Game design document: History and Key Facts

A game design document (GDD) is a highly descriptive living software design document of the design for a video game. A GDD is created and edited by the development team or a lead figurehead and is primarily used in the video game industry to organize efforts within a development team. The document is created by the development team as result of collaboration between their designers, artists and programmers as a guiding vision which is used throughout the game development process. When a game is commissioned by a game publisher to the development team, the document must be created by the development team and it is often attached to the agreement between publisher and developer; the developer has to adhere to the GDD during game development process.

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