A tile-based video game, or grid-based video game, is a type of video game where the playing area consists of small square (or, much less often, rectangular...

A tile-based game is a game that uses tiles as one of the fundamental elements of play. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces...

A tile-matching video game is a type of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion...

LinCity-NG (2005), a tile-based city-building game FreeCol (2003) is a 4X strategy video game. Micropolis (2008), a tile-based city-building game 0 A.D. is a real-time...

A text game or text-based game is an electronic game that uses a text-based user interface, that is, the user interface employs a set of encodable characters...

Full-motion video (FMV) is a video game narration technique that relies upon pre-recorded video files (rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models) to...

as using a tile-based architecture. Tessellation (computer graphics) Texture atlas Scanline rendering Tile-based video game Web Map Tile Service Molnar...

involved developing the in-game environments in 3ds Max and then exporting them into the game engine, rather than using a tile-based system. This allowed the...

object games are a popular trend in casual gaming. In tile-matching video games, the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according...

A side-scrolling video game (alternatively side-scroller) is a game viewed from a side-view camera angle where the screen follows the player as they move...

side of a crossed tile. The base game contains over 150 items, including furniture and architectural elements. In addition, the game includes an architecture...

A video game genre is a specific category of games related by similar gameplay characteristics. Video game genres are not usually defined by the setting...

as xXx) is a 2002 action video game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Activision for the Game Boy Advance. Based on the film of the same name...

computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games. The predominance of individual techniques have...

A role-playing video game, a role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG), is a video game genre where the player controls the actions...

form of colored tiles indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. The mechanics are similar to the 1955 pen-and-paper game Jotto and the...

A skybox is a method of creating backgrounds to make a video game level appear larger than it really is. When a skybox is used, the level is enclosed in...

in driving video games date back to Nürburgring 1 and Atari's Night Driver in 1976. It is not clear exactly when the earliest FPS video game was created...

Carcassonne (/ˌkɑːrkəˈsɒn/) is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans...

Mahjong or mah-jongg (English pronunciation: /mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/ mah-JONG) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout...

Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers. The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines" (depicted...

Carcassonne is a 2007 turn-based strategy video game based on the board game of the same name. It was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede for the Xbox 360...

popularity in 2007. The game is free to play but players may pay to upgrade to a premium account. Tibia is a two-dimensional tile-based game set in a fantasy...

Developments which uses a voxel-based terrain editor. Resogun is a 2013 voxel-based side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Finnish developer...

Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. In Stellaris, players take control...

following the release of Galaxian in 1979. Galaxian introduced a tile-based video game graphics system, which reduced processing and memory requirements...

two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene, most often in a 2D video game. Originally, the term sprite referred to fixed-sized objects composited...

camera systems, video game developers use techniques such as constraint solvers, artificial intelligence scripts, or autonomous agents. In video games, "third-person"...

This is a non-comprehensive list that includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players. Directory:  0–9...

cloud gaming. Video games are also classified into a wide range of genres based on their style of gameplay and target audience. The first video game prototypes...