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Video Game Design Semester Exam Review
Study Guide.
Barrier to entry - Answers✔describes how something prevents competitors from joining in the
same market
CPU - Answers✔Central Processing Unit
market share - Answers✔the percentage of the total market sales for a single company or product
niche - Answers✔small or narrow market of similar potential customers
PC - Answers✔Personal Computer
PC - Answers✔type of gaming that does not used a dedicated game console
collision - Answers✔when one game object contacts another game object
market, designer, technology - Answers✔driving factors for game design
market factor - Answers✔meets the needs of the target customer
designer factor - Answers✔made to show off the artistic and programming skill of the designer
technology factor - Answers✔implements new technology
purpose of play - Answers✔describes how a game teaches, trains or gives the player a reason to
play
soul of the game - Answers✔when a designer incorporates importance of play and an emotional,
thought-provoking connection to the game
fun - Answers✔children view play as ___
avatar - Answers✔a player's game persona
parallax - Answers✔effect created by moving background layers at different speeds to simulate
depth
2nd person - Answers✔perspective rarely used in video games