Chapter 3 game design vocabs

How well your hands, feet, and eyes work together to perform a task.

A series of uniquely printed cards used within set rules of a game.

Social phenomenon where people do not interact with their physical environment

Older games can be played on newer game consoles

Repeated exposure to an unpleasant event until it no longer results in an emotional reaction.

A portable game environment in which players use imagination to engage in mental or strategic competition

Activity defined by rules with an objective, goal, or victory condition; it involves a game environment that enables play or pretending.

Degree to which a player connects to the game world.

Setting altered or designed to play a specific activity.

when a player goes against one or more people to win.

Players meet at a location and connect their machines to a local area network (LAN) to play an online game.

Provides third-party designers the rights to obtain the game source code for a specific system

Combination of hand-eye coordination, muscle memory, and brain-extremity pathways to make movements appear smooth.

How the muscles in the body remember practiced movements

Participation in an entertainment activity

how fast it takes to respond

Quick, involuntary movement

Require the player to mentally analyze and solve a problem

Person’s learning, problem-solving, and reasoning ability

Designed to play only on a single manufacturer’s game console

Skill or ability at performing physical tasks

Underlying game creation code

an object that could entertain a child

Interacting in a group environment.

Competitions featuring athletic abilities as the basis in determining the winner

Any device used to create a number at random within a given range of numbers.

Allow for very deep immersion as players assume a character and play the role.

Board games with a central theme.

Read-only memory chip in a plastic case that stores the game program