ICT Essentials: Gaming Design Review

You have been hired by a game development group. You gather in a room to create related spontaneous ideas and solutions for a new central character of a game. The ideas are then carefully reviewed for application to the game development. Your group is involved in what step of the design process?

• Storyboard

• Brainstorming

• Feedback

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

• Chance

• Skill

Which term describes a technique used to encourage creativity, generate ideas and solve problems in a group by allowing each member to share their ideas about a subject?

• Brainstorming

• Gathering feedback

• Storyboarding

What is the first step in the game design process?

• Brainstorm ideas.

• Create a storyboard.

• Create a prototype.

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.

Jacob wants to introduce a new game to Andres where they can challenge each other's skills and add other players to compete. This game, called "Words with Friends", can also be played via social media and its objective is to see who is the smartest and fastest at creating words out of random letters. What role does this game have in today's society?

• Social networking

• Recreation

• Education

Matteo is the human resources manager at a major printing firm. He wants to use gaming to teach new employees printing skills. This is an example of using games as a form of:

• Task Training

• Recreation

• Therapy

Which term describes a type of game that simulates skills needed to perform a job?

• Task training

• Social networking

• Recreation

You have developed a prototype for your game, and you have gathered a group of people to test the game. Each member of the group has been asked to create and submit a list of suggestions and issues. Which term describes the suggestions and issues that are given to a design team to help, improve or refine a game design?

• Storyboard

• Feedback

• Brainstorms

A start-up gaming company has been brainstorming for several weeks about what new game should be developed and introduced into the market. After several deliberations the team finally comes to an agreement of building a game where users are astronauts who compete on a mission to find life on Mars. It is crucial to complete the mission before life on Earth ceases. What type of game are the game designers and development team building?

• Role-playing

• Task-training

• Skill