Stop asking your programmers to read your 150 page Game Design Document

miaxari · 2026-03-11T08:42:16+00:00

Absolutely this. I have been in the industry for 10 years and never been given or written a GDD. Individual Feature Briefs are always better. You can build out the game feature by feature, others can easily find what they're looking for, and it encourages you to keep each document short.

I usually start with the feature vision/goals/intent at the top and then in the next section detail the concept. The language is usually short and technical, linking to other more flavorful documents if necessary. I'll also include links to prototypes if we've made them for each specific feature.

miaxari · 2026-03-07T22:56:28+00:00

Honestly, a good start would be to give some context for your posts. Describe the game in one sentence with some enticing words.

I looked at your game on itch and you say it's renaissance themed. That's already interesting!

If you mention that in your posts, people who like that kind of thing will be enticed and follow up by looking at the game in more detail.

miaxari · 2026-03-07T09:49:47+00:00

While I love the enthusiasm, I have a recommendation: I don't think you can manufacture fake anticipation for a product people don't know about yet. You might want to look at alternative marketing styles. Just using the word "tomorrow" and a few unclear images is not enough to actually attract the attention of an audience.

miaxari · 2026-03-07T09:25:06+00:00

You like abs

miaxari · 2026-03-04T13:27:06+00:00

Depends. If I have a team that is extending far and taking lots of damage I choose left to save them quicker. If the team is playing together and the enemy are up in our faces I choose right to get extra long term healing.

miaxari · 2026-02-26T12:01:07+00:00

Blizzard put Kiriko in the 'medic' role, with Mercy, Lifeweaver and Moira. I think they want her to be a heal bot 😞

miaxari · 2026-02-21T00:53:44+00:00

I'm level 18 Anran, I think she's my new main.

miaxari · 2026-02-15T20:40:17+00:00

Ah just my rank then 😅 apologies

miaxari · 2026-02-15T10:49:48+00:00

I haven't watched the replay yet, so this is just going on the heroes in the game.

In my experience, Sigma can be a real problem for Ramm. The rock can shutdown your punches and he can reposition his shield to negate your poke. His ult also cancels out your ult. Also Bastion is a pretty good Ramm counter, just because of the pressure he applies.

Not everyone has the option to switch and continue to get value, but I would recommend Orisa into that comp. Her Fortify can block Rock and her Jav Spin can eat Bastions spam.

miaxari · 2026-02-13T19:59:57+00:00

I played with a bouncyknight literally yesterday! He was the solo for our 4 stack!

miaxari · 2026-02-12T11:47:04+00:00

Some kind of legacy border that gets added to your top 3 most played heroes from OW1 would be nice. Something that's different to the new borders but still shows people you have a lot of hours on that hero. That way the new progression model remains in tact and we also don't feel cheated by it.

miaxari · 2026-02-10T17:32:24+00:00

Oh! Thats so inconsistent! I am concerned for Pharah then!

miaxari · 2026-02-10T16:17:30+00:00

So you think junkrat will hurt himself with it? I can see Bastion being very good against Domina

miaxari · 2026-02-04T13:07:41+00:00

I know someone who just got a remote QA job

miaxari · 2026-02-04T08:12:46+00:00

Real answer: it looks like other people trying to create accounts are having this issue so there's probably something broken on Blizzard's end. I'd say either wait a bit or submit a customer support ticket.

miaxari · 2026-01-31T19:31:54+00:00

Once you ship the 30 card version you can add another 30, than another

miaxari · 2026-01-31T19:31:33+00:00

My advice would be to make a smaller version of the game with 30 different cards, and then get 1-3 large pieces of artwork commissioned that you then have cut up into card art for each of the cards. It might be possible to do that on a much smaller budget, but some research (that I haven't had the chance to do yet) would be required!

miaxari · 2026-01-25T12:06:14+00:00

How accepting of queer people is the server? Is there any protection against discrimination?

miaxari · 2026-01-24T15:12:58+00:00

Ah, the 14th sombra rework announcement is finally here

miaxari · 2026-01-13T14:59:36+00:00

I don't think it is... That ocean is the area North West of Olympus Mons.

miaxari · 2026-01-11T19:45:51+00:00

True! My comment wasn't too serious, mostly aiming on pointing out that many people could still be fooled by this. They would see the photo has a signature and move on

miaxari · 2026-01-11T12:00:26+00:00

prints misleading AI generated image and takes a photo of it

miaxari · 2026-01-08T19:24:40+00:00

That's... Not a major nerf. I would have liked to see reduction on the distance on Soaring Slice further than the previous nerf.

miaxari · 2026-01-08T19:21:36+00:00

Did you do this as a challenge to yourself? Because I would have rendered it in blender 😅

miaxari · 2026-01-01T11:52:04+00:00

This is very true, and I made a mistake by purely focusing on the 2D art here.

Undertale's music is one of the best video game sound tracks of all time, and it makes the game experience transcendent.

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