Game Dev Quest: The Semester Finale

HISTORY OF GAMES

1

This ancient Egyptian board game is considered one of the oldest games in history. 

A) Mahjong
B) Senet
C) Monopoly
D) Chess

B) Senet

2

TRUE or FALSE: The game Snakes and Ladders originated in ancient India as a game about morality and karma. 

TRUE

3

Nintendo and Sega competed fiercely during this gaming period. What was it called?

The Console War

4

Which company entered the console market in 2001 with the release of the original Xbox?

Microsoft

5

What do we call free mobile games with in-app purchases?

Free-to-play (F2P)

GAME STORY, WORLD & CHARACTER

1

The visual term for the dark shape or outline of a character.

Silhouette

2

Name one of the Three Pillars of the Game World.

Possible answers: 

• Geography

• History

• Laws

3

Deep history, background information, and hidden myths of a game world that players can discover.

Lore

4

This narrative structure combines linear progression with small open areas. 

A) Emergent Narrative
B) String of Pearls Narrative
C) Branching Narrative
D) Amusement Park Narrative

B) String of Pearls Narrative 

5

A character's internal journey, showing how their personality and emotions change from the beginning to the end of the story.

Emotional arc

GAME OBJECTS, SOUNDS & MOTION

1

Which texture allows players to see through an object? 

A) Rough
B) Matte
C) Transparent
D) Glossy

C) Transparent

2

What do we call the sound artists who recreate everyday sound effects in a studio for games and movies?

Foley Artists  

3

Which word describes an object shaped like a box, with six equal square sides?

Cubic

4

What motion happens after firing a weapon backward?

Recoil

5

This sound effect word best describes a loud metallic hit.

Clang

GAME ENGINES

1

TRUE or FALSE: Blueprints are Unreal Engine’s visual scripting system.

TRUE 

2

In Unity, this window shows all game objects in the scene.

Hierarchy

3

A reusable template object in Unity is called this. 

A) asset
B) mesh
C) scope
D) prefab 

D) prefab

4

Which Unity panel displays properties of selected objects? 

A) Scene View
B) Inspector
C) Toolbar
D) Status Bar

B) Inspector

5

What term describes any item, file, or piece of content—such as a 3D model, sound file, or texture—used to build a game?

Asset

UI/UX IN GAMES

1

TRUE or FALSE: Diegetic UI exists inside the game world itself.

TRUE

2

Which UX term means “powerfully engaging and interesting”? 

A) Compelling
B) Smooth
C) Subtle
D) Intuitive

A) Compelling

3

Which type of signal includes controller vibration?

Haptic Signal

4

A health bar that sits flat on the screen overlay, belongs to which UI class?

Non-Diegetic

5

A floating quest marker above an NPC is an example of this UI class.

Spatial