Every word we teach, in one library.

The three anchor words you introduce in the very first session. Every student should be able to define these before Day 2.

Introduced when students move from studio identity into what they're actually building.

Introduced when students move from vision into playable mechanics and their first shipped version.

Introduced when students stop building new things and start making the thing they have feel real.

Introduced when students prepare to share their work with a real audience.

Iconic platformers and adventures. Every one of these is worth studying for how it teaches the player without a tutorial.

Games where the Core Verb is aim, dodge, or hit.

Small rulesets that unfold into deep systems.

Big-system games where you are managing something, not just moving something.

The universal verbs of moving, hitting, and staying alive.

The bigger words that describe how a game is structured over time.

The vocabulary of 2D game art. If a prompt uses these words, the AI listens harder.

The technical words that show up in engine tutorials and prompt refinements.

The words you need to describe motion in a prompt or a code review.

The Disney animation principles — still the best vocabulary for describing why a motion feels alive.

Words for describing what your game sounds like.

The music theory words that make prompts and playlists more precise.

The action words that make an AI prompt precise instead of vague.

The feeling words that turn a bland prompt into a directed one.

The big-idea words we teach in the interactive textbook.

Full-sentence typing snippets that double as pitch drills. Type the sentence, then say it out loud.