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| Avatar | The digital representation of a physical person in a virtual world or game.
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| Enemy | An armed, opposing character that deals damage and has a variety of attack and movement patterns.
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| Boss | Particularly large, strong or difficult armed, opposing character.
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| Environment Block | A block that is used as a surface or a wall.
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| Damage Block | A block that hurts avatars on contact and is used as a harmful surface or wall.
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| Goal Block | When an active Goal Block is touched the game is won. In some games, however, the avatar sprite must meet conditions before the Goal Block is activated.
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| Point | A small item the avatar can collect to meet the win conditions of a game or improve their score.
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| Key | A key that can open locks of the same color.
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| Lock | A lock that can only be opened by keys of the same color.
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| Timer | Counts seconds during game play. The player either needs to win before the time runs out or survive for a certain amount of time.
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| Frag Counter | Counts the number of destroyed enemies and can be used as a goal.
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| Score Keeper | Counts the number of points collected and can be used as a goal.
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| Health Meter | Controls avatar health. The game is lost when health reaches zero.
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| Jumping Mechanic | Avatars can jump onto blocks and over enemies.
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| Blasting Mechanic | Avatars can blast enemies.
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| Avoiding Mechanic | Avatars can hide and avoid enemies in parts of the game space.
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| Collecting Mechanic | Avatars collect or pick up points or other environmental items.
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| Exploring Mechanic | Avatars explore the environment usually in a maze or a big, scrolling space.
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| Walking Mechanic | Avatars have a slower speed.
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| Racing Mechanic | Avatars have a very fast speed, and may seem to be racing against enemies.
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| Solving Mechanic | Players must solve puzzles in the game, such as finding the correct path or bringing the correct key to a lock.
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| Top-Down Perspective | The game is presented in an overhead view, or bird's eye view, as if the player was seeing the game from above.
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| Platformer Perspective | The view of the game is from the side. Here, the player can see sprites jumping.
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| Bounded Space | The game space is closed on the sides so the sprites cannot leave or fall out of the screen.
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| Unbounded Space | The game space is open so that sprites can leave or fall out of the screen.
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| Wraparound Space | The game space wraps around so that when sprites exit off one side of the screen, they appear on the opposite side.
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| Scrolling Space | There are multiple screens in this game space so an avatar can move horizontally or vertically through different environments.
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