Writing techniques
These are techniques borrowed from creative writing, presentation design, technical documentation writing, and best practices that game designers have used and refined over thousands of game projects.
The following section contains a list of useful techniques to write effective GDDs.
Use of style
The style in which you write matters; as with any other document, you need to make sure your GDD is readable and attractive to look at by doing the following:
- Use plenty of white space and divide argument paragraphs
- Use a serif font for body text, and bold or capital letters for headers
- Avoid any fancy or decorative fonts
- Use short sentences
- Use a hierarchical structure
Layering details
When you write about something, you should always use a top-down approach to layering complexity. The first layer should already give a general idea of what you’re talking about, and successive layers should go deeper into the details.
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