Lithium Leaf

Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18494

What? Is there a better reason than just how plain AWESOME it is? Jenova Chen, co-founder of thatgamecompany, has said there is in a recent interview with Gamasutra.

I think it's because, you know, when you play games, you have a goal, and every action you have has a clear response and reward to tell you, "Hey! You're closer to the goal!" Whether that's an experience bar, or your cash that you're collecting, I just felt like no matter how hard I worked at Maxis, I'm not getting closer to the goal that I'm looking at.

Jokes aside, it is a very interesting read. I am no indie developer myself, but I have, for a long time, been interested in independent gaming. And hope to develop my own games sometime.

The information in the article is just an extract from the interview at Gamasutra. The interview is 6 pages long.

Follow up:

Also, if you haven't yet. Check Thatgamecompany's games. Cloud is a personal favorite.

The images are from Thatgamecompany's website.