Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

Each game we make, we like to introduce an emotion that is rarely experienced by gamers in the console game industry.

— Jenova Chen

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.

— Jenova Chen

When people see success, particularly investors, they are much more willing to invest in artistic projects.

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

I feel, as a game maker, we are responsible to make content that stretch the ruling structure and emotions so that everyone…

— Jenova Chen

Your children are your retirement plan. Because of that, all parents want their children, their only children, to do really well financially,…

— Jenova Chen

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…

— Jenova Chen

'Cloud' and 'Flower' are very much egocentric about my own expression. 'Flow' is more utilitarian, and 'Journey' is more about collaboration between…

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

I was very impressed with the scope and scale and impact that came from originally one person making 'Minecraft.' It's inspiring for…

— Jenova Chen

The struggle we went through in the last year of 'Journey' was pretty insane, and I think that is also why, when…

— Jenova Chen

I was not grown up in the U.S., nor in Japan. In order to create a video game that people around the…

— Jenova Chen

In cinema we have all kinds of ways of communicating: cinematography, lighting, character performance. If you pay attention to silent era movie…

— Jenova Chen

Seeing games become more of a young person thing, I feel like a toy I grew up with has been left behind.…

— Jenova Chen

What I want to try to prove is that artistic games, when done properly, can still be a commercial success. By doing…

— Jenova Chen

A teenager can find lots of games, but that's not necessarily true for adults over 30. As you get older, you desire…

— Jenova Chen

Any established media, such as literature, music, or film, offers a wide variety of experiences touching emotions from the very primal to…

— Jenova Chen

A lot of people asked us why 'Journey' didn't let them play with friends or family, and obviously we had a reason…

— Jenova Chen

When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I…

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

I don't believe in a particular god, but I believe in the unknown. I believe that there's something bigger than us.

— Jenova Chen

'Journey' was very much inspired by Joseph Campbell's work for 'The Hero's Journey,' but, from among his works, I like 'The Power…

— Jenova Chen

There are words that exist in one language and not in another language. It creates barriers that keep us from understanding each…

— Jenova Chen

There are many sides of the urban life that I dislike, but there are many sides I am deeply in love with…

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

I would rather see a game where you play to feel happier and to make other people like you and to make…

— Jenova Chen

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

— Jenova Chen

Our goal is always to make games that can move people, that are designed for everybody so the whole family should be…

— Jenova Chen

For 'Journey' to create a sense of smallness and a sense of awe will encourage the players to be together and exchange…

— Jenova Chen

A lot of the greatest artists, their work is always about life and the world. I think there needs to be that…

— Jenova Chen

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

I still hope that more people can create art, even though artistic genres may never be the most popular or money-making genres.…

— Jenova Chen

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…

— Jenova Chen