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If you are not a programmer, your most critical (and perhaps daunting) task to get your game developed is: communicate your idea perfectly to a team of specialists required to turn that idea into a finished videogame. One advantage of developing board games over video games is the instant gratification of developing and playtesting a prototype in a relatively short period of time. True or False? True A well-written academic review of a video game should be void of: hyperbole How the player interacts with the game and how the player receives information and feedback from a games is known as: User Interface Survival is a core dynamic that involves surviving and thriving in a game world. True or False? True TestTrackers: Unlock Your Exam Potential! | Quality Practice Materials | Boost Your Confidence Today! | Thank You for Choosing Us! © 2024 TestTrackers Customer Support: [] Resources & Updates: [Testtrackers - Stuvia US] Your Success is Our Mission! The rules of a game are known as: Mechanics Aesthetics refers to how a game looks. True or False? False All games must contain an avatar, or something that represents himself or herself. True or False? False This is the pattern of play that comes from rules of the game being set in motion by the players. Dynamics Using IP in game design mitigates risk. True or False? True When you buy a board game, what you take home and play is the original concept precisely as it was in the designer's head. This is known as ________ design. lossless Design counterparts to a game's components of rules > system > fun are: TestTrackers: Unlock Your Exam Potential! | Quality Practice Materials | Boost Your Confidence Today! | Thank You for Choosing Us! © 2024 TestTrackers Customer Support: [] Resources & Updates: [Testtrackers - Stuvia US] Your Success is Our Mission! mechanics > dynamics > aesthetics The designer's perspective of game design, with regard to MDA, is the inverse of the player's perspective. True or False? True Play testing and tuning is a one-step process. True or False? False One of the highest honors a board game can be awarded is the: Spiel des Jahres More board games are sold per capita in Germany than anywhere else on earth. True or False? True In its first year to market, "The Settlers of Catan" sold how many copies? 400,000 Violence is taboo in Germany's gaming culture. True or False? Tru

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Fundamentals of Game Design Lecture
Final Exam Study Guide Frequently Most
Tested Questions and Verified Accurate
Answers
If you are not a programmer, your most critical (and perhaps daunting) task to get your

game developed is:

✓ communicate your idea perfectly to a team of specialists required to turn that idea into a
finished videogame.



One advantage of developing board games over video games is the instant gratification of

developing and playtesting a prototype in a relatively short period of time. True or False?

✓ True



A well-written academic review of a video game should be void of:

✓ hyperbole



How the player interacts with the game and how the player receives information and

feedback from a games is known as:

✓ User Interface



Survival is a core dynamic that involves surviving and thriving in a game world. True or False?

✓ True




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The rules of a game are known as:

✓ Mechanics



Aesthetics refers to how a game looks. True or False?

✓ False



All games must contain an avatar, or something that represents himself or herself. True or

False?

✓ False



This is the pattern of play that comes from rules of the game being set in motion by the

players.

✓ Dynamics



Using IP in game design mitigates risk. True or False?

✓ True



When you buy a board game, what you take home and play is the original concept precisely

as it was in the designer's head. This is known as ________ design.

✓ lossless



Design counterparts to a game's components of rules > system > fun are:




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✓ mechanics > dynamics > aesthetics



The designer's perspective of game design, with regard to MDA, is the inverse of the player's

perspective. True or False?

✓ True



Play testing and tuning is a one-step process. True or False?

✓ False



One of the highest honors a board game can be awarded is the:

✓ Spiel des Jahres



More board games are sold per capita in Germany than anywhere else on earth. True or

False?

✓ True



In its first year to market, "The Settlers of Catan" sold how many copies?

✓ 400,000



Violence is taboo in Germany's gaming culture. True or False?

✓ True



High-level technology is a requisite to make an "immersive" game. True or False?


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✓ False



Advantage(s) of paper prototype include:

✓ it is inexpensive, it can reduce final production costs, and helps developers validate the
idea as being good



According to the Diablo II article, the Diablo II team was consisted three main teams:

✓ programming, character art, and background art



Bottom-up game design is based on taking an existing board game and developing a video

game from it. True or False?

✓ False



The author of the "Bottom Up Game Design" article thought this would be a good simulation

game:

✓ traffic control



Any process that you, as a game designer find fascinating should inherently translate into a

fun and exciting game. True or False?

✓ False



What is a puzzle?

✓ it's fun and has a right answer


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