In our How to Get Hired series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For this installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Chief Creative Officer, Dan Norton! See our previous How to …
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A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White (Podcast)
Interested in learning more about RoboCo and the future of digital robotics? You’re in luck! CEO Dan White and Pius Wong, mechanical and biomedical engineer of Pios Labs in Austin, TX, met to discuss our favorite wholesome sandbox robotics game and more on a new episode of The K12 Engineering Education podcast! In the episode, …
CEO Interview: The Past, Present, and Future of Scholastic eSports
For today’s blog, we sat down with CEO Dan White to discuss the up-and-coming realm of Scholastic eSports. Read on for Dan’s thoughts on the present and future status of eSports, how educational content fits into eSports, and how games like RoboCo work to bridge the advantages of physical robotics with the strengths of digital …
Filament Games is now a Roblox Developer!
Roblox, the global online platform and content creation system sensation, just announced its ambitious foray into online interactive educational experiences, and Filament Games is THRILLED to be part of this rollout! Say WHAT? How did this happen? Over the past several months, Filament Games has been in deep R&D mode, meeting with the Roblox Education …
Educational Games and Media Literacy
There is a lot of data on the internet. Like, a lot. It comes as no surprise that not every 🔥hot take🔥 on the web can be trusted. Between the 24-hour news cycle, disinformation campaigns, and the plethora of articles shared on Facebook each day, it’s easy for anyone to feel overwhelmed while trying to …
How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Art Edition 2021
In our How to Get Hired Series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For this installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Art Manager Brandon Korth! See our previous How to Get …
How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Game Engineer Edition 2021
In our How to Get Hired Series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For our first installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Gene Cook, our Game Engineering Manager. See our previous …
What’s New in Game-based Learning – November 2021
Be-leaf it or not, the month of turkey, pumpkin pie, and cranberries galore is upon us! And with every new month comes a new installment of What’s New in Game-based Learning, a cornucopia of noteworthy news from all around the world to keep you updated on GBL while you sip that PSL. Let’s get into …
Excellent Learning Games That Teach ELA and ESL
It’s been too long since we’ve covered some excellent ELA (English Language- Arts) and ESL (English as a Second Language) learning games on the blog! via Giphy As we mentioned in our last post about ELA games, they tend to be a bit — how do we put it? More slippery and less straightforward than …
Using Digital Games to Teach Collaboration
For students or employees – for anyone who interacts with others on a regular basis, really – collaboration is a fundamental skill. It’s also one of the 4 Cs of 21st-century learning. Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and reaching goals can become even easier when one knows how to work well with others. Research (and more research!) has …
