What’s in a game?

The year 13’s are currently midway through writing their game design documents – this is a large booklet that details all of the features of a game design – including characters, controls, maps, game play and much more.

When they’re finished i’ll upload some for you to look at – but in the mean time here is an actual game design document for a published game – Fallout 2 which is a little old, but still very good.

Click below to have a look

Fallout-Design-Document

The game design process actually consists of 4 main stages – for a detailed breakdown of this look at this document:

The 4 Part checklist

We’re using the fantastic book LEVEL UP to understand a bit more about these stages. it’s written by Scott Rogers, and this is one of his game design documents:

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The book itself is a must for any would-be game designer, it’s available on amazon –  Level Up on amazon

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