EVALUATE WRITTEN TECHNOLOGY (D1)

Game Design Document For GTA - Race N Chase

Good Points - Things I Liked About The Game Document

• I like the layout, what I mean by this is. At the top of every page it tells me the game design document that I'm looking at, which is 'Race N Chase'. It tells me what page I am on. It tells me the date in which this document was issued. Lastly it tells me what version of the document I am reading. Now that not all I like about the layout, that was just about the headers. I love the use of headings on each page telling me about the information below it. For example it says 'Players' below it, it will tell me all about the player. This makes navigating through the document easy, especially if your looking for a particular set of information. I like the use of tables which it uses throughout the document. This helps to explain certain pieces of information like dates and issues etc.
• I like the use of consistency throughout the document. What I mean by this is, how all the text is the same size for each heading and the writing below. There is not a page where the writing is a nice bright yellow then on the next a dark black. Its the same through out (black and white).
• I like how it uses dates, this helps you understand the exact day in which this document was either finished or edited or finalized. All information that we can use for references if needed.

Overall this document looks very professional with it being all words. However in other peoples eyes people may not like that so onto the bad points.

Bad Points - Things I Disliked About The Game Document

• This document is lacking images, this is a key thing to include with your document because it can show many things, the main thing is development. For example they can show a character that they have created. Due to this game being part of a sequel in the next game, people who played this one will know who the characters are and how they have changed. Images also explain certain parts a game that text cant. 
• Linking with images, there is no colour, this can be quite a important aspect it will catch the readers attention. However this is a professional document and does not require fancy finishing touches like that. Also they are not trying to attract a large audience. This document is mainly for the people creating the game, or the next game and for people who are interested in making there own document about their own game. 
• This document has been displayed horribly, its been scanned through a printer and uploaded poorly. It does not take long to align a piece of paper within a print scanner and to make sure it comes out alright... If not it will take merely seconds to do it again. This person who uploaded this did not care, it looks like when he/she was scanning it he or she did not find away to stop the text coming through from the other side. This could have been stopped by simply adding more plain paper below it. So from this you can see they were either rushed or did not care about the quality of the document.