gamerules

noun
UK /ˈɡeɪm ruːlz/
US /ˈɡeɪm ruːlz/

The rules that tell you how to play a game.

Read the gamerules before you start playing.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The fixed rules that control how a computer game or program works.

The gamerules decide how fast the character can run.

3. The accepted ways of behaving in a certain activity or group.

Fairness is one of the gamerules of the school chess club.

4. The settings that control how a game behaves in a game engine.

The developer changed the gamerules to make the level harder.