Unit 3 Gaming Vocab

Part of a program that does not work correctly.

• Parameter

• Bug

• Variable

• Property

Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.

• Frame

• Bug

• Debugging

• Parameter

An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.

• Variable

• Sprite

• CamelCase

• Program

An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need

• Parameter

• Variable

• Debugging

• Animation

A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.

• Variable

• Parameter

• Property

• Frame

Attributes that describe an object's characteristics

• Parameter

• Debugging

• Property

• Bug

A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.

• Sprite

• Variable

• Program

• Frame

a series of images that create the illusion of motion by being shown rapidly one after the other

• Frame Rate

• Animation

• Frame

• Sprite

sprite.scale

• Creates a new sprite and assigns it to the variable specified.

• Shrink or grow a sprite keeping the height to width ratio the same.

• Start the automatic frame advance for the animation for a sprite.

function draw() {} Also know as "Loop"

• Displays a group of sprites. If no parameter is specified, draws all sprites in the sketch

• Displays a group of sprites. If no parameter is specified, draws all sprites in the sketch

• The lines of code contained inside this block are continuously executed (run) until the program is stopped.