ABSTRACT
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. Even if game designers are blessed with a perfect memory, though, decisions about the design of their game must be communicated to many other people on the team. The overview document can be useful for the whole team to get a sense of the big picture of the game. There are many people on the team that need to understand what the game is going to look like before it is built. Usually, the team is required to come up with a cost to develop the game before they completely understand what they are building.
