Recently I am checking game companies in Japan and I found that Nintendo has an interesting requirement for their game designer application, Opp-Design Document for a Zelda game. Opp-Design Document means that giving the game and you need to figure out what its original design document looks like. I believe it is a good way to sharpen my skill so I decided to try one on my own.

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In the beginning, I have a strong belief that a good design document has to be understood by multiple people from multiple areas. No matter he/she is a game designer, artist, programmer, your boss, or even a random people on the street, he/she should know what the game is about in a reasonable level. In this case, I believe the most important people that I hope them to understand are, people who work for Nintendo.

 

After having a clear mindset, I started to find anything that may help to better how Nintendian(?) works. I later found an interview for the Director of most the Zelda series, XXXXXX. In the interview, it shows some actual document for previous Zelda series. This is what I am looking for.

 

Having a great reference, I believe I am ready to find a part to start writing the document. The questions are "How big I want and what I want to express?". I opened my Breath of the Wild and think about these question for a while. I totally understand that I could never have all the world inside the document, otherwise, it will probably be a thousand pages dictionary. I tried to think about the moment I enjoyed the most and the first thing came to my brain was Divine Beast. 

 

Yes! This is the scope I expect. It is an unforgettable experience with a decent length of time. This is it! There are four options for me, I randomly picked the bird one.

 

 

Now I am making the outline for the document.