1 | Terms | Explanation |
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2 | AI systems | Computer systems which possess some degree of artificial intelligence. |
3 | Avatars | An icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game, Internet forum, etc. |
4 | Battle Royale | A fight involving many combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. |
5 | BehaviourNodes | An in-game term referring to capsules containing pre-implemented code that carry out specific instructions or tasks. |
6 | Blockchain | A digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly. |
7 | BOX worlds | An in-game term referring to the player's personal game world/area. |
8 | Content creation | The contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience in specific contexts. |
9 | Crowdfunding | The practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet. |
10 | Crypto | Short form of cryptocurrency. |
11 | Cryptocurrency | A digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. |
12 | Decentralizing | The dispersion or distribution of functions and powers |
13 | Digital scarcity | The creation of scarcity in the digital landscape, typically through fees and other paywalls. |
14 | Ecosystem | Used here to mean a community of interacting players and their digital environment. |
15 | Emergent procedural systems | Systems which are based around complex mathematical laws which allow them to generate unique properties, and become more than the sum of their original parts. |
16 | ERC | Ethereum Request for Comments |
17 | ERC-20 token | A technical standard used for smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain for implementing tokens. |
18 | Ethereum | An open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality. |
19 | FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions, a guide to a particular subject. |
20 | Fiat currency | Currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, but it is not backed by a physical commodity. |
21 | Frame-by-frame | Frame-by-frame animation changes the contents of the Stage in every frame. |
22 | Free trading | Buyers and sellers from different economies may voluntarily trade without a government or other authority applying tariffs, quotas, subsidies or prohibitions on goods and services. |
23 | Fungible | Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. |
24 | Granular | Finely detailed. |
25 | Import | Transfer (data) into a file or document. |
26 | IP-based | In this case meaning based around intellectual property, i.e. ip-based assets. |
27 | Keyframes | A drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition in animation. |
28 | Keyframing interpolation | The process of filling in the unknown data between two known values, the keyframes. |
29 | MAU | Monthly Active User |
30 | Microtransactions | a very small financial transaction conducted online. |
31 | Milestones | A significant stage or event in the development of something. |
32 | Monetize | Earn revenue from |
33 | NFTs | Non-Fungible Tokens |
34 | Non-Fungible tokens | a special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique, and cannot be interchanged for something similar. |
35 | Pixel-art | A form of digital art wherein images are created and edited at the pixel level using a graphics editing software. |
36 | Platform | In this case meaning the supporting software with which assets can be used, made, or sold. |
37 | SAND | In-game term for ERC-20 tokens, the currency of the game. |
38 | Sandbox | A style of game in which minimal character limitations are placed on the gamer, allowing the gamer to roam and change a virtual world at will; The Sandbox is the title of a specific game. |
39 | Script | An automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order. |
40 | Skeletal | A technique in computer animation |
41 | Smart contract | A computer protocol intended to digitally facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract. |
42 | STEM | Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a grouping of subjects usually for defining educational goals. |
43 | Toggle | A key or command that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions (e.g. on/off switch. |
44 | Token | A particular fungible and tradable asset or a utility that is often found on a blockchain. |
45 | UGC | User-Generated-Content |
46 | User-generated | Denoting or relating to material on a website that is voluntarily contributed by members of the public who use the site. |
47 | Visual scripting | Creating software using a node-based interface rather than writing script from scratch. |
48 | VoxEditor | In-game term for the proprietary voxel editor. |
49 | Voxel | Volumetric pixel; the three-dimensional (3D) equivalent of a pixel and the tiniest distinguishable element of a 3D object. |
50 | Whitepaper | An authoritative report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue |