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Gaming terms
Term | Definition |
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Action | the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim. |
Anime | a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children. |
Assets | a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality. |
Console | a panel or unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment. |
Cut scene | in a video game) a scene that develops the story line and is often shown on completion of a certain level, or when the player's character dies. |
ESA | abbreviation for. 1. ( Environmental Science) Environmentally Sensitive Area: |
ESRB rating | The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings provide concise information on games and apps so consumers, especially parents, can make informed choices. ESRB ratings have three parts: Rating Categories suggest age appropriateness. |
Events | a thing that happens, especially one of importance. |
First person shooter | a type of video game whose gameplay involves shooting enemies and other targets and in which a player views the action as though through the eyes of the character they are controlling. |
Frames per second | the number of consecutive full-screen images that are displayed each second. It is a common specification used in video capture and playback and is also used to measure video game performance. |
Game screens Genre | Different types of games |
GML | GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet. |
Gone gold | Going gold” refers to approval for the Gold Master Copy of the game |
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 | Janky means broken or messed up. |
Loot | In 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 | online game with large numbers of players, typically from hundreds to thousands, on the same server. |
Object | A game object is any object in a game that the player can see and/or interact with. |
Origin point | Origin points are a visual representation of your gaming prowess on origin. |
Pixels | Form of digital art where images are edited on the pixel level. |
Platform | A computer system made for playing video game's |
Quest | A quest, A mission is a task in video games that a player controlled character party or group of characters may complete to gain reward. |
Realm | Type of player versus player gameplay |
Room | A room for relaxing and socializing. |
RPG | Role playing game which is where a gamer controls a fake character |
sprites | A sprite is a two dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene |
SDK | Software development kit is a collection of software tools in one package |
Strategy | The playing making decisions determining the outcome |
Top-down | A game that has a elevated view point and has a over head perspective |