Editing Video game development (section)

==== Design ====
{{Main|Game design}}

Game design is an essential and collaborative{{sfn|Bates|2004|p=xxi}} process of designing the content and rules of a [[game]],{{sfn|Brathwaite|Schreiber|2009|p=2}} requiring artistic and technical competence as well as writing skills.{{sfn|Adams|Rollings|2006|pp=20, 22–23, 24–25}} Creativity and an open mind are vital for the completion of a successful video game.

During development, the game designer implements and modifies the game design to reflect the current vision of the game. Features and levels are often removed or added. The art treatment may evolve and the backstory may change. A new [[computing platform|platform]] may be targeted as well as a new [[demographic]]. All these changes need to be documented and disseminated to the rest of the team. Most changes occur as updates to the design document.