Jenova Chen Quotes

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Jenova Chen

Profession : Designer

Birth : October 8, 1981

When I designed 'Flower' I was thinking about making it a positive, almost like a self-healing experience. It's like therapy.

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'Journey' is a way for us to explore the crossing, the intersection of our lives between each other.

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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.

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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.

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Creativity is not talent but attitude.

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'Flower' is about the sublime.

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The focus of 'Flower' is emotion and to make you feel peaceful.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I always have a problem playing text-heavy games. I'm a slow reader. I don't speak English well. As a kid in China, trying to play these games, I just wanted the text to go away.

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Our vision is for games to offer a wide variety of different experiences and attract all kinds of gamers and nongamers.

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When humans are hungry, they look for food. But they are also hungry for certain feelings. They go out to look for entertainment - from music to movies to novels to games - to satisfy their emotions.

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Thatgamecompany was founded with the philosophy that games are a form of entertainment, and entertainment is the food for emotion.

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For 'Journey' to create a sense of smallness and a sense of awe will encourage the players to be together and exchange emotions. When you put the two players together online and put them in a difficult environment, they will create a bond.

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I would say 'Flower' had a story. It is told through the environment.

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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.

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I just feel like I'm on a quest to fail if I try to even compete with myself.

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If our games can help people, that's the best reward we can get.

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Nothing truly bad happens. There's always good and bad in any changes.

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