Welcome - Game Design Thinking

Welcome - Game Design Thinking

Write a Professional Game Design Document (GDD) Welcome

Write a Professional Game Design Document (GDD)

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Setting Up for Success

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Companion Website

Why should your document be Effective, Efficient and Compelling?

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How to create a killer document?

Different Documents for Diverse Development Styles

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What types of Documents do exist?

1.1. Why documentation is so critical?

What content should a GDD have?

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GDD Content Checklist

If You Forget Everything, Remember This: 3S and 3C

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Is the GDD the final word? Development Methods

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Vintage GDD References

1.2. Changes, changes, and more changes!

Set Feature Goals on your GDD

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Don’t Do This while Learning how to Write a GDD!

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Taking Notes for Analysis (video)

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Taking Notes for Analysis (graphic)

Introducing Your First Document: Character Customisation

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Document a Character Customisation Game

1.3. Character Creator Document

Quiz — Setting up for Success

Word Processor GDD

Welcome to Section 2

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2.1. Traffic Cone Racer

Basic Tools of the Trade

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A Brief Overview of Different Documentation Systems

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Reinforcement: Graphic representations on way to document

Creating an Outline

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Outline rationale

Tutor's Example GDD

Concept GDD: Part 1

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Triple-Documentation Technique

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Concept GDD: Part 2

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Designer’s notes: Add Your Reasoning

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2.2. Traffic Cone Racer: Word Processor GDD

Creating Your Own Templates in Google Docs

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Assignment - Word Processor GDD

How to share Google Docs for getting feedback

Quiz — Word Processor GDD

2.3. Modification #1: Your first update

Congratulations on completing section 2!

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Code for Friends

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Game/Screen Flows

Welcome to Section 3

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Different options for creating a screen flow

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Figma Screen Flow Base Document

Sticky Notes Screen Flow Method

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Draft Lesson3.1. Create a Screen Flow of your favourite game

Grab one of your favourite games and create a screen flow

Integrate Your Screen Flow into your Document

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Quiz — Game/Screen Flows

Congratulations on completing Section 3!

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How to Share Figma for getting feedback

Databases & Wikis

Wikis and Databases as an evolution of the word processor

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Tutor’s Example Notion GDD

What’s the right tool for you?

Notion: Databases Basic Explanation

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Notion: Basic Blocks

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Collaborative Tools and Enhancing your Document

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Notion: Syncing blocks

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Writing a Feature Spec

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Common Mistake: Documenting content rather than requirement/tool

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4.1. Writing a Feature Spec

The Hourglass method for writing a feature spec

Dynamic Images: Figma + Notion

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Quiz — Databases & Wikis

Congratulations on completing Section 4!

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4.2. Modification #2: Lights, Camera, Action!

One-Page Documents

The Great, Time-Consuming 1-pager method

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Tutor’s Example Figma One-Page GDD

Figma: Basic Tools

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Theory of Infographics

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Data Visualization: materials, books, references

Theory of one-pagers

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Sit down and organise the info you have!

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How to distribute the information?

How and Where to find your theme, art, and icons

From Macro to Micro: Systems to Mechanics

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5.1. Create a 3-panel storyboard

Creating new Pages: The Power of a File

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Collaborative Tools

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Quiz — One-Page Documents

5.2. Modification #3

Congratulations on completing Section 5!

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Farewell

Congratulations on finishing the course!

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