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Virtual Reality for Impact

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re Virtual Reality enthusiasts at Filament Games, owed in no small part to the fact that the affordances of this emergent medium are so vast and varied. Virtual Reality is poised to change how we learn, or at least provide us with a new uniquely powerful modality towards that end.…

May 22, 2017 // Brandon Pittser

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

The Importance of Feedback

I’ve previously quoted Sid Meier who believes one way to think about game design is “a series of interesting decisions“. Besides game designers, there are a few other professions that obsess over human behavior with a particular focus on the choices we make; namely, psychologists and economists. They study phenomenon that expose flaws in how we…

February 16, 2017 // Stephen Calender

Multisensory Learning in the Digital Age

The following is a client guest blog post from Square Panda, for whom we recently developed Square Panda Bubbles, Square Panda Monster Rhymes and Square Panda Jiggity Jamble. Have you ever danced to learn a new letter of the alphabet? Research shows that employing multiple senses may have significant benefits for learning new skills. Multisensory learning…

February 8, 2017 // Vera Blau-McCandliss Ph.D.

How Game-Based Learning Develops 21st Century Skills

What are 21st Century Skills? If you’ve been watching the K-12 space for the past few years, you’re probably aware that the rapid advance of education technology and the increasing centrality of the service economy in has prompted a re-orientation of education institutions’ goals and benchmarks for success. New standards, new media, and new skillsets…

October 26, 2016 // Brandon Pittser

FGP2-12: Talking Island & Gender Studies

This week on the Filament Games Podcast, Dr. Krista-Lee Malone joins us to discuss her work in Taiwan on a language learning MMORPG and her new research on gender and tabletop RPGs. We also revisit our discussion about modified cats and turn the tables in Fact or Fabrication. Hot Topics in This Week’s Episode No…

August 23, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

SBIR Funding: Dreadfully Wonderful

So, you have a brilliant product idea and you think Uncle Sam should fund it. I can’t blame you. Compared to VC money, SBIR funding comes with relatively few strings attached. Most importantly: you don’t have to give up any equity. So what’s the catch? I’m glad you asked! One, the funding rate is low (typically…

August 17, 2016 // Dan White

Machine Learning

Most articles introducing machine learning on the web start out with charts and equations showing how to fit a line to a linearly separable point cloud. That’s neat. But that does nothing to show the power of machine learning models to change the way that we write software and conduct business. There will be plenty…

May 9, 2016 // Alex Stone

A Case for Learning Games: Molecubes Amplifies Student Learning

As a game studio, we know that not all content is right for learning games, so we take the time to vet all of our ideas to ensure they make the best games for the classroom. Our recent release, Molecubes, was tested extensively throughout its development to make sure it was enjoyable and educational as a piece…

February 17, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

Yes, You Are a Gamer

Sometimes video games get a bad rap. As a form of media, they’re often considered unserious, or childish, or any number of other negative descriptors implying that time spent on a video game is time better spent elsewhere. There is a stigma applied to games that is somehow more pointed and dismissive than the hesitations…

February 15, 2016 // Brandon Pittser

A Case for Learning Games: Reach for the Sun Enhances the Classroom Experience

Over the years, we’ve learned a great deal about what it takes to design effective learning games that enhance the classroom experience. Of the lessons we’ve learned, the most valuable include how to determine the right content for learning games, and how to best use learning games in the classroom. We go through several steps to…

January 6, 2016 // Kat Shanahan

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