Video Game History
A key figure in Nintendo, this designer is known for creating Mario and The Legend of Zelda.
Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
This player view is from the character's line of sight, meaning the player does not see their own character model.
What is First-Person (view)?
This type of game genre focuses on decision making, skillful thinking, and planning.
What is a Strategy game?
The Goal, Characters, Environment, Obstacles, and Platform are components included in this document used to present a game idea.
What is a game proposal or pitch document?
The names of Mrs. Pray's two cats.
What is Toby and Elsa?
This 1983 event caused a severe recession in the video game industry, particularly in North America.
What is the North American Video Game Crash of 1983?
The feeling of being fully part of the game world, often relating to the game's emotion and narrative, is known as this concept.
What is immersion?
The ESRB rating category for a game deemed appropriate for Everyone 10 and up.
What is E 10+?
This phase of the production cycle includes creating the overall blueprint for the game, known as the "Game Design Document."
What is pre-production?
The nickname of the M12 Force Application Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, a fictional armored fighting vehicle that appears in the video game series "Halo".
What is "The Warthog"?
This game is credited with inventing the "Jump" mechanic.
What is Donkey Kong (1981)?
This motivation type from Bartle's Four Types of Gamers describes a player focused on accumulating points, levels, or in-game wealth.
Who are achievers?
The most popular and profitable gaming console.
What is Mobile Gaming?
The in-house, controlled, small group testing phase to find and repair bugs and glitches.
What is Alpha Testing?
The best selling video game of ALL TIME.
What is "Minecraft"?
This person, known as the "father of video games," invented the Magnavox Odyssey.
Who is Ralph Baer?
Health bars, save files, and narration are examples of this type of interface element, meaning they are visible but not part of the game world.
What is a non-diegetic element?
A game with the ESRB rating of AO is rated for this group only.
What is Adults Only?
This job title is responsible for managing the project, ensuring the game stays on schedule, and coordinating the team.
Who is the Project Manager?
The two years in which a terrible bite accident happened in the popular franchise, "Five Nights at Freddy's".
What is "1987" and "1983"?
Social gaming where every participant had to be connected to the same network in order to play together.
What is a LAN Party?
This type of element in a game interface comes from the world in the game, such as sounds or graphics that are physically present in the environment.
What is a diegetic element?
The words that make up the acronym ESRB.
What is Entertainment Software Rating Board?
This is the production phase where assets like art, sound, and animations are created and implemented, and the User Interface is designed.
What is the production phase?
This popular mario villain uses a sped up version of a voiceline from Bowser for their iconic sound.
Who is "King Boo"?