Template:Game design

v t e Game design elements
Subjects relating to game design, video game design, game studies, gameplay and game mechanics
Concepts	Balance Game theory Interactivity Lusory attitude Magic circle Meaningful play
Rules	Action point Build order Continue Difficulty level Experience point Game over Health Kingmaker scenario Magic point Permadeath Point of no return Probability of kill Score Six degrees of freedom Technology tree Unwinnable
Modes	Attract mode Bonus stage CPU vs. CPU Capture the flag Cooperative gameplay board video Deathmatch Game replay Hotseat King of the hill Last man standing Multiplayer New Game Plus Nonlinear gameplay Player versus environment Player versus player Real-time vs. turn-based gameplay Single-player Sudden death Time attack Time trial Turn-based game
Systems	Character creation Dialogue tree Dynamic game difficulty balancing Gold sink Instance dungeon Leveled gameplay Monster infighting Minigame Puzzle Quicksaving Quick time event Random dungeon Random encounter Role-playing battle systems Saved game Spawning Spawn point Virtual economy
Activities	Combo Double jump Finishing move Frag Grinding Looting Macromanagement Micromanagement Quest Raid Special attack Syntax guessing Time sink Twitch gameplay Wall jump
Behavior	Actions per minute Button mashing Bunny hopping Camping Cheating Circle strafing Crowd control Griefer Kill stealing Kiting Maphack Min-maxing Ogging Online creation Powergaming Rocket jumping Respecing Rush Sequence breaking Spam Speedrun Power spike Spray and pray Strafe-jumping Straferunning Tank Tap Team killing Tool-assisted speedrun Trickjump Turtling Twinking Wallhacking
Items	1-up Hitscan Nuke Power-up
Effects	Buff Cooldown Critical hit Damage over time Damage per second Splash damage Status effect
Feedback	Automap Cutscene Fog of war Ghost Gib HUD Mini-map Overworld
Characters	Artificial Intelligence Avatar Boss Bot Mob Non-player character Paper doll Player character Super move Win quote
Environment	Invisible wall Level Line of sight Open world Persistent world