Intro Game Design Week 8

First weeks

100

The Indian game of Chaturanga was an early version of this modern classic. 

Chess

200

This programming language is the main language we will learn in this course. 

C#

300

We will use this program to make 2D assets.

Photoshop

400

In the ancient Egyptian game of Senet, players would throw these to determine how many spaces to move. 

Sticks or bones

500

The oldest known board game was found in this country. 

Turkey

Game design principles

100

The rules of a game are also known by this term. 

Mechanics

200

A game must have one of these so players know what their goal is. 

A winning condition

300

This term refers to the time and location where a game takes place. 

The setting

400

One of this game's mechanics involves physical contact to change the state of one player. 

Tag

500

Mechanics is one part of the framework we will use to analyze games, along with these two other aspects. 

Dynamics and Aesthetics

Twine

100

Clicking this gives you access to a quick option for linking to a new passage. 

Macro

200

Typing this and an amount of time will allow you to delay an action in your passage. 

after

300

This symbol is used to create a variable that lives across multiple passages.

$ 

400

Using this allows you to create a variable that only exists in one passage. 

_ (underscore)

500

This word is used when you want to check to see whether the reader made a choice earlier in the game. 

if

Aesthetics

100

A game that allows you to customize your character or the game world has this aesthetic. 

Expression

200

If your game is based around colors and sounds, it has this aesthetic. 

Sensation

300

A game built around a compelling story has this aesthetic. 

Narrative

400

You're experiencing this aesthetic if you must log in often to make progress. 

Submission

500

This generic-sounding aesthetic is featured in games with immersive worlds. 

Fantasy

Miscellaneous

100

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George and Lenny mention getting into some trouble in this Siskiyou County town. 

Weed

200

This is the name of the shape commonly used to represent infinity. 

A lemniscate

300

The U.S. Constitution recognizes Native American tribes as distinct governments that have this same quality as independent nations. 

Sovereignty 

400

The primary antagonist in Horizon: Zero Dawn shares its name with this Greek god of fire also known for his crafting skills.

Hephaestus

500

To count the diameter of an atom using this smallest unit of length would take you 10 million times the current age of the universe. 

The Planck length