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Educational Game Development Best Practices: Animation and Voiceover

Animation Our animation process is significantly different between 2D and 3D art, but today we’re going to focus on our 2D workflow. Animation starts internally with Motion Design. This involves the team sketching a concept of the final piece and creating basic animatics. These are used to identify the level of detail, timing, and the…

July 21, 2021 // Alex Stone

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Boost Your Career with Video Games

What do a passion for video games and a successful career have in common? A recent study conducted by OnePoll on behalf of World of Warships by Wargaming asked approximately 2,000 American adults to answer this very question, assessing the impact that video games had on their professional lives. If you’re short on time, you…

July 26, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Life After Launch, Part 1: Maintenance Considerations for Your Educational Video Game

If this isn’t your first rodeo contracting with a vendor for software development, you know that one of the “gotchas” software vendors sometimes leave out of their quotes is the cost to maintain your software after launch. Software and technology are constantly evolving (a good thing!), which means the software made today might break in…

August 23, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

Life after Launch Part 2: Maintenance Options for Your Educational Video Game

Welcome to Part 2 of “Life after Launch,” a closer look at software maintenance options! In Part 1, I gave you a few things to think about concerning your maintenance needs for your educational video game: the criticality of your game, your plan B, your organization’s IT policies, and, of course, your budget. In Part…

August 30, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

Top 10 Reasons to Work at Filament Games in 2021

So, you want to work at Filament Games? There’s a lot to love about a career at our studio… 10) We work with world-class organizations. FIRST, Scholastic, PBS, Oculus, Columbia University, McGraw-Hill Education, iCivics…and the list goes on. Our 15+ years of creating outstanding learning games has built our reputation as a national leader in…

September 27, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

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…

November 3, 2021 // Gene Cook

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…

November 8, 2021 // Brandon Korth

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…

November 17, 2021 // Dan White

How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Game Designer 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 Chief Creative Officer, Dan Norton! See our previous How to…

November 24, 2021 // Dan Norton

How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Production 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 Shaina Peshkov, our Studio Operations Director. Shaina manages the Production,…

December 6, 2021 // Shaina Peshkov

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