Video Game Design Chapter 1

A person who is involved in the development of a video game.

• Gamer

• Game Designer

• Artist

• Graphic Artist

Is where you place game objects to create a scene.

• Object

• Sprite

• Frame

• Animation Set

A visual effect placed between the frames to gradually move to the next frame.

• Animation Set

• Sprite

• Active Object

• Transition

A 2-D image used in a game, simply an image.

• Sprite

• Object

• Active Object

• Background Object

A programmable container that can have an interaction or event.

• Sprite

• Object

• Instance

• Clone

Object that can receive programming.

• Active Object

• Background Object

• Animation Set

• Loop

Object that cannot receive programming.

• Active Object

• Background Object

• Instance

• loop

An exact copy that inherits all the properties of the original object.

• Animation Set

• Loop

• Instance

• Clone

An exact copy of an object, but its properties are not linked to the original.

• Instance

• Clone

• Animation Set

• Loop

A series of images, or frames, with slight differences that are played in sequence to create the illusion of movement.

• Animation Set

• Transition

• Loop

• Translation