Index A

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A-life games.   [See artificial life games ]
AARON
       procedural scene representations  
abstract games  
abstraction  
       versus realism   2nd  
abstraction model
       for strategy games  
acceleration (athlete rating)  
accuracy
       in coordination challenges  
acquired characteristics, inheritance of
       genetic A-life games   2nd  
action games   2nd   3rd  
       design issues   2nd  
       difficulty level of   2nd  
       elements of
               interaction model   2nd  
               perspective   2nd  
               rules   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th   26th   27th   28th   29th   30th   31st   32nd   33rd   34th   35th   36th   37th   38th   39th  
                user interface design   2nd   3rd  
               victory conditions   2nd   3rd   4th  
       future of   2nd  
       genres of   2nd  
               non-shooters   2nd   3rd   4th  
               shooters   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
       patterns in   2nd   3rd  
               boss characters   2nd   3rd   4th  
               checkpoints   2nd   3rd  
                collectibles   2nd  
                dungeon exits   2nd  
               energy   2nd  
                hyperspace   2nd   3rd  
               levels   2nd  
               lives   2nd  
               locked door and key   2nd  
               mini-maps  
               monster generators   2nd  
               power-ups   2nd  
               score   2nd  
               smart bombs   2nd   3rd  
               time limits   2nd  
               waves of enemies   2nd  
               wildcard enemies   2nd  
       worksheet   2nd  
action-adventure games   2nd  
active balancing  
active objects
       identifying in adventure games   2nd  
adaptive difficulty in gameplay
       dangers of  
adaptive music
       user interface design   2nd  
ADD (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
       character statistics  
       class system rules  
add-on devices
       for home video game consoles  
       for PCs   2nd  
Advanced Civilization
       strategy games  
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
       temporal dimensions of game worlds  
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
       refusal of call to adventure  
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (ADD)
       character statistics  
       class system rules  
Adventure
       adventure games   2nd   3rd  
       gameplay in adventure games  
       history of adventure games  
       interaction model in adventure games  
        opposite -reaction puzzles in adventure games  
adventure games   2nd  
       action- adventures   2nd  
       Adventure   2nd  
       design issues
               journal keeping  
               maps   2nd  
               NPC conversations   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               what to avoid   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
       elements of
               challenges   2nd  
               gameplay   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               interaction model   2nd  
               perspective   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
               player roles   2nd  
               setting   2nd   3rd   4th  
               storytelling   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               user interface design   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th  
       future of   2nd   3rd   4th  
       history of   2nd  
       reasons for playing   2nd  
       replayability of   2nd  
       The Secret of Monkey Island case study   2nd  
       user interface design
               evolution of   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
       worksheet   2nd  
advisors
       in CMSs   2nd   3rd  
aerial perspective  
aesthetic competence (characteristics of game designers)   2nd  
aesthetics
       principles of in game design   2nd  
aesthetics of user interface design
       versus functionality   2nd  
aesthetics of user interface design.   [See also visual element (user interface design)]
Age of Empires
       anomalous time in game worlds  
       CMSs  
       construction mechanisms  
       hybrid games  
       interaction model for strategy games  
       real-time strategy games  
       resource distribution in strategy games  
       resources in CMSs  
       techniques for achieving game balance   2nd  
Age of Kings
        conquest in strategy games  
       spatial-awareness challenges  
Age of Wonders II
       real-time versus turn -based games  
agility (athlete rating)  
AI
       artificial people
               future of game programming   2nd  
       for artificial pets  
       for strategy games   2nd  
       in sports games
               future of  
       Turing Test  
       versus human intelligence
               advantages of online games   2nd   3rd  
AI design for athletes
       sports games   2nd   3rd  
AI design for opponents
       vehicle simulations   2nd  
Alien
       inspiration for game worlds  
Alien Nation (film)  
alleles (genome design)  
allies   2nd   3rd   4th  
Alpha Centauri
       avoiding trivialities   2nd  
       game designer characteristics  
       strategy games  
alternate planes of reality  
American McGee's Alice
       bond with hero  
Anachronox
       CRPG worksheet   2nd  
       CRPGs  
       hero teams   2nd   3rd  
       mentors  
       opening storyline   2nd  
analysis of player statistics (techniques for achieving game balance)   2nd  
analysis tools
       for CMSs   2nd  
analytical competence (characteristics of game designers)   2nd  
analyzing
       board games
               for strategy games  
Anarchy Online
       perception of fairness  
       persistent worlds  
animation
       facial expressions  
       future of game programming  
       inverse kinematics   2nd  
       true locomotion   2nd  
Anime-style character design  
anomalous time in game worlds   2nd  
antiheroes  
applied challenges   2nd  
       conceptual challenges   2nd  
       conflict   2nd   3rd  
       economic challenges   2nd  
       exploration   2nd  
       puzzles   2nd  
       races  
arcade games  
       user interface design
               evolution of   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
arcade games.   [See also action games]
arcade mode versus simulation mode
       sports games   2nd  
arcades.   [See video arcades]
Arcanum
       CRPG worksheet  
Arcanum\: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
       editor provided with game  
       opening storyline   2nd  
archetypes.   [See character archetypes]
Archon
       perfect information in gameplay   2nd  
arriving players
       design issues for online games   2nd  
art
       game design as  
art assets
       versus text assets
               user interface design  
art form
       games as   2nd  
               awards for art versus craft   2nd  
               breaking new artistic ground   2nd  
                critics and reviewers, need for   2nd  
               interactive artwork   2nd  
               principles of aesthetics   2nd  
art highlights
       in game treatments  
art styles in game worlds   2nd  
art-driven character design  
       cute sidekicks   2nd   3rd   4th  
       physical design   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
       visual design   2nd  
art-driven games  
artificial intelligence.   [See AI]
artificial life games   2nd  
       artificial pets   2nd   3rd  
       genetic A-life games  
               genome design   2nd  
               inheritance of acquired characteristics   2nd  
               learned behavior   2nd  
               life span and natural selection   2nd  
               mutation  
               player roles  
               sexual reproduction   2nd  
       The Sims   2nd  
               needs of sims   2nd  
               personalities of sims  
               reasons for success   2nd  
               skills of sims  
artificial people
       future of game programming   2nd  
artificial pets   2nd   3rd  
Asheron's Call
       perception of fairness  
Asheron •s Call
       inventory management in adventure games  
       persistent worlds  
Asteroids
       hyperspace in action games   2nd  
       wildcard enemies in action games  
Atari 2600 joysticks  
athlete AI design
       sports games   2nd   3rd  
athlete injuries
       sports games   2nd  
athlete rating systems
       sports games   2nd   3rd  
attitude
       in cute sidekicks   2nd   3rd   4th  
audience  
        core gamers versus casual gamers   2nd  
audio commentary
       sports games   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
audio element (user interface design)   2nd   3rd  
       music   2nd  
       sound effects   2nd  
audio highlights
       in game treatments  
auditory imagination  
autobiography
       for avatars  
automapping
       in adventure games  
automated programming
       artificial people   2nd  
       future of game programming   2nd  
        intelligent design tools   2nd  
       self-adjusting plots   2nd  
automatic-save feature  
avatars  
       creating for persistent worlds   2nd  
       death of
               in persistent worlds   2nd  
               player-versus-player killing   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th  
        differentiating in action games  
       in adventure games   2nd  
               death of   2nd  
               user interface design   2nd   3rd   4th  
       profile for persistent worlds
               creating   2nd  
awards for art versus craft in game design   2nd