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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.
Games with randomly (or rather, procedurally) generated environments create new levels from predetermined pieces each time the game is played.
The concept of reviving somebody who is dead or down.
A playable class in many roleplaying games. Rogues are also sometimes known as Thieves. The class in almost all these games center around their stealth capabilities.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
Often found in either very violent games, or games taking place in or around water, Screen Splatter is a visual representation of blood, water, strawberry jam, or other liquids temporarily obscuring the player's field of vision.
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
A set of skills and abilities displayed in a branching path. Skills in the tree open up after completing required prerequisites.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
A cloud of fine particles.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
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.
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.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
Oh no! The last enemy is dead, but all your friends are fallen! How will you ever go on alone?! Wait! Did you hear that sound? That means the battle is over, and all your dead allies can get back up, good as new. You've heard the victory gong.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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