Alpha -

Description

Key gameplay is implemented in the game and the game is playable

Affect modeling -

Description

Creating a computational model of affect; affect is the experience of an emotion

Use

Player Experience

ARPPU -

Description

Average Revenue Per Paying User

Use

Monetization term

ARPDAU -

Description

Average Revenue Per Daily Active User

Use

Monetization term

ARPU -

Description

Average revenue per User

Ad hoc testing -

Description

Testing (exploratory) without a define plan or documentation, meaningful if the tester already has a good understanding of the game.

Use

Testing

AAA or triple A -

Description

Term used for large scale game studios, no fixed definition sometime it refers to the size of the company, or the scale of the productions, marketing budgets or game type.

Agent -

Description

Someone or something that acts. In a game context, this is either a human or an AI agent, that for example plays a game of builds levels.

AI-assisted game design -

Description

Using AI for assisting the game design process.

Use

Game Design