JSS 1 Digital Technologies Flashcards: Elements and Development of Games with Visual Programming

Question 1

What is game development?

Accepted Answer

the process of planning, creating, testing, and improving a game

Question 2

A game goal tells the player ____.

Accepted Answer

what must be achieved

Question 3

A game character is ____.

Accepted Answer

an entity that acts or is controlled in the game

Question 4

A meaningful player decision should ____.

Accepted Answer

affect what happens in the game

Question 5

A reward in a game is used to ____.

Accepted Answer

recognise progress or achievement

Question 6

Progression makes a game ____.

Accepted Answer

develop through stages or increasing challenge

Question 7

Decomposition in game design means ____.

Accepted Answer

breaking the game into smaller manageable parts

Question 8

Which list contains game assets: sprites, backgrounds, and sounds; routers, switches, and cables; bytes, kilobytes, and gigabytes; or keyboards, mice, and printers?

Accepted Answer

sprites, backgrounds, and sounds

Question 9

The background image of a Scratch game is called the ____.

Accepted Answer

backdrop

Question 10

Keyboard-event blocks allow a player to ____.

Accepted Answer

control a character with selected keys

Question 11

A path-following character needs instructions for movement and ____.

Accepted Answer

direction changes

Question 12

Collision detection allows a game to respond when ____.

Accepted Answer

objects touch or overlap

Question 13

A score is commonly stored in a ____.

Accepted Answer

variable

Question 14

A loop is useful in a game for ____.

Accepted Answer

repeating actions such as continuous movement

Question 15

A conditional can make a character lose a life when it ____.

Accepted Answer

touches an obstacle

Question 16

What is debugging?

Accepted Answer

finding and correcting errors in a program

Question 17

The correct first response when a game character moves the wrong way is to ____.

Accepted Answer

trace the relevant movement blocks

Question 18

Playtesting is important because it reveals ____.

Accepted Answer

faults and opportunities to improve the player experience

Question 19

Which is NOT an important game-design element: random file deletion, goal, reward, or progression?

Accepted Answer

random file deletion

Question 20

Before coding a maze game, the designer should define the goal, controls, obstacles, and ____.

Accepted Answer

winning or losing conditions

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