A designer’s ability to both engagingly summarise a game’s elements and map its systems and content is essential.

Here are some examples of design documents I’ve worked on that I feel demonstrate my skills:

 

Brief Design Documents 

Victorian Exorcist Design Document Part 1 (Pitch) – Digital Game, Augmented Reality & Game-based Learning, Pitched for Failbetter Games, 2 pages

Victorian Exorcist Design Document Part 2 (Narrative) – Digital Game, Augmented Reality & Game-based Learning, Pitched for Failbetter Games, 9 pages

Siren’s Chorale 1-Page Design Document – Digital Game, Action Adventure, Pitched for Doublefine Games, 1 page

Sky Scholars 1-Page Design Document – Digital Game, RPG, Interactive Fiction, 1 page

Toonpunk! Design Document – Tabletop Game, RPG, 2 pages

 

Long Design Documents

Abtohka Design Document – Digital Game, Action Adventure, 138 pages

Axis Mundi Design Document – Board Game, Deck-building & Civilisation-Builder, 51 pages

Hearticulturalist – Gardener of the Mind Design Document Digital Game, Life Simulation, 31 pages