Terms 21-60

Question 1

Features List.

Answer 1

The key details or selling points of the game.

Question 2

Fluidity.

Answer 2

The extent to which game circumstances change over time.

Question 3

Game Design.

Answer 3

Creating the content and the rules of the game.

Question 4

Game Engine.

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Game Writing.

Answer 5

Writing of the dialogue, text, and story within the worlds.

Question 6

Genre.

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Goals.

Answer 7

A desired result or plan that you set to achieve.

Question 8

Graphics.

Answer 8

The visual aspects of a game, particularly the art.

Question 9

Graphical Interface.

Answer 9

Everything on the screen that the user will see.

Question 10

Immersion.

Answer 10

Feeling like you are really in the game.

Question 11

Intellectual Property.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Iterative.

Answer 12

Something that is repeated over and over.

Question 13

Length.

Answer 13

The defined starting and ending points.

Question 14

Level Design.

Answer 14

Maps and placements of objects and challenges within those maps

Question 15

Luck of the Draw.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Mechanics.

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Patent.

Answer 17

A strong form of protection for an intellectual property.

Question 18

Play Balance.

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Player Interaction.

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Play Testers.

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Pitch.

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Probability.

Answer 22

The likelihood that something will happen.

Question 23

Prototype.

Answer 23

An early/unfinished version of the game.

Question 24

Publishers.

Answer 24

Companies that manufacture and distribute games.

Question 25

Random.

Answer 25

Occurrences in a game that players have no control over.

Question 26

Replayability

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Rules

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Service Mark

Answer 28

Legal protection for a tagline or catchphrase.

Question 29

Simulation

Answer 29

Intended to represent some part of reality.

Question 30

Space

Answer 30

The look and feel of the game from its design.

Question 31

Strategic

Answer 31

Strategy that involves your long range plan.

Question 32

System

Answer 32

Collection of game mechanics that produce a given outcome.

Question 33

System Design

Answer 33

Creation of rules and patterns in the game.

Question 34

Theme

Answer 34

Story or history that the game is trying to represent.

Question 35

Trademark

Answer 35

Form of intellectual property that applies to titles and names.

Question 36

Transparency

Answer 36

Whether or not a game reveals its secrets.

Question 37

User Interface Design

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Volatility

Answer 38

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

Question 39

World Design

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Zero Sum

Answer 40

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