"world state" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013 December, Sam Smith, “Dragon Age: Inqusition”, in Play, page 43:",
          "text": "The game will come up with a default world state and give you a description about what’s been going on.",
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          "ref": "2017, Tyler Paulley, \"The Official Rulebook for Choice in Video Games: An Examination of Choice in Modern Narrative Games\", thesis submitted to Bellarmine University, page 12",
          "text": "Players can edit their decisions from previous games they have played to affect the world state in the newest game in the series: Dragon Age: Inquisition."
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          "ref": "2018, John Drake, \"Planning For Non-Player Characters By Learning From Demonstration\", dissertation submitted to the University of Pennsylvania, page 10",
          "text": "Skyrim presents players with a variety of actions that they can perform to change the game’s world state."
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        "The state of a gameworld at a given time, comprising all player locations, object states, narrative variables, etc."
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        "(video games) The state of a gameworld at a given time, comprising all player locations, object states, narrative variables, etc."
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        "(video games) The state of a gameworld at a given time, comprising all player locations, object states, narrative variables, etc."
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