How to Make a Game: Go From Idea to Publication Avoiding the Common Pitfalls Along the Way

© Minhaz-Us-Salakeen Fahme, Tanimul Haque Khan 2021

M.-U.-S. Fahme, T. H. KhanHow to Make a Gamehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6917-6_5

5. It’s All in My Head: Writing a Game Design Document

Minhaz-Us-Salakeen Fahme¹   and Tanimul Haque Khan²

(1)

Narayanganj, Bangladesh

(2)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Our brain is a fascinating substance. We can store so much information at a time into it and process so many problems. It’s like a massive supercomputer in terms of capability. So it’s pretty reasonable that we put our faith in it in terms of storing our thoughts as we think about magnificent creations in our heads.

Except it isn’t.

Our brain may hold the unique power we have been blessed with, but it too has limitations. We all get it; trust us. It’s the first ...