Quotes from Jenova Chen

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

Even in film, books, and music, there's always action - there's always rock and roll. Young people appreciate that kind of experience.

A great painter can paint something really complex, but they can crystallize it into something really simple.

We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life.

If you can imagine the delight of visiting a theme park where lasting memories are made, we envision 'Sky' will sometimes feel like that.

Language is very deceiving. In certain languages, there is certain vocabulary that doesn't exist in other languages. It totally changes how people feel about things.

'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.

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

I like technology, but the blockbuster games use it for the same thing over and over again.

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.

The girl has to be, you know, "the man," who is going to take care of everybody.

If a game is meant to be played by everybody, it deserves to be on multiple platforms so everybody can play it.

I grew up with games. It changed my life. It changed my social relationships with my friends. It defined my childhood. It's something I really cherished.

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.

I'm a game designer, so I care about the whole experience.

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.

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.

I think that our language, culture, age, fortune, property, and our fame is all a facade. In the end, we're all the same.

At TGC, we are firm believers in the value of making games that respect our players.

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

Any established media, such as literature, music, or film, offers a wide variety of experiences touching emotions from the very primal to the deeply complex. No matter who the audience are or what kind of mood they are in, there will always be something right for them. Video games, as a fast-growing new medium, is on its way to catching up.

We tried to just convince big publishers like EA or other people to make games like 'Cloud'... It's just almost impossible.

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

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