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How to use Game Design to Solve your Failed New Year's Resolution
Every year on New Year's Eve, millions of people make a promise to themselves they will not keep. It's not because they are bad people, or cheaters, or have some other deep psychological traumas from childhood that keep them from achieving their New Year Goals. You may be reading this and thinking to yourself, yeah, I've been there. Well let's use Game Design to solve your problem!
The world is full of broken systems (education, health, finance) that are filled with anxiety or boredom. Game designers have the tools to fix them.
Do you want to tell a story, or let the player build one? We compare Narrative (scripted) design with Declarative (emergent) design and show you how to choose the right path for your project.
Want to see what a professional game blueprint looks like? Analyze three legendary real-world Game Design Document (GDD) examples.
How do AAA studios like Rockstar or Nintendo document their games compared to a solo indie dev? Learn the difference and find the right style for your project.
Can you become a game designer without spending thousands on a college degree? Yes. Read our step-by-step roadmap to self-taught game design mastery in 2026.