{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/the-jahn\/","author_name":"The Jahn","cat":"LD #23","categories":["LD #23"],"comments":[],"epoch":1333946700,"event":"LD23","likes":16,"metadata":{"p_key":"78007","p_author":"The Jahn","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287017","p_title":"An LD-friendly design document template for you.","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1333946700","p_likes":"16","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"source_url":"2012\/04\/09\/an-ld-friendly-design-document-template-for-you\/","text":"<p>If you\u2019d like to keep your upcoming LD entry a bit more organized, I\u2019ve written a quick game design document <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1FhMGW63LRMP4SSMluAWWZL6IQj-HikI02MTOw_H51q4\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">template<\/a>\u00a0for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know what a game design document is, you can check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Game_design_document\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia entry<\/a>. Although this one doesn\u2019t fit that bill exactly, it\u2019s designed for use either by a small independent team or the infamous one-man army. With the text blurbs, it also serves as a bit of a game design tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you\u2019re more than welcome to use it as well if you think it\u2019ll help you. It never hurts to be a bit more organized, eh? ;D<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 2px;background: #fff;\"><div class=\"iLikeThis\" id=\"iLikeThis-110604\"><span class=\"counter\"><a class=\"image\" onclick=\"likeThis(110604);\">16<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"postmetadata alt\">\n<small>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 4:45 am\t\t\t\t\t\tand is filed under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-23\/\" rel=\"category tag\" title=\"View all posts in LD #23\">LD #23<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/04\/09\/an-ld-friendly-design-document-template-for-you\/feed\/\">RSS 2.0<\/a> feed.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can <a href=\"#respond\">leave a response<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/04\/09\/an-ld-friendly-design-document-template-for-you\/trackback\/\" rel=\"trackback\">trackback<\/a> from your own site.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/small>\n<\/p>","time":"April 9th, 2012 4:45 am","title":"An LD-friendly design document template for you.","title_was_empty":false}