Unit 5 Game Design 1

What portion of the Human Resources section in your GDD explores and explains the financial plan for your game?

• scheduling

• the budget

• the business plan

• the Gantt chart

Why is the Game Design Document (GDD) often treated as somewhat of a 'sacred text' by game design teams?

• because game designers are very superstitious and believe that the only copy of a game outline should be hand-written in the GDD and nowhere else

• because it includes a very important non-disclosure agreement signed by all of the game design team members

• because it contains all of the funding information about investors that will help make their idea a reality

• because it holds all the goals, hopes, dreams, and nitty-gritty details of how they plan to get this game out onto people's screens

After pitching her game to a room full of investors, Zoie has confirmed that two of the investors are still very interested in learning more. They both called and asked Zoie for a game proposal. What is a game proposal used for?

• it is used as the graphical overlay on a game which displays feedback for the player

• it is used to secure funding for the project from venture capitalists or publishers, or with internal teams within the company, to take the concept and ideas about the game and start to turn them into specifics

• it is the teaser for the game, which is used to sell the game to the team, investors, target audience, or anyone else who might be interested in the game

• it is used to list the different subtasks of a game development project, along with their estimated time and progression

Before pitching your game to anyone, it should be completely created, finalized, and ready to be sold in retail stores.

• True

• False

Typically, what is a pitch followed by?

• Game Concept Document (GCD)

• Game Design Document (GDD)

• Game Art Outline (GAO)

• Game Design Roles (GDR)

Your team has just gotten the green light from several investors after presenting them with your game proposal. This means that you and your team are ready to move onto the design phase and create what document?

• Game Concept Document

• Game Design Document

• Gantt Chart Document

• Mission Statement Document

If your game proposal is accepted, what phase will your team move onto next?

• marketing phase

• design phase

• investment phase

• review phase

Why is the GDD useful for game artists?

• because it contains specific directions for exactly what the artist must create and exactly how to go about creating it

• because it allows artists to see the big picture into which their individual pieces of artwork will fit, which usually results in more unified artistic content for the game

• because it lists the different subtasks of a game development project for artists, along with their estimated time and progression

• because it provides artists with the underlying structure of a game level or mission in terms of layout, presentation of obstacles and options for movement

A list of objects associated with game mechanics is often included in the mechanics section of a GDD.

• True

• False

If you are using characters or objects in your game that are already the intellectual property of another group, you will have to make sure you have the proper clearances to use those characters in your game and provide the proper licensing considerations. In what specific section of the GDD will you address this and include any licensing considerations?

• gameworld

• story and narrative

• mechanics

• saving and loading