Unit 5 Game Design

What is a law in the game code which prevents a certain action or dictates a consequence or result of an event?

• mechanic

• contract

• rule

• game state

You're running a playtest of your game, and the results are in: players are exhibiting low engagement. Interviews and surveys suggest that the players feel like their actions aren't having an effect on anything and there's nothing to work towards. What element of your game should you review and edit?

• goal design

• linear progression

• punishments

• mechanics

What is a subtle way the Mario games reward players for collecting coins—even when players don't know that picking up 100 will give them an extra life?

• removing the coins once they've been touched

• slowing the player down as they collect more coins

• touching coins creating a pleasant sound effect

• making the coins pretty to look at/shiny

What mechanic is necessary for a designer interested in creating a game where enemies are destroyed when a player jumps on their heads?

• physics engine

• velocity modelling

• collision detection

• pre-rendered motion

GameObjects are automatically tagged by default in Unity.

• True

• False

What job is often synonymous with mission designer at many game studios?

• background designer

• game architect

• scenario writer

• level designer

While they have distinct definitions, in practice, game rules and game mechanics are often so intertwined that it's difficult to distinguish between them.

• True

• False

What does 0.9f represent in the following code snippet:

if (transform.position.y >= collision.collider.transform.position.y + 0.9f)

• It slightly bounces the avatar up on collision.

• It helps test if the enemy was below the avatar on collision.

• It helps test if the enemy was moving on collision.

• It helps test if the enemy was airborne on collision.

Before using a variable for something, you need to declare and initialize the variable by including lines of code in a set of curly brackets {}.

• True

• False

A low timescale value like 2 or 3 will create a slow-motion effect; values over 10 will speed time up.

• True

• False