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Example Blank Design Document

sanantoni0 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:35:52 CDT

[Game Design Document v.0.0.1 - based in part on:
-http://www.astahost.com/info.php/creating-game-milestone-0-design-phase_t3728.html
- http://gamedesign.wikicomplete.info/game-design-document-template

This template is a work in progress and subject to change...

Feel free to delete sections or add further ones in your game design document... ]

This page is an example of the Game Design Document template. Pages created using this template can be edited just like any other page - the headings are just there to provide you with some hints as to how to get started.

Title
High Dive

Short Description
High dive is an IPhone game that is a pick up and play and can be played on the go. The player will be able to chose between several pre determined divers that they will use in the various tournaments around the net to earn points for rankings. Dives will be set at varying heights and will be performed from the perspective of the diver with a static camera (as in Zeldas OOT diving game). Divers will have a target to hit at the bottom and will have to perform various manuevers on the way down depending on difficulty to accrue points. Players will have a vertical bar that will show them thier height during descent and

Game Type/Genre
What sort of game is this? A puzzle game, platform game, etc...

Scenario
What is the setting of the game...

Long description
Tell the story of the game, a high level walkthrough in words of characters, locations, tasks etc. that the player will encounter as they progress through the game...

Game System
What rules does the game implement? What objects need to be defined, what events need to be raised, and what actions are fired for each event?
It may be useful to break the objects down into subcategories - player character, 'non-player characters' (e.g. 'monsters'), room objects (walls, doors), scoring/health objects (treasure, fuel pellets, first aid kits etc.), controller objects etc.

Narrative Structure
How is the story structured? Draw the plotline using a graph to show how major story events are connected to each other...

Game Play
Describe the mechanics of how the player actually plays the game; include a subsection describing the user controls and how these relate to user actions (keyobard/gamepad controls).

Room Map
How are the rooms structured or ordered? Provide a map of the 'physical layout' of game world showing how different physical locations or rooms are ordered and/or connect to each other.

Title and Information Screens
Describe the organisation and navigation structures surrounding the 'non-game' pages:the title page, the end game page, the help page, high score page...

Audio Requirements
What are the audio requirements of the game? Background music, alert sounds for particular events or actions, general backbround noise?

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Example Monomyth Checklist

psychemedia — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:14:18 CDT

[Form copied without permission from: http://www.cerritos.edu/fquaas/resources/English102/HeroChart.htm ]

Joseph Campbell The Hero with a Thousand Faces The Hero’s Journey Chart
Movie:
Separation
Call to Adventure: How does the character receive the call to adventure?
Refusal of the Call: Does the character accept the call immediately?
Answering the Call: What motivates the character to accept the call?
Supernatural Aid
Guide/Mentor: Is there a specific character who helps the hero understand the life situation or provides the hero with special training?
Talisman: Is there a particular item that has special significance to the hero?
Companions: Who is with the hero on his journey? How do these companions help the hero face the challenges?
Crossing the Threshold: At what point in the story does the hero leave the familiar world and move into a new, unfamiliar circumstance?
Threshold Guardians: Are there characters that try to prevent the hero from crossing over into the unfamiliar territory or circumstance?
Initiation / Road of Trials: What specific challenges does the hero face?
Brother Battle: Does the hero battle physically or mentally with someone who is a relative or close friend?
Meeting with the Goddess: Does the hero meet with a character with special beauty and power?
Abduction: Is the character kidnapped, or is someone close to the hero kidnapped?
Night or Sea Journey: Where do the hero’s travels take him?
Dragon Battle: Does the hero battle some kind of monster? Does the hero have to face some inner demon?
Ritual Death or Dismemberment: Is the hero injured and thought to be dead? Does the hero mistakenly believe someone close to him is dead? Does the hero suffer an injury in which he loses a limb or use of some other body part?
Sacred Marriage: Does the hero have a special emotional bond (it could literally be a marriage) with another character?
Atonement (“at one with”) with or Recognition by the Father: Is the hero reunited with his father in some way?
Entering the Belly of the Whale: Is there some point in the story where the hero must face his deepest fear or the darkest evil in the story?
Apotheosis (Deification): Is there a point in the story where the hero is held up as an ideal or where the hero is worshipped as a god?
Ultimate Boon / Magic Elixir: Does the hero find some special solution to the problem he is attempting to resolve? This might be a magic potion or a key to something.
The Return
Refusal of the Return: Does the hero initially refuse to return to the homeland or the place that he began the journey?
Magic Flight / Pursuit: Is there some point (generally toward the end) where the hero is being chased or is otherwise trying to escape something?
Rescue from Without: Is there so point in the movie, when all seems hopeless, when it looks like the hero is going to die, then suddenly he is rescued unexpectedly?
Crossing the Return Threshold: Is there some point where the hero clearly returns “home”?
Master of Two Worlds: Does it appear that the hero has conquered life in both the familiar and unfamiliar worlds?
Freedom to Live: Since the hero typically begins the journey to resolve a problem, does it appear the problem is at last resolved so that all can live freely?

Example Blank Concept Document

psychemedia — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:52:35 CDT

[Game Concept Document Template v. 0.0.1. based in part on:
- http://www.gamedevelopment.com/features/19991019/ryan_02.htm]

Title
The name of your game...

Introduction
A brief introduction to the game. Three to fourse sentences of 'elevator pitch' to catch the interest of the reader...

Background (optional)
If the game relies on a particular context, such as familiarity with a film on which the game is based, provide some background here...

Description
"Describe the game to the readers as if they are the players. Use the second-person perspective -- 'you.' Try to make this section an exciting narrative of the player's experience. Encompass all the key elements that define the core game play by describing exactly what the player does and sees. Avoid specifics such as mouse-clicks and keystrokes, but don't be too vague."

Key features
What is it that makes the game unique? In an educational context, what principles is the game exploring?

Genre
What is the genre of the game?

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