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Filament Games Podcast | Season 4 Episode 8: Retro Review – JumpStart

Greetings humans, Botley here. I’ve time-traveled here from a bygone era of edutainment to let you know that there’s a brand new episode of the Filament Games Podcast out now! via myabandonware.com In this episode, Brandon and Dan interview former Filament Games designer Lydia Symchych about the JumpStart series, specifically JumpStart 3rd Grade Mystery Mountain.…

August 28, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Risk Mitigation in Educational Game Development

Risk mitigation is a crucial aspect of any project development, ensuring that potential challenges and delays are proactively addressed to achieve successful outcomes. At Filament Games, we understand the significance of risk management in the software development process and take a comprehensive approach to identify, analyze, and mitigate risks at every stage of our projects. …

August 23, 2023 // Alex Stone

Resource Roundup: How It’s Made at Filament Games

Greetings, Filamentarians! This month on the blog, we took you behind the scenes of our studio to explore the ins and outs of educational game development. In case you missed any of this month’s posts, we’ve gathered them together for you in this resource roundup. Want an inside look at the creative, collaborative, and iterative…

July 31, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

The Art of Designing Games for Impact, Education, and Action (Podcast)

Do video games have a role to play in environmentalism and sustainability efforts? You can find out by listening to our CEO Dan White on the How to Save the World podcast! Hosted by Katie Patrick, an environmental engineer, designer, and author, this podcast explores what truly motivates people to take action for the planet.…

July 26, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

The Importance of User Feedback in Educational Game Development

User feedback is a fundamental aspect of game design! It provides invaluable insights into the player experience and gameplay mechanics, and in the case of educational games, it also gives game designers information about a game’s learning effectiveness. As an educational game studio dedicated to creating high-quality learning experiences, we know firsthand that by incorporating…

July 24, 2023 // Laura Beukema

The Power of Educational Games with Dan White (Podcast)

Do you think science is cool? We know science is cool. That’s why our CEO Dan White recently appeared on PocketLab’s Science is Cool (ScIC) Unplugged podcast! via Giphy Hosted by Dave Bakker, the ScIC Unplugged podcast is “a science podcast for cool teachers.” Dan and Dave’s conversation delves into various topics, including open-ended problem-solving…

July 19, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Soar Behind-the-Scenes with a 3D Artist

Filament is making moves in the third dimension! We’ve come a long way from our origins as a 2D studio, and thanks to our growing in-house team of modelers and animators, we’ve been taking on our most ambitious 3D projects yet. Recently, for a game that we developed with Blue Note Therapeutics, we were tasked…

July 17, 2023 // Demetri Sofides

Resource Roundup: For the Love of Game-based Learning

Here on the Filament Games blog, we aim to bring you the latest and greatest insights on educational gaming, and how it can transform education. This February, we reflected on all of the reasons why we love game-based learning and why we love what we do! If you love game-based learning too, follow us on…

February 22, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

5 More Reasons Why We Love Game-based Learning

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, Filamentarians, and we’re feeling sentimental. Why? Because we love game-based learning. So much so, we couldn’t help ourselves but write five more reasons why game-based learning is the best! via Giphy We want to know: why do you love game-based learning? Let us know your answer on Facebook or Twitter. If…

February 15, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Filament Games Podcast | Season 4 Episode 5: Educational Experiences in Roblox

You + the newest episode of the Filament Games Podcast? via Giphy In this episode, your illustrious hosts Brandon and Dan interview Filament Game Designer Colin Skinner about his experiences working as lead designer on RoboCo Sports League. What is RoboCo Sports League? In short, it’s a RoboCo-inspired experience Filament Games is creating specifically for…

February 13, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

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