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How To: Write a Game Design Document How to write a Game Design Document

Game Design Documents (GDD) have a long history and a different place in many designers' toolboxes. Here's how to write a useful, up-to-date GDD.

byDanielle Riendeau

Aug 15, 2023

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A screenshot from Where Birds Go to Sleep. Cormo drowns in the water.

Designing for the draw of evil in Where Birds Go to SleepDesigning for the draw of evil in Where Birds Go to Sleep

Aug 11, 2023

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Lords of the Fallen devs want to "improve the death cycle" of soulslike games Lords of the Fallen devs want to "improve the death cycle" of soulslike games

byAlessandro Fillari

Aug 10, 2023

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An elfish woman holds up a glowing hand.

What works (and doesn't work) about Baldur's Gate 3's D&D-driven systems What works (and doesn't work) about Baldur's Gate 3's D&D-driven systems

byBryant Francis

Aug 9, 2023

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Nostalgic games: will players’ emotion last long?Nostalgic games: will players’ emotion last long?

byYongcheng Liu

Aug 9, 2023

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Creatures from Spore in purple and green against a grassy planet backdrop

Video: One-page designs Video: One-page designs

byDanielle Riendeau

Aug 8, 2023

Zoeti combines monsters and poker into a fantasy roguelite, deckbuilding game

Zoeti combines monsters and poker into a fantasy roguelite, deckbuilding game

The utilize of Color Psychology in game graphics designs

The utilize of Color Psychology in game graphics designs

byYongcheng Liu

Fighting Games: A Great Yet Aging Genre

Fighting Games: A Great Yet Aging Genre

“Read player’s mind through eyes”: how eye-tracking works in game user research

“Read player’s mind through eyes”: how eye-tracking works in game user research

byYongcheng Liu

Coming up with the design of the fictional console 'Kinmoku Shark’

Coming up with the design of the fictional console 'Kinmoku Shark’

byLucy Blundell

What guild means to you? Understanding game guild using metaphors

What guild means to you? Understanding game guild using metaphors

byYongcheng Liu

Pulp fiction and retro gaming in the 21st century: An exploration of the pixel pulp subgenre

Pulp fiction and retro gaming in the 21st century: An exploration of the pixel pulp subgenre

byNico Saraintaris, Fernando Martinez Ruppel

A Successful Scoping Down: Controlling Expectations in a Game Jam

A Successful Scoping Down: Controlling Expectations in a Game Jam

How social interaction within house system attracts players?

How social interaction within house system attracts players?

byYongcheng Liu

Breaking the fourth wall: meta-elements design in story-oriented games

Breaking the fourth wall: meta-elements design in story-oriented games

byYongcheng Liu

Bugsnax colorful character in the center of the screen

Video: Make Games Like a Horse: The Design of Bugsnax

Video: Make Games Like a Horse: The Design of Bugsnax

byDanielle Riendeau

A giant mech fights a larger, crab-shaped mech.

Armored Core 6 and the art of rebuilding the mech-driven series

Armored Core 6 and the art of rebuilding the mech-driven series

byAlessandro Fillari

A player in Flock singing to their sheep

A naturalistic world for flying sausages: The evolving design of Flock

A naturalistic world for flying sausages: The evolving design of Flock

Breaking Down the Essence of Video Games: The AROG Framework

Breaking Down the Essence of Video Games: The AROG Framework

Transformation: Avatars, Role-playing, and Narrative Perspective in Games

Transformation: Avatars, Role-playing, and Narrative Perspective in Games

byDavid Antognoli

How Green New Deal Simulator inspires hope in a climate changing world

How Green New Deal Simulator inspires hope in a climate changing world

Designing the Uncanny

Designing the Uncanny

byJames Muirhead

Do players really need trophies: Achievement system and game motivations

Do players really need trophies: Achievement system and game motivations

byYongcheng Liu

Mastering minimalism and layering complexity with strategy game Thronefall

Mastering minimalism and layering complexity with strategy game Thronefall

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora explores the unseen lands of James Cameron's sci-fi saga

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora explores the unseen lands of James Cameron's sci-fi saga

byAlessandro Fillari

Key art for Star Wars Outlaws. Protagonist Kay Vess and her droid companion walk toward the camera.

Star Wars Outlaws finally makes good on a "scum & villainy" fantasy

Star Wars Outlaws finally makes good on a "scum & villainy" fantasy

byAlessandro Fillari

The Application of Gamification in Community Badge Design

The Application of Gamification in Community Badge Design

byYongcheng Liu

From 20 to 380: How to conduct cross-analysis in game user research?

From 20 to 380: How to conduct cross-analysis in game user research?

byYongcheng Liu

What Are We Fighting For? Winning and Victory Conditions in RTS

What Are We Fighting For? Winning and Victory Conditions in RTS

byBrandon Casteel

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The complete introduction to Unity game development

The complete introduction to Unity game development

byMars Buttfield-Addison

Key art for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown revives the series' side-scrolling past

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown revives the series' side-scrolling past

byAlessandro Fillari

A screenshot of Stampede: Racing Royale.

Stampede: Racing Royale is an automotive take on the battle royale genre

Stampede: Racing Royale is an automotive take on the battle royale genre

Devlog: That-Game

Devlog: That-Game

Creating Character Backstories for Video Games: A Step-by-Step Guide

Creating Character Backstories for Video Games: A Step-by-Step Guide

byOleksandra Antoniuk

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