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Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Not a hedgehog!
When the character the player is controlling dies as part of the game's plotline.
Therapy is treatment for people with either psychological or psychiatric problems who seek help.
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.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Games that allow items to be rotated; this can be used to reveal information about certain objects for the purpose of puzzle solving.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
A Scripted Death is a moment when the player is taken out of control resulting in the characters death
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
This applies to games where characters physically change from one sex to another. This ranges from a character being able to change sex as part of the gameplay (perhaps specifically of the opponents) to being limited to the story or character customisation between the sexes being permitted after starting a campaign.
Shakey Cam is the use of shaking the camera in a game in order to give the feeling of chaos, disorientation or realism. It is usually used in action games when moving at fast speeds or when a large impact or explosion occurs.
Games with characters that sing.
A function or button that allows players to skip a difficult section of a game entirely.
A cloud of fine particles.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
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.
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.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
The act of taking one's own life.
Modification of the body for grave medical purposes or otherwise.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
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.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence
Device used by games with text boxes to show that a mysterious and/or unknown character is talking. Mostly used in games coming from Japan (at least nowadays).
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Characters whose purpose is to convey information that is directly or indirectly aimed at the player.
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