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What do you call this? Say you have a small webgame, is there one common word for things like the startscreen, registrationscreen, endscreen, options, etc.

So you have the 'Game Core' and 'XXX'. It's being used for writing an offer.

I thought about the word chrome that is sometimes used, but I have the feeling that refers more specfic to the UX elements on i.e. the game screen.

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  • Isn't that usually called main menu?
    – alwayslearning
    Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 11:39
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    Chrome is strictly a programming term and should not be used.
    – Mick
    Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 11:42
  • I agree, it sounds too nerdy. @alwayslearning, could be.. but that still sound really specific. I'm looking for something that could also include the registration process, invite a friend, social buttons etc
    – Dirk Boer
    Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 11:53
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    Menu screens/pages might be usable.
    – Mick
    Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 14:04
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    Sounds like that stuff "around" the core is peripheral.
    – Drew
    Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 1:56

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Things that are not central are often called

peripheral.

Where you're talking about operations, things that are not the main point of it and are there only to support these peripheral features might be called:

support

or

administrative.

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You could call that stuff the game user interface or game UI or game interface. Doing a google search on any of the above returns a ton of results.

From gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com:

UI, or User Interface, refers to the methods (keyboard control, mouse control) and interfaces (inventory screen, map screen) through which a user interacts with your game. UX, or User Experience, refers to how intuitive and enjoyable those interactions are.

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  • Going by OP's word usage, what you're describing is also part of the 'Game Core'. Technically speaking, everything that is made visible by the game (or even just your computer) is UI. But in most cases, especially gaming, UI is intended to mean "things the player sees, but the characters in the game world cannot".
    – Flater
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 8:00
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If we relate it to something similar is real life, you can consider the term dashboard, which is most often used to describe the instrument panel of a car:

1 The panel facing the driver of a vehicle or the pilot of an aircraft, containing instruments and controls.
Lexico

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You may want to call such things essentials.

M-W:

essential noun

1 : something basic : the essentials of astronomy
2 : something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable

this will be just an introduction to the essentials of computer programming

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  • Has been downvoted by someone but I do like it actually
    – Dirk Boer
    Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 14:33
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Anything depicted "in front" of the game world can be called part of the overlay.

overlay noun

5. something laid over something else; covering.

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