intruction Booklet Tracker

Goals:

Use the user tests to make the booklet help players understand the gameplay quicker

1. User Test after each major redesign (likely to be 3 times in one semester)

Redesign in InDesign

1. with font legibility in mind
2. using wireframes to layout shapes of pages
3. using the rules writing guidelines (below)
4. Max page count = 20
5. Medium Instruction booklet for a small box at Game Crafter.
   1. Get the Templates from Game Crafter

Rules writing guides:

• Rules for Board Game Writing
• Writing Game Rules Recipe
• Indie Game Report Rule Cookbook Recipe for Success
• Indie Game Report Review Rubric
• Game Setup Steps and Best Practice Examples

InDesign Guides

On Game Crafter here is the guide:

• https://www.thegamecrafter.com/publish/product/MediumBooklet
• Here is the Game Crafter in Design template in the Google Drive Folder:
• After all is final and approved:
  • Due to the nature of saddle stitching booklet pages are printed 4 to a sheet. Please be sure to indicate (in the 'Page Number' field) the order that the pages should appear in your booklet. Each page must be uploaded as a separate full bleed image. A 20-page booklet takes up the thickness of 4 cards in a box.
• Max page count = 20.

Power Towers example of how InDesign is laid out for Booklet

Short cuts: W = work area (to remove the bleeds)