Jenova Chen
Xinghan Chen (simplified Chinese: 陈星汉; traditional Chinese: 陳星漢; pinyin: Chén Xīnghàn; born October 8, 1981), better known as Jenova Chen, is a Chinese video game designer. He is the designer of the award-winning games Cloud, Flow, Flower and Journey, and is co-founder of Thatgamecompany. Chen is from Shanghai, where he earned a bachelor's degree in computer science with a minor in digital art and design. He then moved to the United States, where he earned a master's degree from the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division. While there he created Cloud and Flow, and met fellow student Kellee Santiago. After a brief period at Maxis working on Spore, he founded Thatgamecompany with Santiago and became the company's creative director. The company signed a three-game deal with Sony Computer Entertainment, and has sold Flow, Flower, and Journey through the PlayStation Network.As Chen was born in one culture and lives in another, he tries to make games that appeal universally to all people. His goal with his games is to help video games mature as a medium by making games that inspire emotional responses in the player that other games are lacking. Although he and Thatgamecompany can and have made more traditional games, he does not plan on commercially developing any of them, as he does not think that it fits with their goals as an independent video game developer.
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