25 Game Design Books to make you a Better Game Dev

These are the best books on game design and development that I've read! Learn what "fun" is, how to make a game from start to finish, read about the development of hit games and horrible flops, and learn what inspired your favorite game creators! https://bit.ly/VNDVA11 - use code VISUALNOVELDESIGN for 5% off site-wide 00:00 A Comprehensive Education 04:27 From a Certain Point of View... 07:09 Nice Warm Reality 09:16 Cold Hard Reality 11:57 The Books that keep on Booking Books Listed: VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works The Art of Game Design - Jesse Schell Level Up! The Guide to Great Game Design by Scott Rogers A Playful Production Process by Richard Lemarchand Matt Hackett’s How to Make a Video Game all by Yourself The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks Design on Design by Fred Brooks The Game Narrative Toolbox The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by John Buscema and Stan Lee The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams A Theory of Fun by Raph Koster Writing for Games - Theory and Practice by Hannah Nicklin Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Bible Adventures by Gabe Durham Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall Masters of Doom by David Kushner The Video Game Industry Does Not Exist by Brendan Keogh Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Shreier Press Reset by Jason Shreier The Creative Gene by Hideo Kojima Shibumi, written by Rodney William Whitaker under the pseudonym "Trevanian" A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon