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UX vs. UI Design: What’s the Difference?

Are you considering a career in UX or UI design, but are unsure of the difference between the two, or which one your interests would be best suited for? Maybe you have a product idea and are wondering if all this user-centered design mumbo-jumbo is really necessary. Or perhaps you’ve heard the terms UX and…

January 21, 2019 // Madeline Folz

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

5 Amazing English Language Arts (ELA) Learning Games

On the hunt for high-quality English language arts learning games? You’ve come to the right place! ✨ (Image source: Giphy) As you’re likely already aware, seeking out and identifying great ELA learning games can be a challenging prospect. Unlike math and science games when lend themselves in more obvious ways to game-based representation, designing English…

January 23, 2019 // James LaPierre

Progressive Web Apps: Pros and Cons

If you work in or around web technologies, you may have heard a hot new phrase getting tossed around lately: Progressive Web App (complete with its own acronym: PWA). What is a progressive web app? In short, it’s an attempt to fuse the latest modern web and native app technologies, allowing you to use a web…

January 28, 2019 // Andy Bourassa, Ryan Sigg

Discovery Phase: A Low-Risk Introduction to Learning Game Development

If you or your organization hopes to create a memorable learning experience with real-world impact, game-based learning may be the medium for you. No matter the subject area, platform, or type of player, there are tons of benefits to using custom learning games including: Creating an active and engaging learning experience. Building up a learner’s…

February 4, 2019 // Jennifer Javornik

Assistive Technology and Game-Based Learning

Today, we’re highlighting a variety of assistive technology innovations that aim to make game-based learning more accessible for people with disabilities.

February 8, 2021 // James LaPierre

Five Reasons Why We Love Game-Based Learning ❤️

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends of Filament! 🎮🧠💕 (Image source: Tumblr) There’s a lot to love about game-based learning – so much, in fact, that we’re spending the annual holiday of fondness and affection celebrating some of our favorite aspects of the medium. Check out our lighthearted countdown of five reasons why we love game-based learning…

February 13, 2019 // James LaPierre

We Want To Be Your Grant Partner

Game-based learning and nonprofits make for a dynamic duo – just like Mario and Princess Peach! Many nonprofits have a mission focused on meaningful education and action. Game-based learning is exceptionally suited to allow learners to actively learn through experimentation while deeply engaged in the outcomes of the experience. We can design games to not…

February 27, 2019 // Jennifer Javornik

You Are Not Wasting My Time

The other day I received an inquiry from a museum who had a creative and out-of-the-box idea. It was a smaller museum that typically curated more modest exhibits, and they had recently come upon a unique opportunity to collaborate with a well-known museum in a major city. The planned collaboration would allow them to borrow…

February 18, 2019 // Jennifer Javornik

Why You Should Use Unity to Build Your Next Learning Game

Any age, any platform, and any subject – when it comes to creating world-class games for learning and social impact, versatility is key. A vital component underlying this flexibility is our studio-wide adoption of Unity, a cross-platform game engine that we use to develop all of our learning games. In order to better understand the many justifications…

March 18, 2019 // James LaPierre

It’s a Piece of Cake to Build a Pretty Game

(Yay-uh!) Filament makes a lot of games, which is of course pretty awesome. However, there are many times on our projects where the development timeline is complicated by the need of a client or other stakeholder to be able to evaluate (or show off) the game before it’s done. Clients of course generally understand that the…

March 20, 2019 // Dan Norton

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