Saturday, 29 March 2008

Bethke, Chapter 8: The Games Design Document

The games design document in short details all the information about the game. It can be a more fleshed out version of the skeleton games concept that it was before in the initial stages. This should also outline to all the team members what features need to be implemented for the game.

The Games design document is part of a suite of documents, which include:

· Proposal document
· Art design document
· Technical design document
· Project schedule
· Software testing plan
· Risk mitigation plan

Within i the design document are various sections:

· Section 1: defining the game