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No HUD games are ones that either lack a Heads Up Display, or find a way to integrate it into the game environment. Many games do this to add a sense of immersion or artistic quality to their games, or to reduce screen clutter.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Quicksave allows the player to save their progress in record time at the push of a button. It is more commonly found in PC games than in console games.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
Games that allow items to be rotated; this can be used to reveal information about certain objects for the purpose of puzzle solving.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Some games only allow the player character to carry a single item in their inventory at one time.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
A cloud of fine particles.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Games that have been accepted by Valve through Steam's Greenlight service.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A flaw that occurs when a games graphics engine fails to preload textures as the player is in view of them.
Sometimes when players beat a game, the credits sequence will end with the phrase similar to, "Thank you for playing!".
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine 3 is the third generation of the Unreal engine, and is base for numerous games, such as Unreal Tournament 3, Gears of War and Roboblitz.
The fourth major iteration of the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. This engine is said to only be suitable for the 8th generation of video game consoles and PC hardware, though it is scalable to a variety of older platforms and mobile.
Supporting characters who are heard throughout the course of the game, but are never seen physically by the player.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
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