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Video Game Design
Blueprint/Storyboard
a series of connected pictures, with or without words, that tells a continuous story.
Browser-Based Games
a video game that is played on a web browser.
Character
stands as a representative of a particular class or group of people is known as a type.
Concept
an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars.
Consoles
is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television, monitor, etc.) to display a video game.
First-Person Shooters
(FPS) is a video game genre which centers the gameplay around gun- or projectile weapon-based combat through the first person perspective
Flash Games
games that rely solely on client-side technologies such as JavaScript or common plugins such as Java or Flash Player.
Games for Mobile Devices
a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, handheld computer or portable media player. Mobile games are played using the technologies present on the device itself.
Mechanics
is a construct of rules intended to produce an enjoyable game or game play.
MMORPG's
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of computer role-playing games in which a large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.
Narrative
story elements, are formulated into a cohesive narrative structure in such a way as to create a meta narrative or arch narrative for the viewer/user/player.
Physics
Video games physics are simulations of Newtonian physics models, i.e Mass, velocity, friction, etc., in a real time computer generated environment, primarily through the use of a “physics engine” for the purpose of making the game more realistic to the player.
Production Process
the objective is to create goods and services that meet the needs and wants of customers. The correct number of products, in the shortest possible time, to the best quality and all at a competitive price.
Role Playing Game
RPG’s `a game in which players take on the roles of imaginary characters, usually in a setting created by a referee, and thereby vicariously experience the imagined adventures of these characters.
Script
written to describe the scenes, plan the dialogue, describe the mood and set the background music.
Sid Meir / Simulation Games
a Canadian programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games who has won accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry.
Skill Games
where the outcome is determined mainly by mental skill, rather than by pure chance.
Standalone Installed Games
a game that you can play without a network.
Theme
Themes are skins that allow you to change the look and feel of the browser and personalize it.
World
everything that constitutes in video games, sum up of all the characters living on it.