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Game Design Best Practices: Games for Adult Learning

This month on the blog, we’re featuring a variety of topics related to educational video games and adult learners. Earlier, we talked to Quality Assurance Manager Brian Czech about his QA best practices for games for adult learners. For today’s blog, we interviewed our Chief Creative Officer, Dan Norton, about design best practices for adult…

May 18, 2022 // Dan Norton

The Metaverse and Corporate Training

You remember the metaverse, right? Of course you do, it’s one of 2022’s buzziest words! In our post from a little while back called The Metaverse: What It Is, Who’s Making It, and Why It Matters, we noted that The Washington Post defined the term as, “a shared, virtual space that’s persistently online and active,…

May 16, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

QA Best Practices: Games for Adult Learning

This month on the blog, we’re discussing several topics surrounding educational games for adult learning. For today’s blog, we interviewed Brian Czech, the Quality Assurance Manager here at Filament. We asked him how age range impacts the quality assurance process, what clients can expect during the QA process, and more! Read on for a peek…

May 11, 2022 // Brian Czech

Research Round-Up: Educational Games for Adults

We’re clearly familiar with educational games for adult learners – we’ve developed titles such as the Demonstrating Respect Game, Saving Lives!, MSI Retail Sim, and more. As we mentioned in our post about game-based learning myths, game-based learning is not only effective for children. From higher ed students to medical professionals to older adults, the…

May 9, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Developing Educational Games Remotely

Hello, faithful friends of Filament! Have you ever wondered how we operate as a (mostly) remote game studio? We have the answer for you and more, courtesy of our RoboCo devblog and RoboCo’s producer, Kenny Green – read on to learn more about what it’s like to dev in 2022! For those of you who…

May 4, 2022 // Nicole Remily

What’s New in Game-based Learning – May 2022

Happy May, Filamentarians! We’re here to ring in the new month with a sunny new installment of What’s New in Game-based Learning. In the world of educational games for impact, there are always new developments to celebrate. Whether it be advances in assistive technology, AR/VR for learning and training, or another digital breakthrough, each month…

May 2, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Resource Roundup: Learn More About Game-based Learning!

Want to learn more about game-based learning, but you’re overwhelmed with all of the information out on the internet? Or maybe you’re a seasoned enthusiast, looking to refresh your perspective or re-ignite your passion for game-based learning? Either way, look no further! We’ve distilled some of the latest and greatest serious game-related news, books, podcasts,…

April 27, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Free Games You Can Play Right Now

Ever since the death of Flash, high-quality, free games that require no installation or special hardware have become more difficult to come by. Many K-12 educators often use technology like Chromebooks in their classrooms – so high-quality video games that are compatible with the tech schools have available are a must-have! Luckily for anyone who…

April 25, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

10 Amazing Edtech, Robotics, STEM, and Game-based Learning Podcasts

There’s a podcast for practically everything and everyone. Luckily for us, that means there’s an abundance of podcasts on game-based learning, edtech, STEM, robotics, and other related topics we’re passionate about! Whether you’re a frequent reader of our blog, or just stumbled upon it now, chances are you found your way here because you were…

April 20, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Educational Game Design: A Three-Pronged Approach

At Filament Games, we’ve developed a strategy for mapping educational content into gameplay mechanics, effectively using the design process to align how people have fun when playing games with the way they learn. Based on the theory of Jim Gee, our design process codes learning objectives into one of three categories, and uses the unique…

April 18, 2022 // Dan Norton

A Look Back at our 2023 Releases

What We Mean When We Say AI: Understanding Types of AI

Resource Roundup: 2023 at Filament Games