hi there, I was wondering how long should a design document be for a MMORPG like the size of world of warcraft or everquest. I've worked with a few online groups with MMORPGs of course the leader of the team always bailed (not me). And now I am working on my own design document. Its been about 2 weeks, so far and I figure I have about 80pages in word doc. format. I have also made a budget which was pretty easy considering I have a business associate degree. If someone could give me a rough idea of the length of one that would be great. I have 80 pages and I still haven't touch any storyline and stuff like cities or items yet. Oh and I am also looking for someone who can do some concept art. I can't really pay anything right now, but I might be able to give them like $10-$15 for like 2-3 drawings something like that as long as I like them. Shadow

I'm going to be the first ... I'll pull a number out of my ass just like all the other dungeon siege design doc experts around here. The documentation should be as long as it takes. Don't add stuff in thats not needed and on the same note don't remove stuff that is needed.

But the exact number for a MMORPG design doc is 97 pages, you can look this up in "Secrets of the Professional Game Developer 2", chapter 3 page 67.

Good Luck