Hi there, as you start to create your future game, you may find it easier to list out what needs to be there before going into coding. By doing this, it will allow you to understand what you want by typing or writing your ideas. Here are the steps for kick-starting your planning:
Attached is a link to a Google document, click it.
Click File > Make A Copy > Name your copy.
I wish you the best of luck! If you have any questions, you can DM me here on the devforum.
I was just looking for something like this, I have so many ideas in my head and I needed a nice way to put them down and I think this document will do the trick, thank you for spending your time to make this.
From the copy I made though, this seems very straight-forward and an awesome design document. I can definitely see this being used to flesh out the initial structure of a game or to brief new members of a development team as to the game’s planned trajectory.
This is awesome that you were able to release this. It looks like this is actually helping out with my game development as this helps me brainstorm ideas and list them to develop later! You should also add a checklist so that multiple developers on a team can mark things as done (even though they can create their own in the first place, it is still helpful to have there done already!).
I gave this a try since I was bored & ultimately this was pretty fun to use to be able to list & plan out some key goals for a game. Very nice resource!
UPDATE
I’ve added in 2 new sections to this document: Development Road Map and Hiring. I feel that this topic hasn’t been touched on and I felt that having these will be beneficial for those first starting. I’ve also fixed the OP to have better formatting. Happy developing!
Not the best document for planning games. Especially now that it’s in the “owners trash bin”?
I think you should be teaching the viewer how to plan out their game with instructions, not slap them with a document to fill out and hope it makes sense.
Might want to do something about the “in owners trash” issue for the document as-well.
Please realize that it’s in the owners trash because it allows you to create a copy. Also, it’s meant to plan out a game, it has hypothetical questions to allow you to brainstorm it.
What you are saying shows you haven’t read the OP
I’ve added Trello planning so that you can see how you can manage your time. It’s a bit empty, however, one tip is you should be as specific as you can. Here is the link: Trello
Update 9/28
Recently, Google announced that it’ll delete anything the trash after a date (thanks Google, totally love that!). I fixed up the instructions for creating a copy instead of taking it out of the trash since the trash will be taken care of in October by Google. Thank you for using it!
