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gaming terms
Term | Definition |
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AI | In video games, artificial intelligence is used to generate intelligent behaviors primarily in non-player characters (NPCs), often simulating human-like intelligence. |
anime | Japanese characters |
api | An API is a set of commands, functions, protocols, and objects that programmers can use to create software |
console | form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. |
cut scene | a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, breaking up the gameplay. |
esa | is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States |
esrb rating | s a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, |
first person shooter | genre of action video game that is played from the point of view of the protagonist. |
fps | that are in the first-person perspective where the gamer can only see the character's hands holding a weapon on the screen. |
game screens | view of the screenshot |
gdd | s a highly descriptive living design document of the design for a video game. |
genre | ideo game genres are used to organize video games based on their gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences |
gone gold | t means that development on the game is done, and the game is ready to be sold. |
grind | term used in video gaming to describe the process of engaging in repetitive tasks. |
ide | is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development |
janky | (jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application's user interface), sluggish. |
level | map, area, stage, world, rack, board, zone, or phase in a video game is the total space |
loot | is the process by which a player character obtains items (or loot) such as in-game currency, spells, equipment, or weapons, often from the corpse of a creature or possibly the corpse of another player in |
mmo | ) is an online game which is capable of supporting large numbers of players simultaneously in the same instance (or world). |
platform | the specific combination of electronic or computer hardware which, in conjunction with software, allows a videogame to operate. |
quest | uests are typically grouped in to one of four categories: kill quests, gather quests, delivery quests and escort quests. |
realm | different worlds in your game play |
rpg | a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. |
screenshot | a photo on your screen |
sdk | typically a set of software development tools that allows the creation of applications for a certain software package, |
strategy | the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome. |
top-down | view of the camera if its looking down |
yoyo | japanes company that makes video games |