Game Design Documents – Josephine Baird

This video by Josephine Baird discusses the many reasons why creators should create a game design document. It covers several features that designers might want to include, such as the project description, gam elements, mechanics, gameplay, graphics/styling, a technical description, localization/languages/accessibility, marketing/funding strategies, and buisness models. Link to slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CpB1…

This video was created by Josephine Baird in the Department of Game Design at Uppsala University. Bio: Josephine Baird is a Lecturer at Uppsala University’s Department of Game Design and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna. She is a game designer and game design consultant, as well as a writer and visual artist. Her work often relates the intersection between games, identity, gender, and sexualities. She is also an actor, public speaker, and co-host of the podcast It Is Complicated. More information can be found at josephinebaird.com.