In short, an Area is a set of Locations.

Normally in the Game Engine we are talking about Interactive Locations:

See: Location > Mark

As part of the Story Telling process, you might also use Cut Scene Locations. A Cut Scene Location can include a video, a still shot, or even be included as the background graphic behind the displayed dialogue of a fully written Scene in the script.

The Game Engine can also provide assistance to render a context sensitive Game Map.

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