System Relationship Maps: Communicate Complexity, One System at a Time

Before you write a line of spec or code, your team needs to agree on how a system works. Not just what it does - how it connects. That’s where System Relationship Maps come in. These are simple visual diagrams that show how a single game system breaks into parts, what those parts do, and how they interact. It’s the fastest way to align designers, programmers, and artists around a shared mental model...