Meet and chat
with thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago as they (along with special guests) provide insight on their creativity and the inspiration behind their work and discuss what it takes to be successful as an independent developer.
As
with thatgamecompany's other games, Flower is somewhat short, but making it any longer would've taken away from the experience.
THURSDAY, JULY 21 10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Get Into the Indie Spirit with PlayStation Network Game Developers: Meet and chat
with thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago as they, along with Minority Games» Vander Caballero (Papo & Yo) and OverKill Software's Bo Anderson (Payday), provide insight on their creativity and the inspiration behind upcoming PlayStation Network releases, and discuss what it takes to be successful as an independent developer.
It came out, the game did really well, which led to other projects and eventually reuniting
with thatgamecompany to create Journey.
It became a title that showed that games are not simply methods to tell tangible stories, but that experience and emotion are as strong, if not stronger vehicles for gameplay — an ideology that has seemed to stay
with thatgamecompany, the company that was born out of the success of fl0w.
Not exact matches
Surprising no one,
thatgamecompany's Journey is among the top nominees along
with Telltale Games» The Walking Dead and Arkane Studios» Dishonored.
Thatgamecompany was contracted by Sony to develop three titles, which eventually finished
with one of my favorite titles of all time, Journey.
In an interview
with Mashable,
thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen discusses his hopes for video games becoming a more respected medium.
With their three - game deal (Flow, Flower, Journey) with Sony concluded, thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen has revealed to VG247 that the studio is currently negotiating a deal with «various partners» and should be able to reveal their next game sometime this y
With their three - game deal (Flow, Flower, Journey)
with Sony concluded, thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen has revealed to VG247 that the studio is currently negotiating a deal with «various partners» and should be able to reveal their next game sometime this y
with Sony concluded,
thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen has revealed to VG247 that the studio is currently negotiating a deal
with «various partners» and should be able to reveal their next game sometime this y
with «various partners» and should be able to reveal their next game sometime this year.
We teased about this costume last month and now Sackboy is ready to begin his own incredible Journey
with this costume pack based on the awesome game by our friends at
thatgamecompany!
Sony announced today that PlayStation Plus members will be able to snag an early download of
thatgamecompany's latest title Journey, along
with a free dynamic theme.
Santa Monica hasn't just developed its own franchise for a big corporate giant, but staff have worked
with smaller indie like
thatgamecompany on the likes of Fl0w to help bring more flavour to the PlayStation.
Like
thatgamecompany's other games, flOw and Flower, it's visually stunning
with an ambience unlike anything else.
Thatgamecompany, which started in 2006, had a deal
with Sony that lasted for three titles, and now that Journey has been released, they can now make games for whichever platform they want.
Not much is known about if / when 2D Boy will release a new game,
with efforts centred on Goo and its ports, plus more general philanthropic work for the rest of the industry — last year, inspired by their successes in indie games, 2D Boy and
thatgamecompany teamed up to start the «Indie Fund» to offer financial support for new studios.
The long and winding road... After the well - received releases of flOw and Flower,
thatgamecompany return to the digital download arena the
with the intriguing title Journey.
Created by
Thatgamecompany, the masterminds behind the multi-award winning game Journey, Sky is almost in a league of its own but at the same time, it resonates
with the beauty and
Travel through an ancient world filled
with beautiful ruins, stunning visuals, and an incredible OST in
thatgamecompany's, Journey.
The studio is also a major support branch, working
with the likes of
Thatgamecompany on Journey and Giant Sparrow on The Unfinished Swan.
In fact, the idea of forming the
thatgamecompany team to create games
with Sony Santa Monica originated from several dozen emails that players sent in after playing our first student game, Cloud, from our time at USC.
While
Thatgamecompany had been heralded as independent game design masterminds
with the first two gamers, it wasn't until Journey was released that the gaming industry as a whole really took notice.
At PAX I gave a talk
with Robin Hunicke (
thatgamecompany, Journey), Nathan Vella (Capybara Games, Critter Crunch), Dylan Fitterer (Audiosurf LLC, Audiosurf), and Andy Schatz (Pocketwatch Games, Monaco) called «In (die) credible!
Developed by
thatgamecompany, Journey takes place in a beautiful desert environment
with the player taking control of a robed figure heading towards a mountain on the horizon.
I really hope to see some
Thatgamecompany themes in the game, like a partial flower level or even the character from journey (although it might be hard to come up
with ways for it to fight)
We're incredibly happy to have The Unfinished Swan bundled
with Journey because our game owes such a big debt to Journey and all the other games from
thatgamecompany.
It was a good talk
with her, and she only furthered my belief that the people working at
thatgamecompany are some of the most creative, ingenious people in the entire game industry.
Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen has spoken about how «lucky» he and his team were to land a contract on PSN, ascribing Journey's critical success to a mixture of timing, people growing tired of traditional forms of gaming, and a greater appreciation and affinity for development, which comes
with time.
After showing promise
with their debut game Cloud,
thatgamecompany went on to work
with Sony in creating the fantastic FlOw, Flower and now Journey for PSN.
Thatgamecompany has teased its next game after Journey (2012)
with an image and the promise of its arrival in 2017.
thatgamecompany has provided us
with three of each.
It has served as the venue which first premiered numerous now widely recognized names, including Cloud from the USC - based team that became
Thatgamecompany (Flower), as well as DigiPen's Narbacular Drop and Tag: The Power of Paint, which would evolve first into Valve's acclaimed Portal,
with the latter brought on - board for the upcoming Portal 2.
Along
with LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule,
thatgamecompany is one of the best examples of Sony's willingness to invest in new ideas.
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