Game Design

1. The process of fixing a bug.
4. A game that involves exploration, character interaction, and a story
5. A type or flavor of agile production methodology.
7. NonDisclosure Agreement.
8. A form of legal protection for intellectual property that is useful and novel.
9. When a player character dies, and the player still has "extra lives," the player may come back to life and continue playing.
11. A truncated version of a game, intended to entice players to shell out their hard-earned bucks to buy the full version.
12. The process of making changes to a game so that it appeals to the players in a part of the world other than that in which it was originally created or originally published.
13. In games, this usually refers to a technology that's used to prevent the unauthorized publication of games or to prevent user piracy.
15. See Protagonist.

2. A benefit provided by some companies to their employees.
3. A person who is facile with games.
6. A piece of hardware held in the user's hands to perform all user inputs in a game
10. A small game machine, batterypowered, designed to be played while held in the hands. Like Game Boy, PSP, or Tamagotchi.
14. NonPlayer Character. A game character not under the direct control of the end user, usually controlled by the game's A.I.