to do with real world.

Answer 8

Abstract

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Analysis Paralysis

Question 10

Represents the player in the game.

Answer 10

Avatar

Question 11

Probability distribution where some events are more likely to occur than others.

Answer 11

Bell Curve

Question 12

Making decisions that will affect the rest of your game play.

Answer 12

Decision Making

Question 13

Results like play actions being put into motions.

Answer 13

Dynamics

Question 14

Movie inserted into the video game.

Answer 14

Cinematic

Question 15

Easy to learn and easy to play, yet not always easy to master.

Answer 15

Accessibility

Question 16

The 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

The key details or selling points of the game.

Answer 21

Feature List

Question 22

The extent to which the game circumstances change over time.

Answer 22

Fluidity

Question 23

Creating the content and the rules of the game.

Answer 23

Game Design

Question 24

Development software that game designers use to manage art, sound, code,

Answer 24

Game Engine

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, 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

Everything on the screen that the user will see.

Answer 29

Graphical Interface

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Immersion

Question 31

Identifiable characters or stories that are owned by a individual or company.

Answer 31

Intellectual Property

Question 32

Something that is repeated over and over.

Answer 32

Iteractive

Question 33

The defined starting and ending points.

Answer 33

Length

Question 34

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps.

Answer 34

Level Design

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Luck of the Draw

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Mechanics

Question 37

A strong form of protection for an intellectual property.

Answer 37

Patent

Question 38

A balanced game is one that is fair and each player has a equal chance to win.

Answer 38

Play balance

Question 39

When the action of one player immediately affects at least one other player situation.

Answer 39

Player Interaction

Question 40

People who play unfinished game to find errors or other issues.

Answer 40

Play Testers

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Pitch

Question 42

The likelihood that something will happen

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Probability

Question 43

An early bird/unfinished version of the game

Answer 43

Prototype

Question 44

Companies that manufacture and distribute games

Answer 44

Publishers

Question 45

Occurrences in a game that plays have no control over

Answer 45

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