Xavier Coursol, Multitmedia Field
20 My name is Xavier Coursol, I study in Multimedia field. Multimedia field teach us how to make web sites, video games and virtual art. Our work is to assemble all pieces of programming, graphics and animation to make our programs. So, the definition of M terms
I will do a glossary to explain some language specific Multimedia words and their significations, it will include web HTML language, video game abbreviation and expression.
- AAA game
- Pronounced “Triple A Game” or “Triple A Title,” means an exceptional game that will likely be in the running for Game of the Year.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- AFK
- beta
- A stage in the game that has fewer glitches than the Alpha stage, but is still not ready for release, can be in the form of Open/Public Beta (anybody may play) or Closed beta (only a limited number of people can play).
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- cel Shading
- A style of graphics that emphasizes bright colors. It is often referred to as “cartoony graphics,” because of its resemblance to cartoons.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- Crash
- When software stops working. It can be either a game crash or an online server crash.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- csharp
- csharp is the name of a programming language, used in Multimedia field
- CSS
- Stands for "Cascading Style Sheet." Cascading style sheets are used to format the layout of Web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page's HTML.
https://virtualwritingtutor.com/glossary/edit/260/Xavier%2520Coursol%252C%2520Multitmedia%2520Domain
- easter Egg
- An object in the game that is irrelevant to the main part of the game. Easter eggs usually make references to pop culture, other games, or things about the developers (for example, the first easter egg was found in the Atari 2600 game Adventure, & featured his name in a special room, allegedly done to fight the fact that Atari did not give developers credit for their work).
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- hack
- An unsolicited mod. The discovery of the usage of a hack usually leads to the user being banned from the game and/or prosecuted.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- HP
- Can stand for Hit Points, Heart Points, or Health Points. It is a numerical measure of the health a character has.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+HTML
- HUD
- Stands for Heads-up Display, an object on the screen that features meters & gauges to give information relevant to the character.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- if (csharp vs code, Microsoft)
- An if in the video game programming language is the name of a conditional function, it make a condition before executing an order
- mod
- Short for modification, it is a change in the game’s programming, usually by a third entity.
- noob
- a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+noob
- patch
- Patch: A program that is released by a game’s developers, often through the Internet, to modify a game’s code. This is often done to remove glitches.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/
- Random.Range(0,0)
- a Random.Range(0,0) is the base a command in scharp for generating new random number
- RNG
- RNG is an abbreviation of random number generator, it is the definition of luck in a computer language
- sprite
- a computer graphic which may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+sprite
- turn-based Strategy
- A game that requires the player to think strategically in order to proceed in the game. Unlike a real-time strategy, the gameplay is turn-based, allowing the player to think more passively. For the chess players in all of us.
http://thecircular.org/the-language-of-gamers/