This assignment has two parts: first, you will read the following material, and then you will spend some time browsing the additional course materials to see what grabs your attention. To finish up, you will write up a blog post with your thoughts.
Readings
The first paper this week is a link to another college lecturers website where he provides a description of a game design Document (GDD) Communication and Game Design Documents
Following on from this is a document that discusses the need for a GDD and why it’s important – How to Write a Game Design Document
And lastly in the video below BenderWaffles provides a rationale and example of a GDD.
Additional Readings
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- Design Considerations, Greg Aleknevicus Aleknevicus give tips on improving the UI and rules writing for board games. [Links to an external site]
- The Early Stages of the Design Process GDD[Links to an external site]
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Blog
When you are done browsing, write up a blog post with your thoughts about what you have read
For the blog post, use “Games GDD” in the title, with “Reading”, “Week 6” as the labels, and include at least one image (with image information). Here is the Declaration for Reading:
| DECLARATION: Reading Options I spent at least 60 minutes browsing the readings. I have published a blog post with my notes. POST TITLE: I used the phrase “Games GDD” in the post title. POST LABELS: I used the label “Reading”, “Week 6” for the labels. LINKS: I included at least three links to items of interest, with my thoughts. IMAGE: I Included at least one image with image information. |
