We caught up with Jenova Chen, creative director for Thatgamecompany, at the Dice Summit’s Interactive Achievement Awards red carpet last week. Chen’s company created Flower, the PlayStation Network downloadable game that launched a year ago. The game was unique in that it featured no violence; as the player, you become the wind in the dream of a flower in the middle of a decaying city.
The graphics in the game were spectacular, pushing the PlayStation 3 to its limit. The scenery could fit 200,000 blades of grass swaying in the wind, alongside the vivid colors of flowers. The game won the best casual game category in the award show, 
sponsored by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. It was also one of our favorites of 2009. I sure hope there will be more games like this one coming.
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In our interview, Chen expressed surprise at all of the attention the game got. And he said the company is working on a new title. Check out the video below with Chen.