This book defines a common design language used to understand and orchestrate video game storytelling. Building from a foundation of art forms such as ancient Greek sculpture, classical painting, and film, it establishes a language that is mindful of gaming's principal relationship between player actions and video game art. Brief examples from film will set the stage for examining the do's and don'ts of storytelling techniques for various video games, including The Last of Us, Journey, Minecraft, and the Grand Theft Auto series. This book is for developers of video games and virtual reality, filmmakers, gamification, and transmedia experts.