Bruce Straley

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Straley in 2016
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Game director
  • artist
  • designer
Employers
  • Western Technologies (1992–1993)
  • Pacific Softscape (1993–1995)
  • Crystal Dynamics (1996–1999)
  • Naughty Dog (1999–2017)
  • Wildflower Interactive (2021–present)
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Bruce Straley is an American game director, artist, designer, and studio director. He previously worked for the video game developer Naughty Dog, known for his work on the video games The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End . Straley's first video game work was as an artist at Western Technologies Inc, where he worked on the Menacer six-game cartridge (1992) [lower-alpha 1] and X-Men (1993). Following this, he formed a company, Pacific Softscape, where he worked as a designer on Generations Lost (1994). After the company disbanded, Straley was eventually hired at Crystal Dynamics, where he worked as a designer on Gex: Enter the Gecko (1998) and was initially game director for Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999); he left the company partway through development of the latter.

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Straley was employed at Naughty Dog in 1999. He worked as an artist on Crash Team Racing (1999) and the Jak and Daxter series (2001–2004). Following this, he became co-art director on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), and was promoted to game director of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009). He was later chosen to lead development on The Last of Us (2013) as game director, a role he continued during the development of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016). Straley has received praise for his work. In particular, his work on The Last of Us was highly praised, and the game received several awards and nominations. He departed Naughty Dog in September 2017, and started his own studio, Wildflower Interactive, in March 2021.

Career

Bruce Straley grew up in Florida. [1] He felt pressure from his mother to attend school after his brother and sister dropped out; since he felt that drawing was his only talent, he attended an art institute and received a degree in advertising design. [2] When Straley heard about California from his friend, he decided to move to Los Angeles. After struggling to find a job in advertising, he applied for an art design position at Western Technologies Inc. [3] At the job interview the following day, a programmer showed him footage from Sonic the Hedgehog and asked if he could make similar art; he said yes, and was offered the job by the end of the day. [4] He worked on a video game about Robosaurus for some time, though it was eventually canceled. [5]

Straley worked on two more games at Western Technologies Inc: the Menacer six-game cartridge in 1992, [lower-alpha 1] and X-Men in 1993. [6] Following this, he formed a company, Pacific Softscape, with some ex-employees at Western Technologies. There, he worked as designer on Generations Lost in 1994. [7] He felt too inexperienced to run a company, and did not get along with some of his coworkers, so the company disbanded in 1995. [8] [9] He left the industry for a short time, traveling to Europe, before moving to San Francisco in 1996 and receiving a job at Crystal Dynamics through a friend. [10] [11] There, Straley worked alongside several future Naughty Dog employees, [12] including Amy Hennig, who later became creative director of the Uncharted series, [12] Evan Wells, who later became co-president of Naughty Dog, [13] and Danny Chan, who later worked as a lead programmer on Crash Team Racing . [14]

Straley worked as designer on Gex: Enter the Gecko (1998), [15] and was promoted to game director for Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999). Around this time, some of his coworkers, including Wells and Chan, had moved to Naughty Dog in Santa Monica, California; Straley, unhappy with the development of Gex 3 and missing his friends, followed them and met Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin. [14] Having left during development, Straley was credited for "additional art" on Gex 3. [16] In March 1999, Straley was employed at Naughty Dog; [17] he was the fifteenth employee. [18]

At Naughty Dog, Straley worked as an artist on Crash Team Racing in 1999. [19] Although he was employed as a texture artist, the small size of the team resulted in Straley performing various jobs, including design, background modeling and foreground animating, among others. As the size of the studio grew, the tasks became more specific. [20] Straley acted as artist on Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001), [21] Jak II (2003), [22] and Jak 3 (2004). [23] Straley is credited with creating the technology that managed the appearance of the Jak and Daxter series, and having the knowledge to understand the technical and artistic features, bridging the communication gap between the two departments. [13] For Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), Straley was appointed the role of co-art director, alongside Bob Rafei, which involved advancing the team's technology from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3. He was then given the role of game director for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves , which was released in 2009. [20]

Straley (left) with creative director Neil Druckmann (right) at PAX Prime 2014. The two worked closely throughout the development of The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, forming a friendship that they jokingly described as a "marriage". Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann, PAX Prime 2014.jpg
Straley (left) with creative director Neil Druckmann (right) at PAX Prime 2014. The two worked closely throughout the development of The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, forming a friendship that they jokingly described as a "marriage".

Following the development of Uncharted 2, Naughty Dog split into two teams to work on projects concurrently. With one team working on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011), co-presidents Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra chose Straley and Neil Druckmann to lead development on a new game; Straley was selected to lead the project, as game director, based on his experience and his work on previous projects. [13] Though they were originally set to develop a new game in the Jak and Daxter series, the team felt that they "weren't doing service to the fans of [the] franchise", and decided to create a new game, titled The Last of Us . [25]

Straley and Druckmann had previously worked together on Uncharted 2, and found that they shared similar interests. During the development of The Last of Us, Straley and Druckmann often joked that their relationship was "like a marriage", in which they have many differing ideas, but ultimately wish to achieve the same goal. [24] Straley's role in developing The Last of Us was to handle gameplay. [24] In the final weeks of development, Straley undertook roles from different departments that were busy with other tasks; for example, he was seen hand-arranging the texts on the game's training screens, a task that lead artist Nate Wells found unusual. Wells said: "I have never even heard of a game director doing that! That's like... an intern task." [26] At the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, Straley showcased a gameplay demonstration of The Last of Us at Sony's press conference; his stance on the stage became an Internet meme, and was referred to as "The Bruce". [27] The game was released on June 14, 2013, to critical acclaim. [28] For his work on the game, Straley and Druckmann were nominated for Best Director from The Daily Telegraph ; it was ultimately awarded to Davey Wreden for his work on The Stanley Parable (2013). [29] Straley later continued his role as game director for The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014), a downloadable content and expansion pack for the 2013 game. [30]

Following Hennig's departure from Naughty Dog in March 2014, it was announced that Straley and Druckmann were working on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) as game director and creative director, respectively. [31] Initial reports claimed that Hennig was "forced out" of Naughty Dog by Straley and Druckmann, though Wells and Balestra later denied this. [32] Straley presented gameplay demonstrations of Uncharted 4 at the PlayStation Experience in December 2014, [33] and at the E3 2015 in June. [34] The game was released on May 10, 2016, to critical acclaim. [35] For his work on the game, Straley won Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project at the 15th Visual Effects Society Awards, alongside visual effects artists Eben Cook and Iki Ikram. [36] After the release of Uncharted 4, Straley took a break from development; he did not return to direct The Last of Us Part II . [37] On September 13, 2017, Straley announced his departure from Naughty Dog, stating that he "found [his] energy focusing in other directions" following his break. [38] His decision to leave was also partly due to burnout; [39] his relationship with Naughty Dog and Sony became strained. Following the lack of credit to Straley in the television series The Last of Us in 2023, he considered the support for unionization in the video game industry, saying it may be necessary "to protect creators". [40] [41]

Straley worked as a story consultant on Chained: A Victorian Nightmare (2018), a virtual reality theater experience. He was awarded the Vanguard Award at the Fun & Serious Game Festival in December 2019. [42] After leaving the industry in 2017, Straley was unsure if he wanted to continue making games; however, after thinking more about the medium, an "idea kept following [him]". [43] He and some friends began prototyping, and eventually decided to create a studio, Wildflower Interactive, [43] founded on March 11, 2021, [44] and announced in July 2022. As studio director, Straley wants the studio to be "inclusive, equitable, and collaborative". [43] It is operating in a fully remote work environment. [43]

Works

Video games

YearGame titleRole
1992 Menacer six-game cartridge [lower-alpha 1] Artist
1993 X-Men Art, design [6]
1994 Generations Lost Designer [7]
1996 Mr. Bones Additional animation [47]
1998 Gex: Enter the Gecko Designer [15]
1999 Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Additional art [16]
1999 Crash Team Racing Artist [19]
2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Artist [21]
2003 Jak II Artist [22]
2004 Jak 3 Artist [23]
2007 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Co-art director [20]
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game director [20]
2013 The Last of Us Game director [13]
2014 The Last of Us: Left Behind Game director [30]
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Game director [31]
2017 Gorogoa Special thanks
2018Chained: A Victorian NightmareStory consultant [42]

Literature

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013The Art of The Last of UsWriter (introduction) [48] with Neil Druckmann
2014The Art of Naughty DogWriter (sections)with Neil Druckmann, [49] Evan Wells, and Christophe Balestra [50]

Film and television

YearTitleNotes
2013Grounded: Making The Last of UsDocumentary [51]
2015Conversations with CreatorsWeb series; Episode 2 [52]

Awards and nominations

DateAwardCategoryRecipient(s) and Nominee(s)ResultRef.
December 31, 2013 The Daily Telegraph Video Game Awards 2013Best DirectorBruce Straley and Neil DruckmannNominated [29]
February 7, 2017 15th Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time ProjectBruce Straley, Eben Cook, and Iki IkramWon [36]
December 11, 2019 Fun & Serious Game Festival Vanguard AwardBruce StraleyWon [42]

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