TCH072 Game Design 2 - Quiz 3 Review

Sylvester is working on designing a new game level and wants to evaluate the level to make sure it meets his intended vision as outlined in his GDD.  What will he use to evaluate his level?

• Geo-location

• Occluders

• Game level metrics

• A trained team of genetically modified super monkeys skilled in the arts of video game testing

What term refers to a set of rules which dictate how a player may interact with the game, what they can and cannot do, and what the consequences of these actions will be?

• Hightmap

• Gameplay

• Geo-fencing

• Da Rules

What term refers to a metric that judges whether you have given the player ways to get around obstacles you have set in the game?

• Freedom of movement

• Situational awareness

• View frustum

• The Sonic Effect

What can be considered the glue that holds together gameplay, game mechanics, and game story?

• Heightmap

• Approach vectors

• Level design

• Elmer's

What do we call a game metric that has to do with how much visual information is available to a player about their surroundings at any given time in a game level?

• Freedom of movement

• Situational awareness

• Trigger zones

• The metric that has to do with how much visual information is available to a player about their surroundings at any given time in a game level

I am creating a maze game where the player is surrounded by fences just above their eye level.  To give them some ability to know where they are and how to find the hidden treasure, every so often there are open knotholes in the fence to see through or crates players can climb to see over the fence.  This gives players what?

• Occluders

• Portals

• Trigger zones

• X-ray vision

__________ is an important adjective in the world of game design, which means “pertaining to play and games”.

• Ludic

• Moody

• Portly

• Super happy fun times

Line of sight is often controlled by giving the player _________ (openings) or _________ (barriers).

• Occluders, portals

• Portals, occluders

• Frustum, triggers

• Openings, barriers

What is the area of vision for the player camera called?

• Game level

• Geo-fencing

• View frustum

• Polaroids

Howard is working on a specific metric for his new video game that deals with how much of the environment, horizontally and vertically, is picked up by the player camera.  What metric is Howard working on?

• Geometric field of view

• Occluders

• Portals

• The all-seeing eye