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 ...

Power plants are designed to operate at their highest efficiency. Once a plant goes into operation, however, real life takes over and sometimes design outcomes are not regularly realized. Improving ...

Rockstar has finally revealed the GTA trilogy, along with the release date of a standalone GTA Online. Coupled with that, a YouTube channel just recently uncovered a GTA 3 design document. YouTube ...

Writers of standards—both for general structural design and, in particular, structural steel design—rolled out their 2010 versions this month, completed in time to be referenced in the upcoming 2012 ...

It has become increasingly important for game studios to be able to work quickly, collaboratively, and with the right tools at their disposal. There has also been a surge in demand for remote working ...

A design document needs to be a stable reference and outline all parts of the software and how they will work. The document should give a fairly complete description while maintaining a high-level ...

Do you need a design or functional specification? It depends on who your audience is and where you are in the product development cycle. People often confuse the purpose and role of functional ...

The hypercasual genre remains, by some distance, the largest of its kind within the gaming industry. Around 40 per cent of all games are classified as hypercasual, and 45 per cent of all mobile gaming ...

WipEout launched in the UK alongside the PS1 20 years ago this week - and for the first time one of its creators has published its design document. Nick Burcombe, who worked at UK developer Psygnosis ...