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Wraparound (gaming)
Wraparound, in video games, is when an object moves off of one side of the screen and reappears on the other side. In ''Asteroids (video game), Asteroids'' for example, the player's ship flies off of the right side of the screen, then continues on the left side with the same velocity. This is referred to as ''wikt:wraparound, wraparound'', since the top and bottom of the screen wrap around to meet, as do the left and right sides (topologically equivalent to a Clifford torus, Euclidean 2-torus).''The medium of the video game'' Mark J. P. Wolf, University of Texas Press, 2001, 203 pp, p. 56, at Google Books Some games wrap around in certain directions but not others, such as games of the Civilization (series), ''Civilization'' series that wrap left to right, but the top and bottom remain edges, representing the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with Sound, audio complement delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides Touch, tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for voice chat in online gaming, in-game chatting and video game livestreaming, livestreaming. Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and PC game, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
