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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Jun 24, 2015
An applause is the act of a crowd or group of people clapping their hands, usually in response to something awesome that happened.
The most prestigious awards in the British videogame calender, the BAFTA Video Game Award honour the achievements of the best game developers and their games.
Sometimes the writers will deliberately slip the title of the game into dialogue to show off how witty they are.
Games that are little more than extensive cinematic sequences in which the player has little interaction with what is happening onscreen. This notion of a cinematic game is epitomized by laserdisc arcade classics such as Astron Belt, Dragon's Lair and Bega's Battle.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
A graphic filter designed to give players the sensation of using a CRT monitor.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
It's all in the family.
When the player's actions trigger a change in the game's soundtrack. This adds a cinematic quality to the gameplay.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
The 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2015.
A glitch is an action performed within the bounds of a game engine that was not intended by the game's developers. Glitches are often performed by the player, though they can also occur independently.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
IGF is the Independent Games Festival, an annual gathering of Indie developers. The term also refers to the associated awards.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
This is when the events of a story are not in chronological order. Often, the end comes at the beginning, and the remaining story explains how things came to be the way they are.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
The concept of operating a computer inside a game via its own operating system. The player might have access to a virtual desktop or console commands to reach the desired information.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Pregnancy is the term for when a female of a species is carrying a new, developing member of the species within her body.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, and emails.
Ability to see a character's body in mirrors, water, or other surfaces.
Also known as Othello, this strategic board game uses round pieces with a different color on either side. When pieces of one color form a straight line between two pieces of the other color, the middle pieces are flipped over.
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