Game Design Unit 9 Quiz

When designing AI, you should aim to:

• create the ultimate participant the player should become
• rely on a few cheap moves the AI will use repeatedly
• balance fun versus a sense of accomplishment for being defeated
• create a completely unpredictable pattern of actions

Which of the following would be considered an example of asymmetrical game design?

• making some playable characters fast but weak, others slow but tough
• allocating extra starting resources to characters based on their initial position on a game board
• providing different ratios of top speed-to-handling for different vehicles
• all of the above

Which of the following is an example of a twitch skill?

• solving a block-pushing puzzle
• inputting a series of controls to execute a special move in a fighting game
• determining an enemy’s weak point
• all of the above

In terms of twitch skills vs thought skills, Tetris:

• emphasizes twitch skills
• emphasizes thought skills
• emphasizes both twitch and thought skills
• uses neither type of skill

Which of the following is an example of a thought skill?

• timing the parry in reaction to seeing an enemy attack immediately
• discerning an enemy’s attack pattern so that you are ready to parry when they attack
• striking an enemy immediately upon it revealing a weak spot
• all of the above

A game will feel arbitrary if:

• new players frequently beat experts
• experts always beat new players
• one particular player in a tournament always wins
• it allows players to manually “handicap” themselves through menu options

One way to emphasize cooperation in a multi-screen three-player game might be to:

• provide three different identical paths to get through a level
• have each player gain experience and resources individually
• ensure all players have equal skills and abilities
• implement abilities that can only be accessed when near another player

A "turbo bar" approach, where as players succeed at actions they fill a bar that, once full, lets them activate a special ability, is an example of a:

• punishment
• twitch skill
• symmetry
• reward

Mapping the desired gameplay and emotional experience over the course of a game is:

• ramping
• balancing
• playtesting
• theming

Which of the following ramping formulas is probably the most common one, the one most games end up using?

• increasing difficulty after a success
• alternate challenge levels
• advance quickly through easier levels
• all are used equally across games