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What does a video game director actually do? What guiding principles do they follow while leading a team of game creators? Longtime Ratchet & Clank director, Brian Allgeier, boils down his decades of experience into 101 fully illustrated tips.

Written for both aspiring and experienced creative leaders, this book covers the expansive and multi-faceted role of the director, from developing the initial vision to key methods on tackling design, story development, and production challenges.

Tips cover the 5 essential qualities of a creative director who must:

Hold the Vision
Provide Structure
Keep a Creative Toolbox
Lead Effectively
Know Production

For those who are curious about what it takes to be a video game director or want learn more about the art of creative collaboration, this book covers the basic principles for leading and inspiring a team to make great games.

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238 pages
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Illusion Road
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May 6, 2017
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5 x 0.62 x 8 inches
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0998637521
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"This book is one of a kind, and is essential reading for anyone who wants to lead the creation of a video game. It's full of great visuals and excellent advice, and belongs on every game director's bookshelf."
--Richard Lemarchand, Associate Professor in the Interactive Media Division, USC

"Brian has managed an incredible thing--to present a broadly complex, multi-faceted role in bite-sized, easy to digest nuggets of sage advice."
--Marcus Smith, Creative Director of Resistance 3 and Sunset Overdrive

"Directing Video Games is a literal loot drop of knowledge, decades of experience concisely and expertly crafted into 101 densely packed tips. Even a page -- with no exaggeration -- can be transformative to a project's success."
--Brenda Romero, Award winning game designer

"Born of expansive experience, this is a comprehensive book that both beginners and seasoned developers should keep at their side."
--Michael John, Program Director of Games and Playable Media, UCSC

From the Author

Hello there, potential future reader!

This book contains lessons and principles I've learned while directing games over the last decade. I've been fortunate to work with many talented individuals at Insomniac Games on the Ratchet & Clank series, Oculus VR projects, and other high profile titles. These tips came not only from my experience of developing games, but also are the universal mantras and revelations I've heard discussed by other game creators.

What you will (potentially) read has been a passion project for me. I enjoyed illustrating all 101 plus tips and sharing what I've learned as a director. I wrote the book I wish I could have read before getting started in developing games. These principles apply to more than just game direction, and can be beneficial to those who are interested in how to better collaborate with a creative team and develop ideas that resonate with their audience.

I hope you enjoy Directing Video Games: 101 Tips for Creative Leaders and it helps you on your path to becoming a successful and creative person!

All the best,

-Brian

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Illusion Road; Illustrated edition (May 6, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0998637521
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0998637525
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.62 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,335,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #320 in Computer & Video Game Design
- #832 in Game Programming
- #2,521 in Video & Computer Games

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Brian Allgeier

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Brian Allgeier is the longtime director of the Ratchet & Clank series and has developed video games for over 25 years. He led the design and creative direction on a wide range of titles from the lighthearted Ratchet & Clank games to the darker virtual reality horror adventure, Edge of Nowhere, for the Oculus Rift.

When not making games, he enjoys drawing, sculpting models in VR, and coming up with crazy Halloween costumes. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dog.

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One of the best video games directing books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2021

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Very helpful and great guide for creative directors

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Christian Davis

Fundamental But Shallow

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 18, 2019

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Offers an optimistic and ultimately necessary perspective into game design and creative leadership. However, many of the points offered in this book can feel obvious or even redundant. A good read if you’re struggling to maintain optimism, but don’t expect to learn anything you couldn’t figure out on your own.

Useful tips and tricks for all experience levels

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2017

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Brian has put together a great resource for beginners and advanced directors alike, or even just for people curious about what directing games is like.

Each of Brian's 101 tips for game directors comes with a great illustration, and Brian's straightforward language and humorous tone makes it an easy read.

If you're new to the field, you'll find it a useful source of tips and tricks.

If you've been directing games for a long time, you'll find it a useful checklist of things to remember.

5 people found this helpful

Benjamin Jaekle

Great Little Book of Game Making

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2018

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This pretty little book is chock full of great advice for aspiring game directors, and a super-beneficial read for anyone making games or curious about the field. Colorful illustrations accompany 101 digestible, relevant tips that break down a game director's responsibility and offer advice in doing the job well. Garnished with a few cheeky surprises, too. Highly recommend for people passionate about gamemaking.

2 people found this helpful

Recommended to me by Brenda Romero

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2017

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Recommended to me by Brenda Romero, it's definitely worth your time to look at this if you are starting out in the game industry and take interest in becoming a game designer. It reads more like a cliff-notes/ cheat sheet style for all the important concepts and creative ways of thinking outside the box.

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This is an amazing, concise and beautifully illustrated guide to the world ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 12, 2017

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This is an amazing, concise and beautifully illustrated guide to the world of game developing! Organized and easy to read, it applies to much more than game design - any creative professional can relate to these ideas, especially if you work in teams. Terrific resource!

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Highly Recommended

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2017

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As a solo indie game developer who wants to build up a team in the future I've found this book extremely useful. It's an easy and enjoyable read which will be my No. 1 source when it comes to video game directing.

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This is a must read for anyone who wish to become a leader in the game industry!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2018

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Amazing book! Some of the most valuable insights on being a creative director and making video games.

2 people found this helpful

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Not sure how helpful it is

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 14, 2020

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I liked an idea of some sort of bible of wisdom, as it was recommended to me, however I found it a bit disappointing. All 101 tips are very short and there’s not enough elaboration to truly make them helpful. Some of the tips are so obvious that it’s a bit embarrassing. Most of the book is nice but rather useless drawings.

Overall this is so basic that I’m not sure how helpful it really has. It’s a bit of a wasted opportunity as the idea for a book was pretty cool.

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Very basic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 26, 2022

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I found this information very basic, bordering on patronising. Useful for someone very junior perhaps? But certainly not for someone at a director's level.

Aj Grand-scrutton

Amazing Read, Great Tips, Contextual Examples and Captivating Writing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 20, 2017

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I can't recommend this book enough. I've been in the games industry for about 10 years and for the last 5 years I've run my own midsize studio, alongside my roles as "CEO" my actual work on projects is that of a Game Director/Creative Director. This book was the sanity check I was begging for, to have it confirmed to me that although I may have stumbled through to this position I was still doing OK was priceless. The book is great and I imagine it's a great read even for those not yet in this role or even this industry. Each tip is delivered with the right amount of information, contextual examples and real life experience to make them not only feel valid but incredibly engaging. The illustration style is captivating and made it very easy for me to recall certain tips purely by their visual. I have advised all my creative and leadership staff within the studio to purchase this book.

Mitja Roskaric

Essential reading for creatives in the video game industry!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 24, 2017

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Directing Video Games is the first book directed at creative leads in the game development industry. As the title mentions it contains 101 tips that cover a variety of essential topics for creative leads - brainstorming, game mechanics, character and story development, leadership etc.

Although the book is directed at creative leads it contains valuable information for designers of all experience levels, game design lecturers and researches, and other game developers wanting to learn more about design.

I myself have been working in the game development industry for about 8 years as a Level Designer and I ordered the book as soon as it was available on Amazon. I wasn't disappointed at all and I read through the whole book in one evening.

Brian demonstrated his vast knowledge he gained from being the Creative Director on some of the most popular video games and presented it in a clear, concise way.

The book is also available at an affordable price and comes in multiple formats.

Highly recommended!

Alessandro

Essential read for creative game dev enthusiasts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 7, 2018

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Brian has written such a great and accessible creative reference. What helped me the most is the insight into planning a creative approach when building a strong game foundation. The tips provided are written in a way that’s extremely easy to consume avoiding the overwhelming text book style approach. Lastly, I appreciate that leadership and team collaboration is emphasized here and Brian offers valuable advice on how to maximize this approach. I recommend this book highly.

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