game design

Today's average computer has _____ times the processing speed of an old Pac-Man machine.

1,000

About ___ percent of American adults play video games.

50%

True or False: Players need to feel out of control in a game in order to stay motivated to keep playing.

False

True or False: Real-time strategy games, as a genre, often emphasize spatial immersion.

False

True or False: Rolling a dice or drawing a random card are good examples of strategy in gaming.

False

True or False: Unity's hierarchy view shows you everything that has been created for the entire project.

False

True or False: A game is considered "feature complete" in the Alpha phase.

False

True or False: It is rare for a game's creative writing to be handled by a member of the design team.

False

True or False: Modern programming languages, like the one used in Unity, are "smart" enough to work despite errors in syntax a coder might accidentally make.

False

True or False: The Magnavox Odyssey was a commercial success.

False

Which of the following games uses the gameplay mechanic of movement?

Monopoly

Files that use character encoding and are used for markup languages such as HTML are called

Plain Text Files

Which of the following modern games started out as an arcade game?

Super Mario Bros

True or False: 3D games generally blend several subtypes of camera views.

True

True or False: A character rigger works with 3D models, setting up characters so they can be animated.

True

True or False: Between 2009 and 2012, the game industry's economic growth exceeded that of the overall U.S. economy.

True

True or False: One hallmark of good strategic design is supporting a variety of gameplay styles and different ways to achieve victory.

True

True or False: The first section of code for a class, which runs on initialization, is called the "start."

True

True or False: A player's options are defined and limited by rules, but how and when the player makes gameplay choices are affected by game mechanics.

True

True or False: Feedback is one of the basic elements games have in common.

True

True or False: In the early days of arcade and home console development, games were generally made by one person who did everything: design, art, programming, and sound effects.

True

True or False: The character of Pac-Man was inspired by its designer, Toru Iwatani, seeing a pizza with a slice taken out of it.

True

True or false: Clock speed refers to how frequently a computer's central processing unit can perform its functions.

True

In video gaming, a "port" refers to

a game originally designed to run on one platform that has been converted to run on another

Data that is used as input for a subroutine is called:

a parameter

One of the creators of tetris was

a psychologist specializing in human-computer interactions

. A discrete unit of code associated with a game object is:

a script

A game that mixes puzzles or problem solving with environmental action and dialogue with characters would most likely be a(n) _____ game.

adventure

Exerting power to achieve a goal is called:

agency

Feelings that may motivate a player to be engaged in a game include:

all of the above

Games are referred to as 2-D or 3-D depending on:

all of the above

In Unity, which of the following is considered an "asset?"

all of the above

Designers can be thought of as the _______ of video game development.

architects

An "AI" could be used in:

both types of games

Older monitors that used a vacuum tube to generate a focused electron light beam are called:

cathode ray tubes

The collection of computer instructions and other files that constitute a piece of software is the

codebase

A consumer-directed digital or computer device that has a video output signal for displaying a video game is called a

console

In Unity, which view would you use to display error, warnings, and any other messages from Unity?

console view

Braces {} are used in Unity to:

contain sections of code that need to be together

The first few lines of a script that say "using"... that point the code to the right groups are called

directives

Electronic components that are single devices such as transistors, capacitors, and resistors are

discrete circuritry

Many good games are said to be which of the following?

easy to learn but difficult to master

The capacity to vicariously experience the feelings, thoughts, or experiences of another is called:

empathy

A camera that views the world through the player's eyes is:

first-person

Unique combinations of computer hardware or electronics designed to run video games are called:

game platforms

In video game development, the person responsible for designing and documenting the underlying systems or mechanics that define a game is the

gameplay designer

A frame is

how often a game updates

Code put in the second section of a class

is executing continuously

In video game development, the person who oversees and directs the entire design team and is the key vision keeper is the

lead designer

The most popular gaming platform worldwide is now

mobile gaming

Blender is an open-source ______ used for three-dimensional games.:

modeling tool

A player who is fully "inside the story" and invested in the game's world and characters is experiencing:

narrative immersion

. When a game allows you to pick party members from a large pool, each with different classes and roles but in which no single party combination is clearly superior to others, the game is using:

orthogonal relationships

The field of natural science that studies matter and how it moves and behaves through space and time is called:

physics

Many of the first video game companies that emerged around 1972 had previously been

pinball machine manufacturers

Which kind of game turns does chess employ?

player turns

The role that manages the overall game development, scheduling, and budget is the

producer

In Unity, which view would you use to see models, scripts, textures, etc. for the entire game?

project view

A game of chance is one where the outcome is primarily determined by:

randomness

The quality of lacking a pattern or organization so that results are unpredictable is known as:

randomness

In Magic: The Gathering, playing an "interrupt" card in reaction to another player is an example of:

semi-simultaneous turns

Games where gameplay is designed to mimic the real world or fictionalized activities like flying a plane or managing a city with limited resources are _______ games.

simulation

Which of the following games has the most complicated rules?

soccer

The part of a computer system that contains encoded information or instructions for physical components is the

software

When a player is fully absorbed in the virtual space of a game, they are experiencing:

spatial immersion

Read-only memory chips are used to

store data that cannot be modified

A plan of action used to achieve a goal is known as:

strategy

The form of immersion that has players focusing entirely on challenge and getting "in the zone" is called:

tactical immersion

In an editor's grid, when using the "move" tool, the point where three axes intersect is called:

the origin

A technical design document is

the plan for how to implement the game design

In terms of video game characters, players are generally more likely to be immersed when:

the player can connect with characters that they feel have the power to fulfill their goals

The development phase where artists join the project and create concept art and programmers begin setting up the basic project infrastructure is

the pre-production phase

What is mass?

the quantity of matter in an object

Mastery is:

the state of complete skill, knowledge, and accomplishment.

A camera that shows the avatar the player is controlling is:

third - person