Gaming

Jackson has brainstormed several ideas for his game. He is now trying to plan the scenes, animations and character interactions. Which step in the game design should Jackson complete to help him develop his ideas?

• Create a storyboard.
• Brainstorm more game ideas.
• Hire a programmer.
• Develop the game prototype.

Marissa would like to learn more about game design. Her teacher explains that the first step is to learn how the audience, elements and characters in a game work together. What is the best method for completing this first step?

• Develop a game with multiple elements and characters.
• Analyze existing games by deconstructing them.
• Ask your friends for feedback about your game ideas.
• Make a list of the characters in other games you have played

Jason is playing a game in which players must maneuver around changing barriers and moving objects inside a maze. This is an example of which type of game?

• Role playing
• Skill
• Board
• Chance

Which programming element is used by a game program to track and display score information?

• Prototypes
• Algorithms
• Variables
• Events

Which type of error can be difficult to identify, because the program still runs but does not do what you expect it to do?

• Logic error
• Runtime error
• A program with any type of error cannot still run.
• Syntax error

Which member of the game design team writes the dialog for the characters, and develops the animation and scenarios that occur during game play?

• IT specialist
• Game designer
• Programmer
• Sound engineer

The actions that you want your game to perform and the goals that you want players to be able to achieve in your game are called the:

• criteria.
• interactivity.
• constraints.
• analysis.

Consider the following example: Problem: Cassidy has 15 tokens. Sierra has 10 tokens. Cassidy gives Sierra 2 tokens. How many more tokens does Cassidy have than Sierra?
Solution:
Cassidy's tokens: 15
Subtract 2 tokens from Cassidy's total tokens:
15– 2 = 13
Sierra's tokens: 10
Add 2 tokens to Sierra’s tokens:
10 + 2 = 12
Subtract Cassidy’s total tokens from Sierra’s total tokens:
13 – 12 =1

Answer: Cassidy has one more token than Sierra. Which term describes the step-by-step instructions that appear under "Solution" in the example above?

• Routine
• Loop
• Algorithm
• Storyboard

Study the example. Which term describes this game design element?

• Programming
• Storyboard
• Feedback
• Brainstorm

In programming languages, character, string, integer, floating-point and Boolean are all examples of:

• variable data types.
• comparison operators.
• methods.
• expressions.