Hit the books!

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Well i'm not sure if this has been posted before but, Al Lowe has released design documentation for 6 of his games!
I thought you guys, being adventure creaters yourselves, might be able to use them as a reference for your own games.

http://www.allowe.com/gamedesign.htm

[Pau]

It's a great resource.
It's the first time I see real design documentation. Very useful, because it is not just theory, real games were made using this documents.

[Pumaman]

That's rather cool, it's interesting to see how a real world game design document looks. Good of Al Lowe to release them like this.

[Goldmund]

Interesting how he has to write the same several times in one document. They're quite lengthy and I think they must've been a bit boring to write.

Also note that all the necessary animations are mentioned and even flags. Apparently, after giving such a document to a team, the designer can relax in a jaccuzi - unless he has to check whether graphic slaves have appropriate vision.

Funny: in the ending sections (LSL5) he wonders whether some things are technically possible, whereas they're a piece of cake for AGS! Puma is better tahn Sierrah!!1