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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
Games with stories that involve aliens invading another planet.
When a game allows the player to pet animals encountered in the environment. Some games are all about this.
An immature childish person. It wears diapers and whines a lot, much like old folks. Babies are considered cute by most people.
2D or 3D platformers that have slow methodical movements and intricate animations and puzzle solving, Resulting in the player having to "take things slow" and encourages more thinking before taking actions. Usually having more complicated controls than standard platformers that simply have you run and jump. Different modes of jumping, ledge grabbing, rolling, clambering, climbing, taking cover and usually if there is combat the player has to switch between platforming and combat modes.
Computer games that recommend players use a controller, rather than a keyboard and mouse. These are most often side-scrolling platformers and action games.
An optical effect formed by beams of light contrasting against areas of shadow in the atmosphere. They are often simulated in video games through volumetric lighting.
The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Dream sequences are a narrative and gameplay mechanic that present the thoughts or events that occur in dreams.
Water that has been exposed to electricity. Often functions as a puzzle the player must solve to proceed.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Graphics in games whether backgrounds or characters that are hand drawn whether using a pen graphics tablet or a scan of a physical drawing.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
Somebody wrote or drew a message on the wall, maybe it was in blood, maybe they had a marker handy; but now here you are, reading it.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
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.
Puzzle platformers are platform games where the key aspect involves solving riddles and puzzles, rather than combat.
Quick Time Events show up in all sorts of games as an attempt to make cutscenes interactive. Press the buttons displayed on-screen before time runs out, or else.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
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 Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
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.
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