Fundamentals of Game Design Lecture
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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
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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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