gametype

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noun

A type of game.

UncommonScrabble 16

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noungametype (plural gametypes)

plural gametypes

  1. oftencomputingA type of game.

    Many varieties of gametype exist and are in use in popular and obscure games – but as we explore the issue of virtual worlds, it's only really the gametypes that use some form of 'interactive fiction' that concern us.

    2011, Woody Evans, Information Dynamics in Virtual Worlds: Gaming and Beyond, page 27
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    For each parameter value of a we distinguish four different gametypes. The setup of the experiment was designed in such a way that each player played four times each of the four possible gametypes (H,H), (H,L), (L,H), and (L,L), […]

    2012, Bettina Kuon, Two-Person Bargaining Experiments with Incomplete Information, page 65

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