"Professional membership organization serving the interactive entertainment development community, the Academy works to advance interactive entertainment through events that focus on the artistic aspects of game creation." Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. May be very simple ("fight to the death to prevent the player character from entering the door") or very complex ("roam freely around the world, finding shortest paths from point to point and using good judgment in choosing actions to perform depending on what the player is doing").
The routine or algorithm that controls the actions and movements of the NPCs in a game.
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An agent negotiates contract terms for license deals or publishing/distribution/development deals, based on business experience and an intimate understanding of the game industry. Agent - A person or company who represents (acts on behalf of) talent or intellectual property owners.The game is now in the marketplace, and opportunities now exist for add-ons, expansion packs, sequels, and other ancillary marketing opportunities. Aftermarket - Phase that occurs after post-production.Advergame - A game that exists solely to promote a product.Different from an RPG in that the adventure game usually does not include "hit points" or fighting. Adventure Game - A game that involves exploration, character interaction, story, and puzzle solving.Advances are recoupable from profits, which means that royalties aren't paid to the contractor or licensor until the profits exceed the advance amount.
Advance - Money paid upon signing of a royalty-based contract, before services are rendered.Action Game - Any game that requires fast reflexes on the part of the player.Acquisition - The purchase of a company or IP.He wants to have the highest score, or be the first to finish a game, or the first to experience an unlocked achievement, etc. A type of player whose primary goal in playing games is to achieve. Achiever - One of the four Bartle Player Types.There's more to it than that, but who cares? Accounts Receivable - The department of a large company whose function is to send bills to companies that owe money.Accounts Payable - The department of a large company whose function is to make payments to vendors and contractors.Acceptance - See APPROVAL (definiton 1)."A" Bug - A bug of the highest priority (a bug that must be fixed, else the game cannot be released).Represents the manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of the coin-operated amusement industry (arcade games, jukeboxes, pinball, etc.). American Amusement Machine Association. Essentially it's a game that costs tens of millions of dollars to produce, tens of millions to market, and has very high production values. Some might say it's a game that earns a place among the top ten selling games in the marketplace. AAA Game - Different people define the term different ways.I might still, occasionally, add new terms to this document. New terms are born all the time, and the best way to decipher them is to use Google, which often leads to Wikipedia. I have come to realize that this page is best used for long-established terms. Sometimes a term herein needs defining, so those definitions are also included (in an effort at flying in the face of the previous sentence). The definitions given herein are those which are specific to the game industry (this is not intended to be a "compleat dictionary" of any kind). And highly technical terms also go beyond the scope of this glossary. It is NOT intended that this be a "Compleat Encyclopedia" - no names of individuals, companies, or games are defined.
This FAQ is a Living Document, and will be added to as time goes on. So, for example, "3" comes between "S" and "U" rather than before "A." Note: numbers are alphabetized according to how the number is spelled when written. This is a honkin' big page! If you don't feel like scrolling all the way down to whatever term you want to look up, use this "go to" feature instead. Latest update: July, 2021 (sometimes I forget to note latest date here).Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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