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GAME1111 (Tuesday section) – Quiz – Week 6

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Which of these best describes the level design in Donkey Kong?

There’s only one designed level. It just gets harder as you repeat it.
There are four different level designs, and they get progressively larger.
There are four different level designs, and each fits exactly on the screen.
The levels are randomly generated at the start of every game.

Which of these best describes the level design in Limbo?

It’s a scrolling landscape of distinct areas that blend into one another.
It’s a series of scrolling landscapes connected by overt start- and end-points.
It’s a single scrolling area that adds hazards as the player repeats it.
It’s an open world that the player can freely explore in any direction (within boundaries).

List five verbs that players have in both Limbo and Donkey Kong. (This is the videogame sense of “verb”, which you can express in more than one word if you need to.)

In one short paragraph, compare the consequences of character death in Donkey Kong versus Limbo. Provide one reason why Limbo didn’t just copy Donkey Kong in this regard.

By what name did the Donkey Kong arcade game refer to its player-character?

If you could, would you name the nameless player-character in Limbo? To what?