Kōkiri Lab
Kōkiri Lab

Worldbuilding & Navigation · Week 4 of 9

Design the rules

Make sense of it · Say what we found · Decide what's next · Define the problem · Come up with ideas · Sketch the plan

VOICE Interpret · Finding · Next step → FORGE Frame · Options · Represent

Today's goal

Write a design document: rules, feedback, constraints, what to leave out.

By the end

Design document.

What we'll do (60 minutes)

  1. Rules in plain language15 min
  2. Feedback loops and constraints15 min
  3. Flowchart the key rule20 min
  4. What we are leaving out, and why10 min

Need a hand?

Fill three rules from a menu.

Want a challenge?

Two ways to code the key rule.

Student worksheets for Worldbuilding & Navigation (Word)