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This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A two winged insect. The females are known for sucking blood of mammals in order to obtain the nutrients required to lay eggs.
Platforms conveniently moving you towards your destination to allow the crossing of large expanses which would otherwise be impossible to cross.
In some of the older platforming games, the protagonist had no choice but to advance.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Puzzle platformers are platform games where the key aspect involves solving riddles and puzzles, rather than combat.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
Damaging enemies by simply jumping on top of them.
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
A video game protagonist's enemies come from more than just the Animal and Mineral kingdoms. P-O'd plants have been battled by everyone from plumbers to the undead.
Player characters that are infants, children, or adolescents.
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