Fundamentals of Game Design, Third Edition

Index

Numbers

2D display engine, 271–272

2D game worlds, 139–140, 155, 272, 278

2.5D game worlds, 140

3D camera model, 277

3D engines, 139, 271–272

3D game worlds, 70, 141, 302

3DO Interactive Multiplayer, 106

4D game worlds, 141–142

A

Absolute data values, 291–293

Absolute difficulty, 322–324, 329, 420–425, 501

Absolute size, scale, 142

Abstract, defined, 501

Abstract games, 37–38, 47, 138, 163

Abstraction, 267

Accelerometer, 292, 501

Accents, character, 203–204

Accessibility issues, 304–308

Accuracy challenges, 324–325

Action games

challenges, 324, 334

character growth, 201

defined, 501

level design, 443

overview of, 70–71

pacing, 453

Action-adventure games, 132–133, 501

Actions

core mechanics for, 355, 387–388

defined, 9, 501

designing progression, ...