ABSTRACT
The Myth of the Game Design Document Many novice game designers, and other dreamers, have an interesting vision of how the process of game design works. Not being acquainted with the Rule of the Loop, they believe that the process of game design involves a genius game designer sitting down alone at a keyboard and typing out a glorious and perfect Game Design Document. When this masterpiece is complete, all that needs to be done is to hand it to a competent team of programmers and artists and wait for them to turn this shining vision into a reality. “If only, ” the frustrated would-be designer thinks, “I could find out the proper format for a Game Design Document, I could become a professional game designer too! I’m full of ideas — but without this magic template, there is no way for me to design games. ”
