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[译文]写一个一级棒的策划书 2007-04-06　21:56:40 大中小 Creating a Great Design Document 写一个一级棒的策划书 必须拿出一个产品。在这种压力下，我的头都快被屏幕射线击碎了。如果这时有一个老铜灯里面钻出来的神魔，要我说出三个愿望，那我一点也不会犹豫地说：我要…… Ive got to get product out. In the panic and dizziness, my head smashes against the CRT and next thing I know this genie whiffs up out of a virtual bronze-texture-mapped lamp and offers me three wishes. Without missing a beat, I answer, I need... 一队天才的、高超的、敢拼命的工程师和艺术家，彼此密切配合。（还得有一个非常懂事的妻子）（快客说: me too ,sir !）。 足够的钱和时间，可以随便用。 一个一流的设计文档。 A great team of talented, skilled, and dedicated engineers and artists (including a very understanding wife) with strong interpersonal skills. Enough time and money to allow for a mess-up or two. A first class design document. 以前，一个程序（或美工）做一个游戏的时候，自己干自己的，没必要编策划，现在不同了。 Once upon a time, when coding a game involved one programmer (and maybe an artist) with a take-it-as-you-go budget and a loose deadline, documentation didnt need to be taken so seriously. You knew what you wanted to make and you made it. If there were a few major changes along the way, the only one to complain was you. Nowadays, a thorough and readable document can mean the difference between a swift descent to budgetless Hell and a smooth ride to shrinked-wrapped Nirvana. How the System Works 系统是怎样工作的 大部分游戏要经过三个开发阶段：灵感、纸、和苦行。 Most games go through three development stages, from concept to design to production. Think of them as flash, paper, and grind. 在第一阶段，纸有两个用处--记下你的创意，免得你往了。还有做为一个工具，向可以帮你把游戏市场化的人，提供参考。这个时候最好有个小演示，可以验证和修改你的想法。 In the first stage, the concept paper acts both as a letter to yourself - setting out your goals clearly so you wont lose sight of them - and as a sales tool for whomever takes the product to market down the road. Sometimes, this stage involves a working mini-prototype as well, which gives you a chance to experiment and revise your ideas. 下中间的阶段就是去吵架（快客说：对，我们现在就在吵架。），和美工、和动画、和音乐、和程序，去吵。把东西整出来，找到一个途径组织和落实你的想法。 The intermediate stage of design involves a lot of discussions with artist