Cloud is a 2005 puzzle video game developed by a team of students in the University of Southern California's (USC) Interactive Media Program. The team began development of the game for Microsoft Windows in January 2005 with a US$20,000 grant from the USC Game Innovation Lab; the game was released as a free download that October. By July 2006, the hosting website had received 6 million visits, and the game had been downloaded 600,000 times.
Cloud (video game)
A screenshot of the boy flying in the sky. Above him black clouds and white clouds that the player has moved are combining to form rain.
Members of Cloud's development team. From left to right: Erik Nelson, Glenn Song, Kellee Santiago, Jenova Chen, and Vincent Diamante.
Xinghan Chen, known professionally as Jenova Chen, is a Chinese video game designer. He is the designer of the award-winning games Cloud, Flow, Flower, and Journey, and is co-founder of Thatgamecompany.
Chen in 2007