I studied Computer Science when I was in my undergrad and minored in Digital Art & Design. Jenova Chen Read Quote
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. Jenova Chen Read Quote
I was not grown up in the U.S., nor in Japan. In order to create a video game that people around the globe can enjoy and relate to, I can’t draw things deeply rooted in the local culture that I’m not familiar with. That’s why we are not doing games about football or samurai. Jenova Chen Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It’s not what you put in but how much you take away. Jenova Chen Read Quote
