game world
Digital play environment
A game world is the fictional setting or environment within a video game, board game, or tabletop RPG—the places, characters, history, and rules that make up its reality.
Players explore, interact with, and often shape the game world through their actions.
The game world of Skyrim feels massive and alive.
Game worlds range from abstract spaces to richly detailed universes with their own lore and physics.
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
- sandboxEnclosed play area
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
terrain · avatar · quest · lore · NPC · respawn · player character · spawn · environment · realm · universe · exploration · fast travel · landscape · skybox · dungeon · hidden area · pixels
- game worldsHyrule, Azeroth, Skyrim, Mushroom Kingdom, Pandora
- interactive mediaapps, interactive fiction, mobile apps, VR, interactive story
- online spaceswebsite, websites, webpage, web pages, web page
- worldsearth, planet, realm, kingdom, dimension
- Virtual RealityVR headsets, VR, virtual reality, virtual environment, augmented reality
- other realmsotherworld, netherworld, shadow realm, dream realm, alternate reality