I didn't even know this place existed For some reason there are tons of comms I'm not subscribed to. I assume we're not automatically subscribed when they're created?

Anyways, I'm working on something for a game. I'm trying to follow Tim Cain's process of Setting > Story > Mechanics. If you're unfamiliar, setting is everything that exists and has happened up until the moment the game starts. The story is what happens during the game. He says you need to know both of those first because they inform what the player can and will be doing in the game, which tells you the mechanics. That's probably geared towards RPGs more than other types of games, but I wanted some kind of structure to follow. I have been working on the setting for a little while now and keep finding myself getting lost in the sauce.

How do you folks do it? Are there any widely regarded processes? What about methods of organization. I'm just throwing everything into an Obsidian Vault for now.