Instead of making the games first we are making the design document first for the game jam since the Game Jam is coming soon... in about 2 weeks I heard. It is up to the indie devs if they'll use your document or not.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6feTiNH17nghttps://www.lugossian.com/gdd-1-page-template-downloadProvide illustrations/sketches/drawfagging since it's the easiest way for somebody to understand what the hell you're talking about, especially gifs/animations/references.https://gamedevbeginner.com/how-to-write-a-game-design-document-with-examples/Do not limit yourself to 1 page. Try 6 to 9 pages, but it's important to make the design of the core mechanics reusable and small(or rather feasible via copy-pasting). For example last year's gamejam had you making drinks, you need an entire page dedicated to the combos/crafting recipes for making said drinks. And March's gamejam had games within games because it was 3(out of 6) characters telling campfire stories and each game played differently with different mechanics so that would also require more than 1 page to detail it correctly.At the end of the design document jam we will judge you for how easy your design is to comprehend and how feasible it is in practice. Let's see if you got what it takes as a game designer.The original GTA Design Doc http://gamedevs.org/uploads/grand-theft-auto.pdfThe original Diablo Design Doc http://www.graybeardgames.com/download/diablo_pitch.pdfThe original Deus Ex Doc https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/285520/Annotated_version_of_an_original_Deus_Ex_design_doc_surfaces.phpThe original Bioshock GDD https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=io2jo027f3navm7heujtng53a5;topic=2121.msg21031#msg21031The Doom Bible http://5years.doomworld.com/doombible/doombible.pdf
I did not mean to start with that image as the OP... the name "macro" doesn't even make sense within that video's context, let alone this OP. It should be called micro design document.
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>>43287725Yes this is equine elated.
>>43287714Just so people aren't confused, this isn't related to the regular Jam. As OP said that'll start in a little over a week. I'll post the thread in a handful of days, I'll try to have it posted by the 10th at the earliest. I've got a couple surprises so stay vigilant of the catalog!
