In a vicious attack against the productivity of countless old-school adventure game fans, Tim Schafer has released the design document to the sensational Grim Fandango. Grim Fandango is a game that's ...

It has been called many things over the years – GDD, Design Bible, Game Overview Document. Regardless of title, they all describe one thing; the living design document for a video game. The GDD has ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. We're a decade on from the undisputed greatest year in video gaming, a year in which we saw the release of the Tim Schafer designed Grim Fandango just ...

Microsoft would like everyone to just forget all about that Xbox 720 design document business. The 52-page Xbox 720 design doc that bubbled to the surface of the internet a few days ago was greeted ...

Thanks to the wonders of online photo sharing, the passage of time and the migration of employees, we can all take a look at the original design document for Grand Theft Auto. Design documents, for ...

I recently read James Sweatman from Jagex’s great article ‘Death of the game design document’ and this got me thinking about my experience of game design documents, and how I approach them. I agree ...