non-player character

Summary

non-player character is a video game feature^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of video_game_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (791 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• non-player character's image is recorded as OpenArena-HoppingCorpse.jpg^[3].
• non-player character's instance of is recorded as video game feature^[4].
• non-player character's instance of is recorded as narrative role^[5].
• non-player character's subclass of is recorded as video game character^[6].
• non-player character's opposite of is recorded as player character^[7].
• non-player character's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05fqp^[8].
• non-player character's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming^[9].
• non-player character's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'непись'}^[10].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NPC'}^[11].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'PNJ'}^[12].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'PNJ'}^[13].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'PNJ'}^[14].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'PNG'}^[15].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'NSC'}^[16].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'ՈԽԿ'}^[17].
• non-player character's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เอ็นพีซี'}^[18].
• non-player character's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-967^[19].
• non-player character's Moegirlpedia ID is recorded as 非玩家角色^[20].
• non-player character's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776057506^[21].
• non-player character's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/NonPlayerCharacter^[22].
• non-player character's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 1620^[23].
• non-player character's Namuwiki ID is recorded as NPC^[24].
• non-player character's Valve Developer Community article ID is recorded as NPC^[25].
• non-player character's Vikidia article ID is recorded as es:Personaje_no_jugable^[26].
• non-player character's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as npc-non-playable-character^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for non-player character include NPC^[28], an Internet character^[29], founded in 2018^[30].

Why It Matters

non-player character ranks in the top 7% of video_game_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (791 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include NPC^[28], an Internet character^[29], founded in 2018^[30].