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How To: Write a Game Design DocumentHow 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.

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byJustin Carter
Company brand photo for mobile game developer Wildlife Studios.
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Screenshot from Sam Barlow's Immortality.
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Promo image for Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions.
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byJustin Carter
Cover art for Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise.
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byJustin Carter
Key art for Two Dots.
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Oct 13, 2022
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byBryant Francis
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State of Survival creators sued for alleged misleading in-game prices
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Oct 12, 2022
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In-game art for Sybo Games' Subway Surfers.
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Free mobile games are helping juice podcast listening numbers
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Promotional art for Netflix and Ubisoft's partnership.
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Netflix strikes deal with Ubisoft for three exclusive games
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byBryant Francis
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Taking a look at the value of alternate mobile app stores
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byBryant Francis
Key art for Clash of Clans. Two clans face off in battle.
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Looking back on 10 years of Clash of Clans
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Aug 22, 2022
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byBryant Francis
A screenshot from the mobile version of Descenders
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Deep Dive: Creating the touch controls for Descenders on mobile
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A photograph of Papers, Please playing on an iPhone and Android mobile phone.
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Jul 25, 2022
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byBryant Francis
A screenshot of Gwent: Rogue Mage.
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Another single-player version of CD Projekt Red's Gwent is dropping tomorrow
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Jul 6, 2022
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byBryant Francis
Characters from Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence.
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Ubisoft unveils a mobile version of Tom Clancy's The Division
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byBryant Francis
A group of Pokemon Go players gather in a semicircle.
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Niantic lays off eight percent of staff, cancels some upcoming games
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Jun 29, 2022
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byBryant Francis
A screenshot of Into the Breach
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Jun 23, 2022
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byBryant Francis
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iOS 16 will usher in support for the Switch Pro controller and Joy-Cons
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