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Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
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.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
Games with randomly (or rather, procedurally) generated environments create new levels from predetermined pieces each time the game is played.
The player never really dies, but is revived or respawned with little to no penalty.
A save film (or recorded session) is simply a recording of a certain amount of time playing a game.
A Scripted Death is a moment when the player is taken out of control resulting in the characters death
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
A mode found in certain Turn-Based Strategy games where all the players take their turns at the same time instead of in a sequence.
Any person that is in an Army.
Why go it alone when you can roll with a team? Squad Tactics let you issue commands to a whole crew of A.I controlled squad mates, who can(among other things) plant bombs, fire at specific targets, take cover, and talk smack.
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.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
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.
A feature in Steam that notifies players when it is their turn to play in a turn based game.
Enemies and NPCs are only able to move or attack when the player character moves; otherwise, they stay still. Most often this is seen in roguelikes and games with grid-based movement.
Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns moving and attacking one another through varied forms of combat.
Sometimes when players beat a game, the credits sequence will end with the phrase similar to, "Thank you for playing!".
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Torque 2D, formerly Torque Game Builder. It is a 2D engine that utilizes TorqueScript, so it makes for a good learning tool to transition to Torque 3D.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
Games in which there is built-in Twitter support.
A powerful weapon often found near the end of the game that is significantly more powerful than other weapons. It can also be the last weapon in an RPG game that does drastically increased damage compared to previous weapons.
Games that have you going into a computer generated virtual universe.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
WeGo is a turn-based style of gameplay where orders are given for both sides, and then executed simultaneously. During the execution phase, no player input is allowed.
Games that allow in-game recording and uploading to YouTube.
Pressing a button to zoom-in. For example: in a flight combat game or a shooter without iron sights.
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