Stages or Levels

lol same idea. We are trash

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just remembered smash bros usage of “events”

“set” would also be a good name for a level

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problems, issues, contrivances

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intended as a joke but it’s been 15 minutes and i genuinely think this is a good idea now

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Perfect for a self-loathing game

Imbroglios

Thus far only Michael Brough is powerful enough to use this word in a game.

Related to the topic: Bosses are referred to as Main Events in Devilish: the Next Posession and I love it.

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The levels in NiGHTS Into Dreams are called dreams, and their subsections are called mares. Boss battles are called Nightmares.

There’s a game that’s not afraid to make up silly terminology!

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Imbroglio, the Old Brother

The flip side of the coin of which both Mario and Wario together make up only one side.

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Isn’t Irem’s Kung Fu Master the source of all video game terminology? If so, we have no choice but to universalize “floors.”

Or we can just go with “worldboards.”

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I am with the previous posters that Danny of Game Grumps calls them boards and I lose it everytime.

Yeah, I remember seeing “boards” in a game magazine around 2000 or so but don’t remember which one.

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“Level” is applicable if you are ascending/descending and prefer not to use “floor”. I like it in that context.

“Boards” could be used for Mario Party games but not much else

waves

patterns

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oh yeah phases is cool too

In the game of scientific research, phases are worlds and trials are levels.

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in the new amplitude its BRAIN REGIONS instead of levels

edit: the bonus levels are called ANCILLARY NEURAL PATHWAYS

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I think I tend to use Level if it’s long or big, and Stage if it’s a single screen or close to it.

So Mario has levels, Peggle has stages.

Y’know?

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somebody should make a game that uses all of these terms only once

start off in level 1, head off to zone 1, then to phase 1, etc, etc

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