Game Design Document Bundle

What the game is, how it plays, its systems, features, and design decisions. Concept clarity and communication with the team.

🎮 Game Design Document (GDD)

Projects: Version: 1.0 Author: Priyanshi Singh

a. Emergency Quest (VR) — Master Thesis prototype b. DeadZone — FPS 3D Shooter c. 3D Solar System — Interactive Simulation

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Table of contents-

1. Emergency Quest (VR) Game
2. DeadZone — FPS
3. 3D Solar System
4. Common repo & workflow templates
5. Playtesting, metrics & accessibility
6. Export to GitHub quick-start checklist

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Emergency Quest (VR) Game

Overview / Elevator Pitch:

Emergency Quest is an immersive VR training game for Meta Quest devices where players respond to road-accident scenarios to practice first-aid, triage, and decision-making under pressure. The game combines realistic environments, NPC animations, and guided feedback for learning outcomes.

Target audience & learning goals

• Primary: learners and trainees (medical volunteers, high school/uni safety programs).
• Secondary: general VR players interested in realistic simulations.
• Learning goals: recognize accident types, triage priority, apply basic first-aid (CPR, bleeding control), and practice communication & empathy.

Core gameplay loop

• Receive dispatch & move to accident scene.
• Assess victims & environmental hazards.
• Apply first-aid actions (bandaging, CPR, stop bleeding, repositioning).
• Get scored on correctness, time, and safety.
• Receive instructor feedback, repeat with adjusted difficulty.

Key features (MVP / v1 / stretch)

• MVP: 3 accident scenarios (car crash, bike collision, pedestrian fall), interactive tools (bandage, tourniquet, CPR), scoring & instructor HUD.
• v1: Branching scenarios, NPC dialogue trees, environmental hazards (fire, broken glass), replayable scenarios with analytics.
• Stretch: Multiplayer instructor mode, learning management system (LMS) export, adaptive difficulty via analytics.

Controls & interaction

• XR Interaction Toolkit interactable objects (grab, place, use).
• Teleport + smooth locomotion toggle for comfort.
• Contextual radial menu for tools and instructions.
• Haptics for success/failure feedback.

Level design & flow

• Intro tutorial (tool use, movement).
• Scenario 1: simple single-victim — focus on assessment.
• Scenario 2: multi-victim — prioritization & triage.
• Scenario 3: environmental hazard — scene safety, extrication.

Story & Characters

• Non-heavy story; scenario-based vignettes with short hero NPCs and a dispatcher voice guiding players.

Art & Audio

• Semi-realistic low-poly assets mixed with high-fidelity audio cues (breathing, groans, ambient traffic).
• UI: diegetic hints + non-diegetic HUD for scores and instructions.

Technical spec & Unity notes

• Engine: Unity LTS (recommended 2022.3+ or latest LTS at start). Use URP for performance on Quest.
• Target: Meta Quest 3 / Quest 2 (build configs included).
• Packages: XR Interaction Toolkit, Oculus Integration / Meta XR SDK, Cinemachine, TextMeshPro, DOTS (optional), Unity Analytics or a lightweight custom telemetry.
• Physics: Rigidbody-based interactions, kinematic ragdoll transitions for NPCs.

UX & Usability (important for training)

• Comfort options: teleport/smooth locomotion, vignetting, adjustable height.
• Tutorials with guided hands-on practice.
• Clear feedback and post-scenario debrief screens.

Playtesting & evaluation plan

• Iterative usability tests using task completion metrics and surveys.
• Logging: time-to-first-action, errors, incorrect procedures, tool selection path.

Accessibility

Subtitles and large text options, color-blind-friendly palettes, options for left/right handedness.

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