Company: Create Joy Create Joy

For most of my career I have made exploration-driven action games: games where players find their own path and discover they can do what they could not do before. That joy is what I have always tried to create.

You do not have to be good at action games. If you keep going, you can reach the end. I have always cared about that kind of playability, because I want as many people as possible to find their way, grow a little stronger, and see the story through to its final scene.

ArtPlay is not a large company. That is exactly why every individual’s opinion reaches the game. We keep the core of design, art and technology in our own hands, and refine each title together with our partners as equals. That is how we make games.

Some of the 2D action know-how we have built up over the years has become rare. But preserving it is not enough. It only has value when it is combined with new technology and evolved into the next kind of play.

What matters most to us is that we ourselves find it genuinely fun. From there, we listen to fans around the world and try to deliver the surprise that lies beyond their expectations.

If it makes the game better, anyone here can speak up, regardless of role or position. With creators like that, we will keep taking on the world with what we do best.