Demystifying Creativity: On Originality in Game Development

This book is a study of the psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of creativity, originality, and inspiration viewed from the lens of a seasoned game developer. It introduces the concept of creative sobriety-a practice that advocates better understanding our own sources of inspiration so that we can intellectually drive our creative voice closer to originality.

The creative process is an improvised dance between the conscious and the subconscious mind, where knowledge, experience, intuiti...