overmap

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ map.

Pronunciation

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Noun

overmap (plural overmaps)

1. (video games) The map of an overworld.
   • 2012, Keith Burgun, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games, page 111:

     The overmap pretends to be a continuous space, but really it's just a discrete space. You could easily represent the overmap from, say, Final Fantasy VII in a menu, like this: […]