<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Jenova	O
Chen	O
and	O
Nicholas	O
Clark	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
via	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
ported	O
by	O
Bluepoint	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
both	O
published	O
by	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
"	O
to	O
Flow	B-Application
,	O
a	O
previous	O
title	O
by	O
Chen	O
and	O
Thatgamecompany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
in	O
the	O
pitch	O
and	O
roll	O
of	O
the	O
floating	O
petal	O
are	O
accomplished	O
by	O
tilting	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flower	O
includes	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
trophies	O
in	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flower	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Flow	B-Application
,	O
a	O
2006	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
game	O
created	O
by	O
Jenova	O
Chen	O
and	O
Nicholas	O
Clark	O
while	O
the	O
two	O
were	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flow	B-Application
was	O
later	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
game	O
by	O
Thatgamecompany	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
game	O
by	O
SuperVillain	O
Studios	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
prototypes	B-Application
,	O
including	O
concepts	O
focused	O
on	O
growing	O
flowers	O
and	O
based	O
around	O
human	O
consciousness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
decided	O
that	O
a	O
prototype	B-Application
centered	O
on	O
petals	O
floating	O
in	O
the	O
wind	O
best	O
captured	O
the	O
emotions	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
evoke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Santa	O
Monica	O
Studio	O
contracted	O
with	O
Bluepoint	O
Games	O
to	O
create	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
,	O
which	O
were	O
published	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
to	O
correspond	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
brought	O
Flower	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
platform	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
previously	O
scored	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Chen	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
Cloud	B-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Dyadin	O
(	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
and	O
Chen	O
were	O
both	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
album	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Sony	O
for	O
purchase	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kevin	O
Vanord	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
in	O
reviewing	O
the	O
2013	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
invites	O
introspection	O
and	O
inner	O
calm	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
game	O
experience	O
that	O
was	O
still	O
rare	O
four	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
first	O
came	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
