Video Game Design Unit Review

When a gaming company has finished a creating a game, they prepare it for _______________. This is the process of sharing and delivering video games.

• Marketing

• Distribution

• Operating Systems

• Software

When a video game maker makes commercials on TV and in magazines to promote or sell a game, this is called ______________ .

• Distribution

• Processing

• Marketing

• Dialog

In a game when characters are having a conversation, this is called ______________ between the two.

• Story or Plot

• Dialog

• Concept

• Cloud

The menus in the game that allow the player to start new games, save, and change options is called the _______________.

• User Interface

• Game Design Document

• Forward Compatibility

• Secondary Memory

The game background and scenery is called the ________________.

• User Interface

• Environment

• Story or Plot

• Cloud

The fictional figures or people that are seen in the game are called ________________ .

• Designers

• Processors

• Gamers

• Characters

The information that describes every part of a game's design from start to finish is called the ________________ .

• Concept

• Primary Memory

• Game Design Document

• Distribution

Video game designers start to create rough drafts of game characters or environments, they usually call it a __________. This means it's not a finished product, but a general idea of what it will be.

• Primary Memory

• Concept

• Software

• User Interface

When video game systems or computers are planned and prepared to be upgraded to handle future versions of games, this is called ________________ .

• Backward Compatibility

• Forward Compatibility

• Concept

• Marketing

When a current gaming system can play games or use gaming hardware from an older system, this is called _______________ .

• Backward Compatibility

• Forward Compatibility

• Software

• Distribution