With a game created on the pretense of stacking building blocks coupled with a passion for entrepreneurship, one local man has constructed a video game software empire for himself. Chances are that no matter what style of video game system or game genre, Henk Rogers of Blue Planet Software has had a hand in developing some part of the technology that provides hours of entertainment for you or your children.

Most don’t know this, but Blue Planet Software was founded right here in Honolulu and is one of the world’s most successful software gaming developers. However, it was a long road to arrive at that point for Rogers. “Business downturns are tough when you’re not a public company with deep pockets. Having to close companies or otherwise let people go who have become your friends is really hard,” says Rogers.