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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.
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.
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.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
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