Comments on: Planning your game: the Design Document http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2008/04/30/planning-your-game-the-design-document/ Ever wanted to build a browsergame? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:26:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Joshua http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2008/04/30/planning-your-game-the-design-document/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Joshua Thu, 15 May 2008 01:24:23 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/?p=21#comment-6 I agree completely. This is how I started. I'm not a coder. I can do html but thats it! I had some extra time on my hands and had played pbbg's for a while and I just started putting together all the things I had been thinking of for years. Things like "Why can't I do this?" and "Why does it have to be like that, why can't it work differently?" My original game document is 39 pages, single spaced. Nearly a year after the game's release and we've added all but one of the features in it. Lots more planned, but I use smaller docs focused on a single update. I used Word's headers and the Document Map to help organize it all. For any would-be designers I would GREATLY suggest checking that out. I have my headers short-keyed Ctrl+Alt+1, 2 or 3 for headers 1, 2 or 3. Enjoyed what you had to said :) I agree completely.
This is how I started. I’m not a coder. I can do html but thats it!
I had some extra time on my hands and had played pbbg’s for a while and I just started putting together all the things I had been thinking of for years. Things like “Why can’t I do this?” and “Why does it have to be like that, why can’t it work differently?”

My original game document is 39 pages, single spaced. Nearly a year after the game’s release and we’ve added all but one of the features in it. Lots more planned, but I use smaller docs focused on a single update.
I used Word’s headers and the Document Map to help organize it all.

For any would-be designers I would GREATLY suggest checking that out. I have my headers short-keyed Ctrl+Alt+1, 2 or 3 for headers 1, 2 or 3.

Enjoyed what you had to said :)

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