# Free templates for documents that link

Each template is a set of short documents that link to each other, with guidance on what to write and an example. Read every page here, download the .zip, open it in any Markdown editor, or import it into Nodary as a map.

Free, no account, no email. Use them, change them, share them.

## For any team

Specs, briefs, decisions and designs: the documents a product or project team writes before it builds, and keeps true while it does.

- [Product requirements document (PRD) template](https://nodary.ai/templates/prd): Free PRD template: six linked Markdown documents for the problem, users, requirements with acceptance criteria, flows, launch metrics and decisions. 6 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/prd-template.zip)
- [Project brief template](https://nodary.ai/templates/project-brief): Free project brief template: four linked Markdown documents for the why, objective and scope, stakeholders and RACI, milestones and budget, risks and decisions. 4 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/project-brief-template.zip)
- [Decision log template with ADRs](https://nodary.ai/templates/decision-log): Free decision log template with ADRs: a log of numbered decisions, a record template, the decision process, and example records, one superseded by another. 6 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/decision-log-template.zip)
- [Technical design document template](https://nodary.ai/templates/technical-design-document): Free technical design document template: six linked Markdown files for context, architecture, data and APIs, operations, alternatives and risks, with diagrams. 6 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/technical-design-document-template.zip)

## For game teams

What a game studio keeps written down: the design, the art direction, each level, the pitch and the text to translate.

- [Game design document template](https://nodary.ai/templates/game-design-document): Free game design document template: nine linked Markdown files, from the pitch and pillars to the decision log. Opens anywhere, imports into Nodary. 9 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/game-design-document-template.zip)
- [Art bible template](https://nodary.ai/templates/art-bible): Free art bible template for games: six linked documents for visual pillars, color and light, shape language, characters, environments and production specs. 6 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/art-bible-template.zip)
- [Level design document template](https://nodary.ai/templates/level-design-document): Free level design document template: five linked documents for one level, its flow and beats, layout and player metrics, encounters, playtests and checklist. 5 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/level-design-document-template.zip)
- [Game pitch deck template](https://nodary.ai/templates/game-pitch-deck): Free game pitch deck template: a twelve-slide deck in Markdown, with speaker notes, publisher questions and a one-page summary. Exports to PowerPoint in Nodary. 4 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/game-pitch-deck-template.zip)
- [Localization string table template](https://nodary.ai/templates/localization-string-table): Free localization string table template for games: a CSV with keys, context, length limits and five languages, plus a glossary and a translator style guide. 4 documents, [Download .zip](https://nodary.ai/downloads/localization-string-table-template.zip)

## How the templates work

### Read before you download

Each template’s page shows every document as written, with its tables and diagrams, and draws the documents as the map they make.

### Open them anywhere

The files are Markdown with relative links and Mermaid diagrams, so a folder opens in Obsidian, on GitHub or in any editor. A string table is a CSV file that any spreadsheet opens.

### Import them into Nodary as a map

On a project’s map, choose Import, then Folder or ZIP, then Choose a ZIP. The overview arrives with its parts filed under it, the links kept, the diagrams drawn and a CSV turned into a sheet.

The Free plan holds ten documents per workspace, the project’s own page included, so each template fits a new Free workspace. Paid plans have room for as many as you need.

### Inside Nodary, 30 more

Nodary also comes with 30 built-in templates in 12 languages, from a product spec and a research note to a playtest plan and a press kit, and you can save any document as a template. The downloads here are the fuller, multi-document versions, written to be read and shared outside Nodary too.

## Questions about the templates

### Can I use the templates for commercial work?

Yes. Use them, change them and share them for any project, commercial or not, with or without a Nodary account. A mention is welcome, never required.

### Why several linked documents instead of one file?

Short pages get read when they matter, each one can have its own owner, and a change touches one page instead of a whole file. The overview links to every part, so nothing is more than one click away.

### Which format are they in?

Markdown, with relative links between the files, Markdown tables and Mermaid diagrams. The localization string table also has a CSV file. Nothing depends on one particular tool.

### Do I need a Nodary account?

Not to read or download them. To import one into Nodary you need a workspace, and the Free plan is enough: every template fits in it.

The page: https://nodary.ai/templates