Design Document Resources

I'm told that a design document is an important first step when creating a game.  After doing some research online and in the stack of books at my desk, I came across an excellent template by Chris Taylor.  He's a legendary developer and frequent commentor on a number of industry sites.  I pay special attention to anything with his name on it and you should too. 

Here's his design template:  Chris Taylor Design Document Template

I'll be using this to flesh out some of the ideas I have for a first game. It's a thorough template and it will certainly be time well spent. Hopefully it will help me avoid some development pitfalls further down the road.