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Here is a list of terminology used on this wiki. | Here is a list of terminology used on this wiki. | ||
===Technical release related terms=== | |||
'''Game''' - A video game. More specifically refers to all the releases/ports/remakes and remasters of a game. | '''Game''' - A video game. More specifically refers to all the releases/ports/remakes and remasters of a game. | ||
'''Release''' - A | '''Release''' - A distributed version of a game. This includes all types of releases such as ports, recreations, remasters. | ||
''' | '''Recreation''' - A game faithfully made in a completely different engine with minor to no differences. | ||
'''Remaster''' - A | '''Remake''' - To fully recreate and change a game. Remakes produce a different game. | ||
'''Remaster''' - A release that adds higher poly/texture/resolution, [[QoL]], extra content and minor to major game changes. | |||
'''Port''' - A recompiling of a game's source code to a platform not part of the original release window. | '''Port''' - A recompiling of a game's source code to a platform not part of the original release window. | ||
'''HD Port''' - A port that uses higher resolution textures/modules that were used during development of the original game. | |||
===Art interpretation terms=== | |||
'''Faithful''' - Keeping with the original intended experience of a game. | |||
'''Vision''' - The intended experience of a game. | '''Vision''' - The intended experience of a game. | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 17 June 2026
Here is a list of terminology used on this wiki.
Technical release related terms
Game - A video game. More specifically refers to all the releases/ports/remakes and remasters of a game.
Release - A distributed version of a game. This includes all types of releases such as ports, recreations, remasters.
Recreation - A game faithfully made in a completely different engine with minor to no differences.
Remake - To fully recreate and change a game. Remakes produce a different game.
Remaster - A release that adds higher poly/texture/resolution, QoL, extra content and minor to major game changes.
Port - A recompiling of a game's source code to a platform not part of the original release window.
HD Port - A port that uses higher resolution textures/modules that were used during development of the original game.
Art interpretation terms
Faithful - Keeping with the original intended experience of a game.
Vision - The intended experience of a game.