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Practical Game Design

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787121799
Pages 476 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Adam Kramarzewski Adam Kramarzewski
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Ennio De Nucci Ennio De Nucci
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Introducing the Game Production Process 2. Game Concept 3. Scoping a Game Project 4. Design Documentation 5. Adaptation of Mechanics 6. Invention of Mechanics 7. Prototyping 8. Games and Stories 9. Level Design 10. Characters 11. User Interface and User Experience 12. Accessibility 13. Balancing 14. The Final 10% 15. Games As a Service 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Tools for writing a GDD


We have seen that there is a variety of tools a game designer can use to produce game documentation; the choice is not only about using one instead of another, but also about which one to use for any given feature.

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Depending on the scope of your game, the number of documents and resources you'd have to create will vary. The most important thing is to always have an index file where all the different documents and resources are tracked and referenced. Keep it up to date and always stay organized! During development, the game designer is the go-to person for any questions about the game; he is the expert. Being an expert on something that doesn't exist might be a colossal challenge, but that's your job and the more committed you are to this task, the more your team will benefit from your contribution.

As we already mentioned when we talked about modularity, there's no need to have all your documentation in a single format. For the lore of an RPG game, a text file...

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