The creator of Plants vs. Zombies is making a new game about a mutant octopus

In mid-2012, three years removed from designing the adorable and massively successful strategy game Plants vs. Zombies, George Fan wondered what was next. After years at developer PopCap, he was now an indie developer. He no longer had the predictable paycheck or company-selected office chair, but he had time. So he decided to enter a game-making competition called Ludum Dare. The goal: to make an entire video game in just 48 hours — alone. The art, the code, the music, the design, Fan wou