Ah, sweet memories! via Giphy Previously, we’ve covered some shiny new educational games and gaming organizations that help build 21st century (future-facing) skills. From content creation to project-based learning, video games teach skills that are useful for a wide variety of careers. To further investigate how video games help us all grow, we asked our …
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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 …
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 …
NASEF and the Rise of Scholastic Esports
Here’s a trivia question for you: what do Starcraft, Super Smash Brothers, League of Legends, Minecraft, Fortnite, and K-12 have to do with eachother? via GIPHY Answer: It’s Esports! Poised to reach a value of $5B by 2028, the global esports market is expanding rapidly, particularly as viewers increasingly looked to their screens for entertainment …
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 …
Should I Make My Custom Educational Game in Virtual Reality? (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, I shared my thoughts on why VR can be great for learning and great for your organization. In Part 2 of this series, I’m sharing why VR may not be ideal for your custom educational game project and some other considerations that you should be thinking about… via GIPHY …
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 …
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 …
Educational Game Development Best Practices: Data Strategy and Confidentiality
Data Strategy There are two categories of data that we think about when building games. Telemetry is data about how the user experiences the game. This may include timing information, content exposures, correct/vs incorrect responses, and other key interactions that allow stakeholders to make inferences about the user’s skill mastery and app usability. Telemetry is …
CEO Interview: The Importance of Open-ended Problems in Game-based Learning
For today’s blog, we sat down with CEO Dan White to discuss why students need to be prepared to solve open-ended problems and how games like RoboCo can help. What prompted your interest in this topic? It really comes down to the fact that outside of school, outside of formal K12 learning, most problems that …
