From researchers, programmers and independent game developers to co-founders of Tokyo-based creative cooperative Studio Terranova, CJ Hostetter and Matt Kaemmerer share their journey. Together they ha

From researchers, programmers and independent game developers to co-founders of Tokyo-based creative cooperative Studio Terranova, CJ Hostetter and Matt Kaemmerer share their journey. Together they have built a worker-owned studio that blends design, user research and narrative development into games and digital experiences, and continue to expand their practice in Japan’s creative tech scene. What sparked your interest in moving to Japan? CJ and Matt whiteboard a game idea. CJ Hostetter (CH): When I was in high school I took a class on global literature, and we read Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro. I think it’s a really intimate and beautiful work, and I remember thinking that I must be missing something reading the English translat

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