Every week the EFG staff will be defining a gaming term that is either confusing or ill-defined. Please leave a comment with any terms you find confusing and we will try to include them in future editions!
The gaming definition this week is a series of terms that is applicable to video games: Respawn, Spawn Rate and Spawn Timer
Respawn refers to the act of reviving or returning to the area or field of play in a video game as a player, or the return of a threat or resource. The word Respawn was originally coined for multiplayer experiences, but now has generalized to all of gaming. (verb)
- If all your Pokémon get knocked out, you respawn at a Pokémon Center.
- In Legend of Zelda, if you leave a dungeon and reenter the monsters will Respawn.
Spawn Rate is the time it takes for a threat or resource to renew or return to the field of play. It may have a percentage /rate at which an object drops. Distribution of what might “spawn” treasure/creatures
- The odds at which a Pokemon will “spawn” while you are in the grass.
Spawn Timer counts drown is the time for the player to return to play.
- How long you need to spend in the grass for a Pokémon to “spawn”
Example of Games:
- Overwatch
- World of Warcraft
- Pokemon
- Legend of Zelda
Respawn Elements in Game
- Mineral Nodes (It is a point within the game for gathering resources that can be found within many games, such as WOW, Skyrim, Stardew Valley)
- Monsters
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