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

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

