Your Game Design Document, Reimagined
Story, characters, mechanics, task board, and real-time collaboration — everything a game designer needs in one focused tool.
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What we've been writing about
Deep-dives, product updates and notes for game designers — straight from the team.
Latest entry
The First 60 Seconds: How to Onboard Players Without a Tutorial Wall
The opening minute decides whether players stay. Here's how great games teach their mechanics through design instead of dumping text — and a practical checklist for building onboarding that never feels like a tutorial.
Everything you need to design great games
30+ specialized modules built around how game designers actually think and work.
Story & Lore
Chapters, dialogue scripts, and a full lore bible. Write and collaborate in real time with the built-in live editor.
Characters & World
Character sheets, relationship maps, locations, and item/object catalogs — everything that makes your world feel alive.
Game Systems
Document your mechanics, balance sheets, economy tables, and control schemes in structured, reusable modules.
Task & Sprint Board
A real-time Kanban board with sprint planning, milestones, and an integrated issue tracker to keep your team on track.
Export & Share
Export your full GDD to polished PDF or Markdown with one click. Share with stakeholders, publishers, or your team.
AI Co-Designer
Brainstorm names, generate world-building, draft mechanics — an AI partner trained on how designers think.
From idea to shipped GDD in minutes
No complicated setup. Just a clean, focused workspace from day one.
Create a project
Name your game, pick the genre and target platform. GameDesignerX sets up your full GDD workspace in seconds.
Fill in your sections
Use any of the 30+ specialized modules — story, characters, systems, tasks, and more — each designed for how designers think.
Collaborate & export
Invite your team for real-time collaboration, then export your complete GDD to PDF or Markdown with a single click.
See it in action
A real tool built for how game designers actually work.
All your projects at a glance
The dashboard gives you an instant overview of every project you're working on, your upcoming tasks, and recent activity — so you always know what needs attention.
Loved by designers at every stage
From solo indie devs to professional studios, GameDesignerX fits the way you design.
“GameDesignerX replaced three different apps I was using to track story, tasks, and character sheets. Having everything in one tool that actually understands game design is a game changer.”
Jamie Reyes
Indie Developer
“I used to submit GDDs as messy Word documents. Now I share a clean, structured export and my professors are impressed every time. Highly recommend it for students and educators.”
Sofia Kim
Game Design Student
“We onboarded our entire design team in under an hour. The real-time collaboration and kanban board cut our weekly sync meetings in half. It just fits the way we work.”
Ryan Lassiter
Studio Lead
Simple, transparent pricing
Start free and scale as your team grows. No hidden fees.
Pro
- 10 projects
- Real-time collaboration (3 seats)
- PDF export
- Webhooks (2)
- API Access (120 req/min)
- MCP Connector (Claude, Cursor)
- Priority support
- Version history
Team
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited collaborators
- PDF export
- API Access (600 req/min)
- MCP Connector (Claude, Cursor)
- Webhooks (5)
- Dedicated support
- Custom export templates
Education
Special pricing for universities, colleges, and game design programs.
- Everything in Team
- Discounted institutional pricing
- Student seat management
- Classroom project templates
- Instructor dashboard
- Priority onboarding support
Enterprise
Custom-hosted solution built for large organisations.
- Everything in Team
- Unlimited seats
- Self-hosted / on-premise deployment
- Dedicated infrastructure
- SSO & SAML authentication
- Custom integrations & API access
- SLA & 24/7 priority support
- Dedicated account manager
- Custom contracts & billing
Questions about pricing? Get in touch.
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