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FGP2-14: The Retro Review Math Blaster

Join us for the last Retro Review of the season! Dan Norton, Brandon Pittser, and Matt Haselton blast some math and discuss how math education has evolved in the last few decades. Hot Topics in This Week’s Episode Retro Review: Carmen Sandiego Retro Review: Oregon Trail Math Blaster FGP2-13: Math & Learning Games

September 6, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

Virtual and Augmented Reality for Businesses

I’ll admit it. I was a bit of a skeptic when it came to practical corporate uses for Virtual or Augmented Reality. As a marketer I’ve seen countless projects with significant potential fall flat because the focus of using cutting-edge technology isn’t on the purpose behind the project, but the technology itself. Even tech giants…

September 7, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

Taking Your Game From Version 1.0 to 2.0

I have written about the importance of considering cost during the early stages of project development, and provided a broad overview of what to expect during the production process. Now that you’ve officially launched the game, you may be considering taking your project to version 2.0. Before developing ideas on how to best position your project for…

September 8, 2016 // Stephen Calender

Digital Game-Based Learning Product Strategies for Publishers

VP Jennifer Javornik shares an in-depth overview of digital game-based learning product strategies for publishers – highlighting plenty of examples along the way!

June 7, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

FGP2-15: Season II Finale

In the season two finale we meet Dan’s alter ego, Kat Shanahan, recap our favorite moments from season two, and look ahead to the future of the Filament Games Podcast. We also finally reveal our thoughts on No Man’s Sky, listen in on Dan’s World of Warcraft Confessional, and experience the ultimate Fact or Fabrication…

September 13, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

Speed Sketch! Landscape Painting in Clip Studio Paint

In one of our previous blog posts, Game Art Team Lead Natasha Soglin reviewed Clip Studio Paint based on the recommendation of one of our LinkedIn followers. Due to the program’s user control and relatively low price point, it has worked its way into the hearts of some of our artists. In the video below, Natasha showcases…

September 15, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

What You Need to Know Before Speaking with an Educational Game Studio

So you’ve decided to work with an educational game studio on your next project, but you don’t know where to start. At Filament Games, we have experience working with a wide variety of clients, so we are adept at determining the best fit for just about any project. That being said, there are a few…

September 20, 2016 // Abigail Rindo

Future-Proofing Your Project

Technology is an ever-changing landscape. There are constant stories about the death of platforms, new ‘game-changing’ software or hardware, and wild successes or tragic failures for seemingly arbitrary reasons. Let’s explore how you can mitigate those risks and develop a project that has a lifespan measured in years. Selecting Technology One of the first decisions…

September 22, 2016 // Stephen Calender

Building Creative Practices: Holacracy

The last installment of this Building Creative Practices series talked about employing sound strategies for communication in the context of some common organizational structures and challenging dispositions. Since you’ve all read that article and are at this point colleague-whisperers and conjurers of consensus, I thought today’s installment could focus on an uncommon organizational structure – namely,…

October 13, 2016 // Brandon Pittser

Appealing to your Buyer with Games: Tips for Educational Publishers

As an educational publisher, you are most likely keeping a close eye on the digital educational publishing landscape and see that game-based learning is an important component of it. Whether you have already implemented game-based learning into your product strategy or are just starting to think about it, I encourage you to visit Digital Game-Based…

October 24, 2016 // Jennifer Javornik

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