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The Museum of Science, Roblox, and Mission: Mars

Interested in knowing more about one of Filament’s Roblox development projects? We’re lucky to have a special guest feature for this week’s blog! We met with Christine Reich from the Museum of Science and discussed Mission: Mars, an upcoming Roblox experience created in tandem with Filament, Museum of Science, and Roblox. In the following interview,…

October 12, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Game Your Way to a Career: Strategists

Welcome or welcome back to the Filament Games blog! Today, we’re continuing our focus on game-based learning and 21st-century skills – or as we like to call them, future-facing skills. Previously, we’ve discussed how game-based learning and esports participation can develop content creation skills, and how those skills can translate into creative careers! In this…

October 17, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Research Roundup: Gaming Builds Future-Facing Skills

What do creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration all have in common? They’re all future-facing skills, of course! Beyond these 4 C’s, future-facing skills also include media literacy, problem-solving, leadership, digital citizenship, and more. You may also know them as “21st-century skills,” which, as defined by Education Reform, are a “… broad set of knowledge,…

October 19, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

21st Century Skills in 2022

The 21st century started on January 1, 2001. From then until now, it’s safe to say that educational technology has evolved significantly in efficiency, scope, and methodology. So when someone in the edtech industry refers to “21st century skills,” what exactly does that mean in 2022? That’s why at Filament, we prefer the term “future-facing…

October 26, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

Resource Roundup: Game-based Learning and Future-Facing Skills

Have you ever wondered what the future of learning holds? We can’t tell you all the answers, but we can guarantee one thing: future-facing skills set up students for future success! As another month comes to a close, we have yet another roundup of resources for you. October was all about future-facing skills, also known…

October 31, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

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

Time to bust out the cornucopia – we have a whole buffet of the latest game-based learning news for you, just in time for November! In case you’re new here, welcome to “What’s New in Game-based Learning.” This is a series where we, your friendly neighborhood educational game developer, keep you up to date on…

November 2, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

The Origin Story of RoboCo

You know the origin story of our bee-loved mascot and the origin story of Filament Games itself. But what’s the story behind our recent release, RoboCo? At Filament, creating, designing, and breathing life into meaningful educational experiences is what we do best. Just like our other games, RoboCo started as an idea and then grew…

November 7, 2022 // Brandon Pittser

Filament Games Podcast | Season 4 Episode 1: Is This Thing On?

The Filament Games Podcast is back! That’s right, after a, ahem, brief four-year hiatus, season four of your favorite game-based learning podcast is here. The original hosts of the podcast, VP of Marketing Brandon Pittser and CCO Dan Norton, are back with even more game-based learning insights, incredible guest interviews, and enough antics to keep…

November 9, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

An Introduction to RoboCo (Tips, Tutorials, and More!)

Greetings, Filafolks! As of writing this, it’s been a couple of weeks since we launched RoboCo on Steam Early Access for PC. Even if you’ve been familiarizing yourself with all the game has to offer since it came out, there are a lot of features in the game that you may want to learn more…

November 14, 2022 // Luke Jayapalan

Inside RoboCo

In case you haven’t heard, our sandbox robotics game RoboCo is available on Steam Early Access for PC right now! To celebrate so far, we’ve covered the origin story of RoboCo and revisited the game’s humble beginnings, and we’ve also provided you with an introduction to RoboCo tips, tutorials, and more. Today, we’re back to…

November 16, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

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