How to design your game

Game design can be a lot of fun, especially when you get a really great idea and you just keep rolling with it and adding more bits and pieces to it. No doubt you already have an idea for your game, but it's always a great idea to put things down in writing. I tell people this all the time, write it down, or you'll either forget it completely, or certain critical details. I've done it myself, I've had a great idea for a new game when I awake at 2am, but I don't write it down and by the morning I've completely forgotten my great idea. Not only is it good for remembering things, but it's also good for planning and expediting the creation and development process. The game we are going to create in this book will be in the style of Contra in the aspect that it will be a platformer, and we will add the ability to allow playing with your friends! But that will come much later in the book. We are also going to go through the planning process...