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Bucky on Parade Recap: bucky.exe

May 7, 2018 // James LaPierre

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

A summerlong public art event hosted by the Madison Area Sports Commission, Bucky on Parade is a citywide exhibition of 85 life-sized Bucky Badger statues designed and created by talented local artists. On display from May 7 – September 12, 2018, you can find where all of the statues are located using this handy interactive map…including our…

What’s New in Game-Based Learning – October 2020

October 5, 2020 // James LaPierre

A fresh month has arrived, which can only mean one thing – it’s time for an all-new roundup of game-based learning news!

Major League Hacking

March 20, 2017 // Brandon Pittser

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of serving as a judge for MadHacks, the Madison, WI chapter of Major League Hacking (MLH). MLH bills itself as the official student hackathon league, and rightly so! This event was serious business. MLH works with thousands of students on an annual basis, holding over 200 weekend-long invention…

Speed Sketch! Bucky Badger’s Four Legged Friends

September 12, 2018 // James LaPierre

What’s black, white, and red all over? While my intentionally misleading riddle may have led you to believe that I’m talking about a newspaper, I am in fact referencing a different beast entirely: Buckingham U. “Bucky” Badger, the official mascot of nearby University of Wisconsin – Madison. As you might recall, our studio recently participated in…

Video Game Events in Wisconsin: A 2021 Calendar

December 16, 2020 // James LaPierre

Check out our guide to the many video game events happening next year in cheesy, breezy, beautiful Wisconsin!

Sennett Middle School’s Gaming Club – Creating Game Art!

April 27, 2017 // Elle Jacobson

At a recent game development club we hosted at Sennett Middle School, the Filament Games team introduced students to video game art, which is an important component of any video game’s development. There are many different artistic styles developers can choose from, but we chose a style that’s both iconic and easy to learn: pixel…

Resource Roundup: Game Design and Development Colleges in Wisconsin

October 3, 2018 // James LaPierre

To those paying attention, it’s no secret that Madison, Wisconsin is home to a growing cluster of video game development studios – a phenomenon that we see occurring throughout the greater state, too. With the number of local community gaming events like M+DEV Conference, Madison FemDev, and Indie Arcade increasing each year, there has never been a…

Top 10 Reasons to Work at Filament Games in 2021

September 27, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

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…

Filament Games Podcast Season Three

May 16, 2017 // Kat Shanahan

We’re back – welcome to season three of the Filament Games Podcast! We have exciting things in store for you including interviews with Matthew Farber, Greg Toppo, Aaron San Flippo, and administrators from the Sun Prairie Area School District. We’re also thrilled to bring back The Retro Review and our on-air Game Design Challenge! We hope…

Find Filament Games at M+DEV 2018! 🎮

September 26, 2018 // James LaPierre

Did you know? While we’re most famous for our cheese, beer, and the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin is also home to a thriving game development scene! …and many more! Last year, local industry organization the Wisconsin Games Alliance kicked off M+DEV, a game development conference designed to serve as a gathering place for games industry professionals…

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