https://github.com/mikewesthad/game-design-document-resources
A collection of resources for game design documents - examples, templates, etc.
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A collection of resources for game design documents - examples, templates, etc.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mikewesthad/game-design-document-resources
- Owner: mikewesthad
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-10-06T20:31:14.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-10-25T17:44:05.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-14T08:46:30.081Z (4 months ago)
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- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Game Design Document Resources
A collection game design document resources, some historic and some more modern.
Start here: [Should you make a Game Design Document (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_DBsrJGiVY)
Template created for my classes: [View Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJYx6wZ97PiVaGdpQrPgEBnAV_ZTvYatdIjRbCWhIHQ/edit), Link to [Make a Copy](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJYx6wZ97PiVaGdpQrPgEBnAV_ZTvYatdIjRbCWhIHQ/copy)
## Other Templates
- One Page Template - [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96lz725gIw), [Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npEvqcMZSp0IX2hWw6Qq0WqJVfmVqS_YOGFWnnwfh-A/edit)
- [National STEM Video Game Challenge - Game Design Document](https://stemchallenge.org/resources/game-design-documents/)
## Examples
- [Doom](https://5years.doomworld.com/doombible/) (1992)
- [Games by Al Lowe](http://allowe.com/games/game-designs.html) (1991 - 1998) including Leisure Suit Larry
- [Bioshock](https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=2121.0) (2002)
- [Marble Madness](http://www.atarigames.com/page5/files/page5_5.pdf) (1984)
- [Grand Theft Auto](https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/g8vqw/grand_theft_auto_race_n_chase_design_document/)
- [Monaco](https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=496033541995) (2013)
- [Super Smash Bros (Wii U/3DS)](https://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/07/04/english-smash4-project-proposal-slides/) proposal slides by Masahiro Sakurai (2012)
- [GoldenEye](https://goldeneyedecoded.blogspot.com/2013/12/goldeneye-007-game-design-document-by.html)
- [Metroid 1.5](https://www.slideshare.net/ChozoBoy/metroid1-5-randommusings2) (2002)
- [Diablo I pitch](http://www.graybeardgames.com/download/diablo_pitch.pdf)
- [Prince of Persia 2 Bible](https://www.popot.org/documentation/documents/1991-08-08_PoP2_Design_Bible.pdf)
- [An Ant's Life](http://gamescrye.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AnAntsLife-GameDesignDocument.pdf) (2009)
- [Saint's Row PSP](http://gamescrye.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SR_Undercover_GDD.pdf)
- [Deus Ex](https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/285520/Annotated_version_of_an_original_Deus_Ex_design_doc_surfaces.php)