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1、HowtoWriteaGameDesignDocInarecentcomment,Maxestmentionedhowharditwastofindinformationonhowtowriteagoodgamedesigndocument(tosoundlikeapro,callitaGDD,pronouncedGee-Dee-Dee).Honestly,thereasonthere’ssolittleinfoisthatit’smostlyimprovisationatthestartofe
2、veryproject.There’snothingnearastandardformat.Still,someGDDsarebetterthanothers,sohowcanyouwritegoodone?Ihaveastrangefascinationwithdesigndocs.Whilesomedesignerswanttogettodevelopmentproperasfastaspossible,Ijustlovetoworkonconceptualization—findingth
3、erightgameplay,givingeachelementauniquepersonality,comingupwiththeoverallvisionofthegame.I’ddothatallyearlongifIcould.TheGDDisthebestwaytocommunicatethatvision,soI’veworkedveryhardonimprovingmine.WhilethedesigndocsIwritearenowherenearperfect—I’dlovet
4、ohearfromotherdesigner’sapproachesinthecomments—Idobelievethey’reprettygood.ReadonformoredetailsonwhataGDDis,whatit’snot,whyyoushouldwriteone,whatformatitshouldbeinand,ofcourse,whatitshouldcontain.What’saGameDesignDoc?Aboveallelse,aGDDisatoolforcommu
5、nicatingthevisionofthegametothedevelopmentteam.Whenamemberoftheteamfinishesreadingit—ideallytheyshouldallreaditthrough—heshouldunderstandwhatthegameissupposedtobe,whyit’sgoingtokickassandmostofhisquestionsshouldbeanswered.TheGDDisaboutthevisionoftheg
6、ame,butnotaboutallofitsimplementationdetails.Thevision—thehighandmediumleveldetailsaboutthegame—shouldbethoroughlyexplained.Whenyoufinishreadingit,youshouldhaveapreciseideaofhoweverythingfitstogether.However,thereadershouldn’tbeboggeddowninpointlessd
7、etails.It’sanever-evolvingreferencedocument.Throughouttheproject,changeswillhappenwhichwillneedtobereflectedinthedesigndoc.YoushouldalwayskeeptheGDDuptodate—ifit’snotareliablereference,yourteamwillstopreferringtoit,developmentwilllosefocusandyou’llsp
8、endyourwholedayexplainingthingsthatarealreadyinit.Itshouldalsobeverywellorganized:everybodyonyourteamwillrefertodifferentpartsofitthroughouttheproject,sotheyshouldbeabletofindtheirwayaroundthedocumenteasily.Whatit’snotAdesigndocisn’tacatchalldocument