A game character refers to a character in a game, especially a video game or role-playing game.
More specifically, it may refer to:
- Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, typically a protagonist the game's plot.
- Alternate character, a controllable character in addition to one's "primary" player character.
- Non-player character, or NPC, a character that is controlled by the gamemaster in tabletop role-playing games. In video games and other scenarios with character representations, an NPC is controlled by a program.
- Boss (video gaming), a computer-controlled opponent in an enemy-based challenge, which is found in video games.
- Mob (video gaming), a computer-controlled non-player character (NPC) or monster in a computer game such as a role-playing video game.
Famous quotes containing the words game and/or character:
“Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.”
—Virginia Graham (b. 1912)
“What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.”
—Aristotle (384–22 B.C.)