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Jenova Chen
Jenova Chen
Chinese Designer
Born: Oct 8, 1981
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We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life. Jenova Chen
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Creativity is not talent but attitude. Jenova Chen
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The focus of 'Flower' is emotion and to make you feel peaceful. Jenova Chen
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When I read a good story, I often start thinking, 'Should I live my life according to what this character chooses and values?' It makes me think. I feel like I grew up to be a more mature person while thinking about character development in these fictional situations. Jenova Chen
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Each game we make, we like to introduce an emotion that is rarely experienced by gamers in the console game industry. Jenova Chen
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If you can imagine the delight of visiting a theme park where lasting memories are made, we envision 'Sky' will sometimes feel like that. Jenova Chen
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I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. Jenova Chen
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When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I was empowered and different; that's why superheroes, comics, manga, and video games filled my needs. When I got older, I realized power is not free; it comes with responsibility. Jenova Chen
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Video games have always been a part of my life. Jenova Chen
Life Video Games My Life Part Always Been Video Games
A strong story can move me to tears, and it doesn't matter whether it's a science-fiction or fantasy world. It's about what happens to a person, the choices they make. That's what's interesting. Jenova Chen
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'Cloud' and 'Flower' are very much egocentric about my own expression. 'Flow' is more utilitarian, and 'Journey' is more about collaboration between various creative voices in the team. Jenova Chen
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A teenager can find lots of games, but that's not necessarily true for adults over 30. As you get older, you desire more intellectual, emotional experiences. If you look at film, there's many different genres. No matter how old you are, you can find the type of movie you like. That's a sign of a mature medium. Jenova Chen
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We try really hard to avoid those conventional experiences, these adrenaline rush, anger, competition, violence. We intentionally avoid that. We try to create a game that's serene and tranquil and filled with love. Jenova Chen
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Seeing games become more of a young person thing, I feel like a toy I grew up with has been left behind. I don't want to. I want this thing to be respected by adults. I want this thing to be growing with me. It's important to have games that could be more nuanced and reflective of the real world and relevant to adults. Jenova Chen
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Thatgamecompany was founded with the philosophy that games are a form of entertainment, and entertainment is the food for emotion. Jenova Chen
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The struggle we went through in the last year of 'Journey' was pretty insane, and I think that is also why, when I was working on the struggle level, I was able to channel my own struggle into the game. Jenova Chen
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I'm a perfectionist. Jenova Chen
Perfectionist
In the free-to-play industry, the most money-making games are often coming from making people fighting against each other and really hating each other and wanting to revenge, so they spend more money to dominate. Jenova Chen
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I would rather see a game where you play to feel happier and to make other people like you and to make the people you care about happy. Jenova Chen
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When we approach games, we're always emotional-focused, so if a free-to-play business model works against the emotion, we won't use it. If it actually works well with the emotion, or if we can come up with a new way to do monetization that's different and that's unique for the game, I would go for that. Jenova Chen
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A lot of the greatest artists, their work is always about life and the world. I think there needs to be that for video games. Jenova Chen
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Even in film, books, and music, there's always action - there's always rock and roll. Young people appreciate that kind of experience. Jenova Chen
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I'm a game designer, so I care about the whole experience. Jenova Chen
Game Experience Care About Whole Designer
Our goal is always to make games that can move people, that are designed for everybody so the whole family should be able to play it together, and that bring people together and really move them in a way. Jenova Chen
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A lot of people asked us why 'Journey' didn't let them play with friends or family, and obviously we had a reason - because that would have defeated the purpose of the game. But for a game to be truly be accessible to both children and adults and to men and women, it has to allow people to play with the ones they love. Jenova Chen
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I always played games with my friends, but as I got older, my friends stopped playing. Jenova Chen
Older Always Got Friends Stopped Games Played Playing
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