Dev Lexicon: Or, "How to Speak Dev"

Kiara · 06-16-2010, 02:20 PM

Game designers, artists, coders and testers have a language all their own. Sometimes they don't even realize that what they're saying at events and on the forums goes right over our heads!

We thought we'd help clear things up a bit by offering a look into their secret language. Here are a few terms you might hear from the mouths of devs.

We'll be adding to this from time to time as we get more dev speak translated

Read more!

Bremer · 06-16-2010, 02:59 PM

Kiara, does the web team have any plans for not directing you to to an error page, when your browser's language is not English? I've set the language to English, but the site always keeps resseting the language to non-English.

Alvane · 06-16-2010, 08:05 PM

"Collision: Object physics that prevent one object from passing through another. It is placed on walls, objects in the world, and even NPC's to make sure that the PC does not run though any geometry."

That's still geekspeak! Physics is interaction of matter and energy. Geometry deals with mathematical relationships, measurements such as square footage of an ice rink or the angle of the roof of a barn.

So using what I know as physics and math, I sure can't imagine my PC (personal computer) somehow gaining mobility and crashing through the roof of my barn.

I think you are talking about the "black holes" that swallow up my character when I run through a door and instead of something that looks like the entrance to a guild hall courtyard, I enter a black hole and end up back at the bell or entrance door or even to the character screen.

Do you really place a solid object of some sort in a wall so a character can't run through the wall or an NPC? I can run through a lot of NPCs! heh

Nelida - who doesn't even begin to pretend she's a geek other than it's a greek without a "r" after the "g".

Aurel · 06-16-2010, 09:04 PM

Hmm, it's... it's so difficult to read that on the site... perhaps if we had an in-game book... *siiiigh*

*giggle*

[edit: I know I know! it doesn't actually fit in EQ2-universe! I just couldn't resist!]

Anaogi · 06-16-2010, 10:18 PM

Soon: An indeterminate length of time in the future; cognate varyingly with "when we get around to it", "don't hold your breath", and "shortly after Duke Nukem Forever ships".

Alvane · 06-17-2010, 04:59 PM

So how do I get the doohickie turned down so the whatchamacallit doesn't blast my ears even though I've turned down the sound of the thingamajig?

nelida who doesn't even understand half those definitions.

Calthine · 06-17-2010, 05:43 PM

Nelida@Unrest wrote:

So how do I get the doohickie turned down so the whatchamacallit doesn't blast my ears even though I've turned down the sound of the thingamajig?

Volume dial on the side of your speakers SMILEY

06-16-2010, 09:04 PM	#4
Aurel Book Goddess Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Bazaar Posts: 669	Hmm, it's... it's so difficult to read that on the site... perhaps if we had an in-game book... siiiigh giggle [edit: I know I know! it doesn't actually fit in EQ2-universe! I just couldn't resist!] __________________

06-16-2010, 10:18 PM	#5
Anaogi Server: Permafrost Guild: Spellbound Rank: Ambassador Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 175	Soon: An indeterminate length of time in the future; cognate varyingly with "when we get around to it", "don't hold your breath", and "shortly after Duke Nukem Forever ships". __________________

06-17-2010, 05:43 PM	#7
Calthine ZAM EQII Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,439	Nelida@Unrest wrote: So how do I get the doohickie turned down so the whatchamacallit doesn't blast my ears even though I've turned down the sound of the thingamajig? Volume dial on the side of your speakers __________________ Please visit my non-gaming Blog! or follow me on Twitter!

06-16-2010, 02:20 PM	#1
Kiara Community Relations Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,359	Game designers, artists, coders and testers have a language all their own. Sometimes they don't even realize that what they're saying at events and on the forums goes right over our heads! We thought we'd help clear things up a bit by offering a look into their secret language. Here are a few terms you might hear from the mouths of devs. We'll be adding to this from time to time as we get more dev speak translated Read more!

06-16-2010, 02:59 PM	#2
Bremer Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,902	Kiara, does the web team have any plans for not directing you to to an error page, when your browser's language is not English? I've set the language to English, but the site always keeps resseting the language to non-English.

06-16-2010, 08:05 PM	#3
Alvane Server: Unrest Guild: Old Timer Guild Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,363	"Collision: Object physics that prevent one object from passing through another. It is placed on walls, objects in the world, and even NPC's to make sure that the PC does not run though any geometry." That's still geekspeak! Physics is interaction of matter and energy. Geometry deals with mathematical relationships, measurements such as square footage of an ice rink or the angle of the roof of a barn. So using what I know as physics and math, I sure can't imagine my PC (personal computer) somehow gaining mobility and crashing through the roof of my barn. I think you are talking about the "black holes" that swallow up my character when I run through a door and instead of something that looks like the entrance to a guild hall courtyard, I enter a black hole and end up back at the bell or entrance door or even to the character screen. Do you really place a solid object of some sort in a wall so a character can't run through the wall or an NPC? I can run through a lot of NPCs! heh Nelida - who doesn't even begin to pretend she's a geek other than it's a greek without a "r" after the "g".

06-17-2010, 04:59 PM	#6
Alvane Server: Unrest Guild: Old Timer Guild Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,363	So how do I get the doohickie turned down so the whatchamacallit doesn't blast my ears even though I've turned down the sound of the thingamajig? nelida who doesn't even understand half those definitions.