2nd Year CPAS Review

A company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer.

• Game publisher

• Game developer

• Game manufacturer

• Game licensor

A company that specializes in video game development-the process and related disciplines of creating video games.

• Game Licensor

• Game Publisher

• Game manufacturer

• Game Developer

A fixed regular payment is typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but is often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.

• Variable costs

• Salaries

• Cost of good sold

• Units sold

A hardware or software developer is independent of the primary product or platform that the consumer is using.

• Leadership

• Third-party developer

• Licenses

• Investors

A measure of the total sales that a firm earns in a given reporting period.

• Units Sold

• Producer

• Flaw

• Fixed costs

A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade.

• Interface Designer

• Administrative expense

• Licenses

• Distribution cost

A person in this position typically oversees others who work in unison to create an overall artistic atmosphere or final product.

• Executive producer

• Producer

• Al Programmer

• Level designer

A person is responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of video games.

• Royalties

• Publisher

• Developer

• Producer

A person who allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return.

• Bug

• Investors

• Costs

• manufacturer

A software problem at a much deeper level, particularly in the design, which likely bleeds into the code level as well.

• Beta

• Play testing

• Flaw

• Bug