Unexpectedly, "Wind Traveler" has been born for ten years, and time flies so fast. Recently, producer Chen Hanxing, in an interview with foreign media, was asked whether the question of whether games can be used as art is still unsolved?" Chen Hanxing said: Among the player groups, games have been regarded as art, but video games as an art form still have a long way to go to be respected by the mainstream.
Chen said he has struggled for years to get games accepted by the public as an art form, but today the reputation of games is more determined by mobile games than console games. "I was really happy in 2012 when I saw more and more AAA games becoming artistic and emotionally powerful, but then all of a sudden there were tens of millions of new games with free-to-play modes and kryptonite elements, unlike the older games," he said. This has greatly "diluted" the public's impression of the game industry. ”
I judge by observing people's reactions after "I told people I made games" to see if video games are a respected art. In 2005, people told me: You made my children addicted and violent and ruined them. Today, mainstream society still sees games as addictive. When I tell people I make games, people's first reaction is: games mean a lot of money, how much can you make? How many shifts do you have per day?
I expect that when video games are really legitimate works of art, the feedback you get will be similar to that of you saying that you are a writer, choreographer, architect, or filmmaker, and even though there is still a long way to go before the mainstream community understands and accepts the game, I will be happy with the progress we have made and the help that Wind Traveler may have helped it, and hope to win more respect for the game culture through the next project.