Communicating your game
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4.1 Write a concept GDD
Given the game as it is now, write a GDD outline of no more than 2,000 words (about 10 Google Docs pages with images and diagrams).
Use the headings below, or change them to fit. Use images or videos to make your points.
Do not write linearly and in depth for every heading first. Outline the main points under each section, then write the parts you are most comfortable with. You will edit more than once. Share it anyway. Do not let perfect (and never finished) beat good (and finished).
GDD outline — Tiny Pixel Fights
Use these sections as a starting point.
Game name and one-line pitch
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Fantasy / player experience
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What players do (mechanics)
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Why they do it (objectives)
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Where they do it (game world)
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Core loop
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Characters / cards
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Win / lose / draw
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Open issues and next tests
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You may also keep a longer GDD in Google Docs and paste a link here:
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4.2 Create a 3-minute presentation
Finish the GDD first. It is the starting point for this talk.
Three minutes is short: three slides would be about one minute each. Publishers and investors often give you about this much time.
Use the GDD overview: what players do (mechanics), why (objectives), where (world), and the fantasy you want them to live.
Suggested deck (about 20 seconds per slide; change it if it fits your game better):
- Name of the game
- One sentence that describes the game
- Main mechanics, part 1
- Main mechanics, part 2
- Player’s main objectives
- Brief game world
- Fantasy you are fulfilling
- Very short summary (1–3 sentences)
- Thanks (required) and contact (optional for the assignment)
Be visual. Use graphics, not big blocks of text. Original assignment art came from Kenney Assets (CC0). Thank them if you use their work.
Deliverable: a short video narrating your slides, or the slides themselves. Paste a link below.
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Lesson check
Communicating your game — Lesson 4
1 / 4What is the word limit for the concept GDD outline?
Pick an answer to see if you are right.