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Design Worksheets

Ember says: plan it on paper first, then build it for real. Filling in a worksheet makes the game much easier to make.

Printable planning templates for your games, characters, levels, and stories. Fill in on screen or print and sketch by hand!

Use it with: plan your first game in Build a Game in 15 Minutes, or write the full plan in the Game Design Document Builder.

🎮 Game Design Document Worksheet 1

Game Name

Genre

· What's the story?

👤 Who's the player?

🕹️ What does the player do?

✨ What makes it fun?

✏️ Sketch your game

Draw here!

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🦸 Character Sheet Worksheet 2

Character Name

Role

🎨 Appearance

⚡ Special Abilities

💬 Personality Traits

📜 Backstory

✏️ Sketch your character

Draw here!

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🎯 Level Layout Worksheet 3

Level Name

Difficulty

🗺️ Tile Map Grid , click cells to draw

🟩 Ground

🟦 Water

⭐ Collectible

💀 Enemy

🚪 Door/Goal

🧱 Open World Builder

Copied the JSON? Open World Builder and use Import to keep building this level with real tiles.

🔑 Key , What does each symbol mean?

⭐ Special Features

👾 Enemies / Obstacles

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🎯 Story Planner Worksheet 4

📝 Title

🌍 Setting

🧑 Main Character

⚠️ Problem / Conflict

🌅 Beginning

⚡ Middle

🏁 End

🎉 Resolution

💡 What the Player Learns

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