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Gaming Terms

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action The action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time.
anime anime (pronounced AH-nee-may ) is a term for a style of Japanese comic book and video cartoon animation.
assets Game assets include everything that can go into a game, including 3D models, sprites, sound effects, music, code snippets and modules, and even complete projects that can be used by a game engine.
console console game. ... The player interacts with the game through a controller, a hand-held device with buttons and joysticks or pads. Video and sound are received by the gamer though a television
cut scene cut-scene. Noun. (plural cut scenes) (video games) A typically non-interactive cinematic narrative technique used in video games to advance the story.
esa The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States.
esrb he Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States.
ESRB rating ESRB video game ratings. ESRB is the abbreviation for Entertainment Software Rating Board, a self-regulatory body for the interactive entertainment
events popular events that people compete in to win money for gaming event.
First Person Shooter A first person shooter (FPS) is a genre of action video game that is played from the point of view of the protagonist.
FPS (Frames Per Second) e more frames per second (fps), the smoother the motion appears. ... (2) Capitalized, FPS is short for first-person shooter, a game genre
game screens genres A video game genre is a specific category of games related by similar gameplay characteristics.
gml GameMaker: Studio has its own proprietary programming language called the GameMaker Language (abbreviated to GML).
Gone Gold “Going gold” refers to approval for the Gold Master Copy of the game — IE, the very first ready-for-release, shippable version of the game that's going to get pressed on discs, put up in online storefronts, and so on.
grind Grinding refers to the playing time spent doing repetitive tasks within a game to unlock a particular game item or to build the experience needed to progress smoothly through the game.
janky Obsidian Entertainment is the definition of janky. Glitchy, buggy, weird issues in the game, something goes wrong in a game randomly.
loot n video games, loot describes valuable items picked up by the player character over the course of the game, such as in-game currency, spells, equipment and weapons.
MMO Short for massively multiplayer online role-playing game it is a type of game genre. MMORPGs are online role-playing multiplayer games which allow thousands of gamers to play in the game's evolving virtual world at the same time via the Internet.
Object The point that you are going towards in a video like a mission or a certain amount of points you need to get in a match.
Orgin point The place that you are trying to get in a mission to maybe save someone or to kill me.
Pixels This means that the art in video games today can use more pixels than it did in the 1980's. Pixels are the smallest unit of data in a picture.
Platforms Platform games, or platformers, are a video game genre and subgenre of action game.
quest A quest, or mission, is a task in video games that a player-controlled character, party, or group of characters may complete in order to gain a reward.
Realm Realm versus Realm. ... This differs from normal Player versus Player combat in that Realm versus Realm usually involves a combat-based game, as opposed to one where sporadic Player versus Player combat occurs.
RPG A weapon that can blow somone up and do a lot of damage to the opponents to get more points and a better experience.
Sprites Examples of sprites include objects in 2D video games, icons that are part of an application user interface, and small images published on websites.
SDK Two other terms you hear in the game industry that are closely related to game engines are "API" (application programming interface) and "SDK" (software development kit).
Strategy A strategy game or strategic game is a game (e.g. video or board game) in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome.
Top-Down Definition. Any game that offers an elevated viewpoint above the action can be considered to have a top-down or overhead perspective.
YOYO Website. YoYo Games Ltd. is a software and game publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland
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