Questions tagged [design-document]
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As a client, trying to get a coder/programmer to develop my ideas into a functioning program, what should I be providing to my developer(s)?
I am the director of a start-up game development group (I say "group" because it is not yet an official company). I have recently gained the willingness of a few coders who are willing to help me with ...
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How do I summarize a game idea into a short document?
I have a lot of game ideas, but never the time to work on them. I don't want to lose these ideas, so I want to 'store' them somewhere to come back to in the future. Sometimes an idea isn't really that ...
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Important aspects to consider while making a technical design document
I'm working on a open world strategy game for which I'm planning to make technical design documentation. How do we decide exactly what we need to include to ensure the design document is as complete ...
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How detailed and/or complete is/are your game design documents before starting a project?
What I'm wondering is how complete your design documents typically are before beginning the implementation of a project? I'm talking about medium to very small projects with a very small team here ...
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Where can I see example sell-sheets for a game?
So my long term one-man indie project is turning into a two-man indie project, and I feel I need to take a step back and at least have a "sell-sheet" as a basis for the game design. Does anyone have ...
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The Thin Red Line. What to present to get interest without showing too much?
I am Dalilean and I am a gamer. There I have said it. Damn, feels like a weight is lifted from my shoulders… They say the first step is to admit the problem. Now the second step is doing something ...
