Vocab
Cheat Codes
Potpourri
Pretest Questions
Toolbars
100
A sub routine or variable that works everywhere in the program.
What is Global?
100
Condition that occurs when an object touches another object.
What is a Collision?
100
The two basic operators that fit together to make a logic statement.
What is IF & THEN?
100
A(n) _____ tests a condition and determines an action based on the result.
What is a logic statement?
100
The toolbar the contains the most common found in the pull down menus.
What is the Standard Toolbar?
200
The term for an algorithm that is the simplest, smallest, and most efficient computer code to perform all the functions needed.
What is Elegant?
200
Attributes assigned to an object, such as visibility, interactivity, and movement.
What is Properties?
200
The action side of the logic statement.
What is IF?
200
A(n) _____ is a change that occurs when a condition is met; it is a reaction to the condition.
What is an event?
200
A toolbar with tools used to move quickly from one area of the game programming to another.
What is the Navigate Toolbar?
300
How one object behaves in relation to the objects around it.
What is Interactivity?
300
Logic statement with a condition of two or more objects colliding.
What is a Collision statement?
300
The multiple actions and reactions of the logic statements.
What is AND & OR?
300
To create a module within a game it is important to plan all the parts of the operation using a(n) _____ or other organizational tool.
What is a flowchart?
300
A toolbar used to see how the game is running.
What is the Run Toolbar?
400
Programming for when a condition is met that a series of actions will begin.
What is Trigger?
400
In relation to the position of an object.
What is Relative?
400
The window that displays the programming tree for the game.
What is the Workspace window?
400
A(n) _____ is a computer script that performs the steps needed to solve a problem.
What is an algorithm?
400
A toolbar with two different views. Frame View & Event View
What is the Editor Toolbar?
500
Term for the IF side of a programming line for a video game.
What is a Condition?
500
A binary language that consists of only two characters, 0 and 1.
What is Machine code?
500
This window displays the objects that are preloaded into TGF2.
What is the Library Window?
500
The toolbar in The Games Factory 2 which contains the most common tools found in the pull-down menus, but displayed as buttons for easy access.
What is a Standard toolbar?
500
A toolbar that contains all of the pull-down menus.
What is the Menu Bar?
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