Game Development Reference
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a new game, resume a previously saved game, create a player profile, access or
modify the game options, and so on.
Microsoft Visio is the industry standard for such tasks, but there are several freeware
software packages that can do the job as well. For example, one of the authors found
that Freemind by
Joerg Mueller
is a good tool to make diagrams and it is a freeware
software. You can download it from
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/
Download
.
Game flow
The game flow is a different diagram which describes how a typical match unfolds to
the player.
The diagram should display the number and sequence of operations required by the
player to start a match, the basic actions performed by the player during a match,
and what happens when the match ends.
