could any1 give me a design doc of a game that you aren''t planning to use or a reference for writing design docs? email me at dynamite_dev@yahoo.com.

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/forsey/448/UBCSyllabus_2001.html

Section "Primers & Templates for Workshops & Project" ...

It''s not a full game design document, just some templates that could help you.

thanx....
oh and change of email....hotel_tycoon@asia.yahoo.com ;-)

This is great I''m converting to these templates now thank you brunow.
Once complete do you know where I might get impartial advise on my design from an expert?

Hard to say... If, at the end of the game design document, you can say that all you need to start the development is inside the doc maybe it could be ok. But you can of course add or change some stuffs during the production phase, while all members of the team are ok (I mean all "important" voices of the team like the Lead Programmer, Lead Artist, Producer and so on ...)

I forgot to say ... try at first with small projects. Build a good design document with a small project, and after do it . Then you should complete this game without any important problems. So, maybe you''re on the right way.

And then, make bigger projects, with more members in your team ...

thanx brunow!