Game Development Exam

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Game Mechanics

• The rules that govern how a player interacts with a game and how a game interacts with a player
• Creating a new object in a scene while a game is running
• The objective of a game level that a player must accomplish in order to move to the next game level
• A variable that describes a particular characteristic of an object
• A group of objects that all share the same properties

Property

• A variable that describes a particular characteristic of an object
• Creating a new object in a scene while a game is running
• The rules that govern how a player interacts with a game and how a game interacts with a player
• The objective of a game level that a player must accomplish in order to move to the next game level
• A group of objects that all share the same properties

Object Type

• A group of objects that all share the same properties
• A specific example of an object type
• An organized collection of information that is stored on a computer
• Information that lasts longer than the program that created it
• A part of software that a user interacts with

Instance

• A specific example of an object type
• A group of objects that all share the same properties
• An organized collection of information that is stored on a computer
• Information that lasts longer than the program that created it
• A part of software that a user interacts with

Persistence

• Information that lasts longer than the program that created it
• A group of objects that all share the same properties
• A specific example of an object type
• An organized collection of information that is stored on a computer
• A part of software that a user interacts with

Collision

• An event where the edge of one object touches the edge of another object
• An instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another
• The name of the function that responds to the collection event
• A specific type of collection event

State

• A group of objects that all share the same set of properties
• The act of creating a new object while a game is running
• A description of an object at a particular moment in time
• An organized collection of information that is stored on a computer
• A place where a program was written

Min

• Smallest value that can be randomly chosen
• Largest value that can be randomly chosen
• Includes the first and last numbers in a range
• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

Inclusive

• Smallest value that can be randomly chosen
• Largest value that can be randomly chosen
• Includes the first and last numbers in a range
• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour