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“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Hand-drawn or computer-generated animation.
A cutscene that is viewed through the eyes of the protagonist or some other character. POV stands for "point of view".
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
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.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
Games based on literature. This does not include licenses of another adaptation.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
Usually refers to the end of the world.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
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.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Any person that is in an Army.
Japanese pop music, also known as J-Pop, refers to the most popular and mainstream music produced in Japan. It is commonly featured in many rhythm games as well as other genres.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns moving and attacking one another through varied forms of combat.
A map that is updated in real-time as you play a level. Usually seen in FPSs and RPGs.
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