Brandon Pittser, Author at Filament Games

How We Make High-Quality Maintainable Code for Educational Games

June 14, 2021 // Alex Stone

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

The core of what we do is making educational games and simulations for clients. Often those clients either do not have a development team or they do have a development team but their team doesn’t make games. When our clients engage us for a project, we know that our software has to be built to…

Study: VR for Soft Skills Training

April 19, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

The applications for VR are as various as they are interesting, and today I want to highlight an area that is particularly interesting to me personally – that is, using virtual reality to train soft skills like leadership, resilience, and managing through change…

Medical Applications for Virtual Reality

April 14, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Last time I checked in on the Virtual Reality space I was looking at VR projects that were creating a positive impact on the world, and I found no shortage of material, particularly in the domain of healthcare. Daring new uses of VR are everywhere you look in the medical industry, with the market expected…

Educational Games in Higher Education

October 21, 2020 // Jennifer Javornik

One of the many things I love about our studio is the variety of clients we serve for numerous types of projects. We are able to serve such a broad variety of clients because of the way we structure our projects as a partnership. As a part of that partnership, Filament brings our best in…

Go Virtual: Digital EdTech Conferences to Attend in 2020 and 2021

October 19, 2020 // Brandon Pittser

Wondering what’s going on in the world of educational technology? Practice safe distance learning with these upcoming digital ed tech conferences!

How to Promote Your Serious Game

October 14, 2020 // Jennifer Javornik

At Filament, our objective is to design and develop the best learning games possible based on your learning objectives, audience, and budget considerations. While a robust understanding of your go-to-market strategy will aid our team in designing with these considerations in mind, we do not direct how you will disseminate and promote your serious game.…

GBL Luminary Guest Post: Tuning Game-based Learning for Adolescents

August 21, 2019 // Katie Salen

Filament Games stays connected to the scholarly side of game-based learning (GBL) through our GBL Luminaries Program. Academics in the Luminaries program work with our staff to maintain a healthy dialogue between game-based learning theory and practice through all-staff lectures and guest blog posts. Today’s GBL Luminary guest post is from Katie Salen, Professor in…

Celebrate Back-to-School Season with iCivics!

August 19, 2019 // James LaPierre

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics in 2009 with a mission: to reimagine civic education through interactive and engaging game-based learning resources. 10 years, 20 games, and millions of plays later, iCivics’ suite of free civics and history learning games remains the most popular game-based learning platform in the world – and…

Behind-the-Screens: An Inside Look at our Project Management Approach

August 14, 2019 // Jennifer Javornik

Curious about what it’s like to create a learning game alongside our team? Today we’re offering a look into our processes for creating engaging, efficacious learning games – something we’ve been doing exclusively for nearly 15 years! It’s a chance for us to reflect on how we approach the act of making, and an opportunity…

What impact do you want to make on the world?

April 4, 2019 // Alex Stone, Dan Norton, Dan White

“Impact” is a broad term that can have diverse meanings, dependent on an organization’s resources and objectives. Like many of our partners, you might approach us with your desired impact already in mind – however, plenty of organizations come to us seeking both our game development services as well as advice on how to maximize…

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