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VGD Stages
100
  • Credited as the 1st widely available and influential computer game when it was developed in 1962.

What is Spacewar?

100

the main idea of your game concept goes here.

what is the game Concept pitch?

100

In this genre the player must aim and shoot projectiles – whether they are bullets, arrows, or magic fireballs – at a target in order to achieve a given objective.

What is shooter?

100

the setting of the game

What is game environment?

100

The stage where you think through what your game concept and all the game elements

What is planning?

200

First highly successful arcade game.

What is Pong?

200

the mathematics behind the strategies of different players in a competition.

What is game theory?

200

In this genre,  it is any game that has a massive number of players playing online together.

Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO)?

200

the overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

What is user experience?

200

The stage where you finalize your game idea, game design outline, storyboards and assemble your  team.

What is pre-production?

300

What is the first video game console that could be played at home with your television?

What is Magnavox Odyssey?

300

The device or operating system the game runs on

What is platform?

300

This genre requires the gamer to solve problems using logic?

What is puzzle game?

300
 means by which the user, players and a computer system interact, in particular the use of input devices and software.





What is the user interface?

300
In the fictional television show family guy, the Griffins live in this state
What is Rhode Island?
400

What is Nintendo's newest console?

What is Super Mario Party Jamboree? Nintendo Switch

400

This document outlines all the components of a game’s intended design.

What is game design document?

400

Games in this genre require tactical thinking and logistical planning.

What is Strategy?

400

the visuals, the art style 

What is game aesthetics?

400

In this stage, developers assign a small group to try out the game. There is a beginning phase and final phase

What is testing?

500

I am ranked as the number one best-selling game in the world.

What is MineCraft?

500

An immersive experience in a simulated 3D environment played by wearing a headset or glasses and holding specialized motion tracking controllers.

What is virtual reality?

500

In this genre players act as the overall planner and leader of a city or town, looking down on it from above, and being responsible for its growth and management strategy.

What is city-simulation game?

500
The seven design considerations

What are  platform, game balance, game ethics,  target audience, replayability, game aesthetics, and game mechanics?

500

This is the final stage, where the game is maintained, including bug-fixing? It involves settings that can affect lighting, scene coloring, and camera effects.

What is post-production?

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