WorksheetsPre-Alpha to Gold Master Video Games
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This stage begins with the start of 'full' game development and goes on until alpha build is released. Its main function is to see how the different features work in the actual game.
Alpha
Pre-Alpha
Beta
Phi
Bugs avoided or eliminated during this phase can often be big timesavers later on in development.
Pre Alpha
Alpha
Feature-Frozen
Beta
_____________ stage usually means both feature-complete AND content complete.
QA (Quality Assurance)
Alpha
Hardware submission
Beta
The submission process itself involves ________________________
preparing a build that needs automatic testing.
preparing a build that the development team think will be approved by the manufacturer.
preparing a build that has passed QA.
preparing a build that the development team think will be approved by the Beta testers.
When all hardware tests are passed and the Q/A team had performed all test-related tasks, the almost finished product, which is only missing a few tweaks is called the _________________
Master want-a-be
Silver Candidate
Final Cut
Master Candidate
The original master copy from which all other copies will be made is the _____________________.
Gold Master
Master Candidate
Gold Star Candidate
Executable
A(n)______________ might be released to anyone who wanted to look at it.
closed beta
master candidate
open beta
Phi-beta
A(n) ______________ would only be open to a select group for testing. (might be people who registered an earlier interest or who bought a previous game from the developer).
alpha-beta
closed beta
master copy
open beta
The focus in the ________ stage should be entirely on the user and their experience.
Pre-Alpha
Alpha
Beta
QA
A __________ is a simple or basic version of a game that has most of the gameplay features, but lacks polishing.
iteration
prototype
final cut
level design
The process of building the game, testing the game, getting feedback, refining the game and repeating until the game is the best it can be is called the ________________process.
Iteration
prototype
proof of concept
beta
_____________ is where you test out new ideas (concepts) to see if the technology and interactions will work.
iteration
design stage
proof of concept
In-house
A(n) __________ is a way for the user to control and see the game.
Easter egg
CPU
monitor
user interface
A good example of user-interface device is _______
a rock
Gold Master
a controller
an open beta file
Console games all undergo certification by the respective manufacture of consoles; Wii games are approved by Nintendo and so on
true
false
Sometimes players do things in game that the developers never thought possible, and frequently last-minute changes and suggested from beta testers, are made before the game is released.
False
True
A Gold Master is something you might send in the post or hand over to third parties for review for example.
true
false
This stage is deemed complete when no new bugs can be found no unrepaired bugs remain (or only a handful of lesser ones).
Pre-Alpha
Alpha
Beta
Proof of Concept
The final iteration of the game is called ____________
ready to market (RTM)
ready to make corrections (RTMC)
rated to manufacture game (RTMG)
rated to rock (RTR)
The _________ is all of the people who are willing and able to buy the game.
focus group
crew
market
royal court
