Unit 8 Computer Games Development
Assignment 1 (Distinction)
1). Fps
Ans: Gaming genre. First Person Shooter game.
(Image attribution: Nuclear Dawn by InterWave Studios - http://
www.interwavestudios.com)
2). Year that the original xbox was first released
Ans: 2000. Microsoft based its first console on PC electronic architecture.
3). Racing
Ans: Game Genre. Racing games involve the player competing in races traditionally in a
car or alternative vehicle.
4). Rpg
Ans: Gaming genre - Role-Playing Game. These are games in which the player's
character has skills and abilities represented by statistics. Gameplay involves the
characters exploring and completing quests that build up their statistics and possessions.
(SQA)
5). Shooter
Ans: Gaming genre. Shoot em' Up or shooter games involve shooting players or NPCs
or destroying objects.
6). Strategy
Ans: Gaming genre. Strategy games require the player to be quick thinking and forward
planning and usually focus in a war context. Strategy gamers enjoy the tactical and skilful
thinking necessary for success. The origin of strategy game is found in traditional board
games.
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, (SQA)
7). Game genres by purpose
Ans: It is possible to determine a game's genre by looking at its purpose. Casual games
and education games are two prevalent categories. Casual games have very simple rules
and are extremely easy to play, many of the mobile and social games played fall into this
category. The purpose of these games is to entertain with little commitment or skill.
8). Adc
Ans: Analog to digital converter
9). Dac
Ans: Digital to Analog Converter
10). Motherboard
Ans: A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or
other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
11). Ram
Ans: Random Access Memory - Games benefit from large amounts of fast memory, so
the more there is, the more complex and fast the console / computer can be.
12). Persistent storage
Ans: Non-volatile storage on a secondary storage medium such as a hard disk.
13). Power supply
Ans: A device that provides power to a computer system.
14). Optical disk
Ans: Secondary storage device using lasers to read (and write) data to a reflective
surface. For storing files to be distributed or transferred or for backup of important files
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Assignment 1 (Distinction)
1). Fps
Ans: Gaming genre. First Person Shooter game.
(Image attribution: Nuclear Dawn by InterWave Studios - http://
www.interwavestudios.com)
2). Year that the original xbox was first released
Ans: 2000. Microsoft based its first console on PC electronic architecture.
3). Racing
Ans: Game Genre. Racing games involve the player competing in races traditionally in a
car or alternative vehicle.
4). Rpg
Ans: Gaming genre - Role-Playing Game. These are games in which the player's
character has skills and abilities represented by statistics. Gameplay involves the
characters exploring and completing quests that build up their statistics and possessions.
(SQA)
5). Shooter
Ans: Gaming genre. Shoot em' Up or shooter games involve shooting players or NPCs
or destroying objects.
6). Strategy
Ans: Gaming genre. Strategy games require the player to be quick thinking and forward
planning and usually focus in a war context. Strategy gamers enjoy the tactical and skilful
thinking necessary for success. The origin of strategy game is found in traditional board
games.
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, (SQA)
7). Game genres by purpose
Ans: It is possible to determine a game's genre by looking at its purpose. Casual games
and education games are two prevalent categories. Casual games have very simple rules
and are extremely easy to play, many of the mobile and social games played fall into this
category. The purpose of these games is to entertain with little commitment or skill.
8). Adc
Ans: Analog to digital converter
9). Dac
Ans: Digital to Analog Converter
10). Motherboard
Ans: A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or
other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
11). Ram
Ans: Random Access Memory - Games benefit from large amounts of fast memory, so
the more there is, the more complex and fast the console / computer can be.
12). Persistent storage
Ans: Non-volatile storage on a secondary storage medium such as a hard disk.
13). Power supply
Ans: A device that provides power to a computer system.
14). Optical disk
Ans: Secondary storage device using lasers to read (and write) data to a reflective
surface. For storing files to be distributed or transferred or for backup of important files
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