End-to-End Game Development

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

 

The Concept Document

 

 

Introduction

We’ll talk about an ideal concept document approach first, before acknowledging that the real world is usually a lot messier and that there is no simple, one-size-fits-all approach for developing concept documents. In the process, we’ll also discuss how our analyses and instructional design will intersect with the concept document, and how the concept document can operate as a sales tool for the project.

Defining the Concept Document

The concept document (sometimes known as the proposal, the creative treatment, or the preliminary design document) will be the first true capture of what the game or simulation concept will be, along with the broad strokes of the following:

•   The user demographic ...