In this blog, I will be covering game design documents and what they are. A GDD is a highly descriptive design document of the design for a video game. A game design document is both created and edited by the development team and it is used in the video game industry to organize efforts within a development team. The purpose of a game design document: Memory aid . Many important design decisions define how a game works in detail. Usually, the development of a game takes a significant amount of time, so you are likely to forget some early design decisions if they are not written down. Designers use design documents to record their design decisions as they are made. This way, you do not have to solve the same design problem multiple times Communication tool . Since you are often working with many people on a team to develop games, you will need an effective way of communicating design decisions. The communi...
