Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
The technical design document is a companion piece to the game design document
and the art bible. Like the other docs, the TDD should be maintained on an internal
Web site and kept up to date throughout the project.
1.
Game Name
a. Copyright Information
2.
Table of Contents
3.
SECTION I: TECHNICAL TEAM (including areas of responsibility and contact info for
each individual)
a. Tech Lead
i. Office phone
ii. Home phone
iii. Cell phone
iv. Email
b. AI Programmers
c. Gameplay Programmers
d. Graphics Programmers
e. Tools Programmers
f. Scripters
g. Etc.
4.
SECTION II: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
a. Project Overview from a Technical Perspective
b. Delivery Platforms
iii.
PC
1.
Minimum specifications
2.
Recommended specifications
3.
Disk budget
iii.
Console Platform #1
1.
Disk budget
iii. Etc.
5.
SECTION III: ENGINE EVALUATION
a. Internal solutions
b. External solutions from affiliated organizations
c. Middleware
6.
SECTION IV: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ISSUES
a. Delivery Platform #1
i. Strategy and comments
ii. Platform-specific processes
iii. Memory management scheme and budgets
