Genres

Genre is a term used to describe a category of gameplay. "Genre" is derived from an 18th century French word meaning "kind" or "sort".

Video games are categorised into their various genres based on their particular style of gameplay.

Examples of video game genres include:

Platformer
Shoot 'em up
Turn Based RPG
Third Person Adventure
Survival Horror
God Games
MMORPGs

See Lecture 9 Tutorial PDF for more information regarding genres.

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