Welcome to the Game-Based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning. Each week, we publish articles and videos that examine how educational games are designed, evaluated, and deployed in real learning contexts. With a special focus on the games we create with our esteemed clients, the Game-based Learning Review draws on work across K12, higher education, workforce training, and informal learning environments.
Dan and Brandon take a trip down memory lane to play Crazy Plant Shop, a Filament Games classic!
Game creation is more complicated than portrayed in Game Dev Story. I’m going to explain just how complicated it can be, but I have a few caveats: I can’t walk through every possible game feature (there are many and we make new ones all the time).
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gamedesign
2015
Quality matters. Your audience does not care about the technology you used to develop your game.
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web
2015
If you could create any game, what would you make? Would it be a chaotic universe where anyone can be a superhero, an epic intergalactic adventure, or a medieval fantasy world with wizards and dragons?
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staffinsights
2015
Designers, we are not the only ones with ideas and solutions. There is a careful balance we must maintain between designing features by ourselves and gathering the developer’s ideas and feedback.
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staffinsights
2015
One of the challenges the QA team at Filament faces is that our players are often children and our team is made up of adults.
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staffinsights
2015
Game-based learning is rich with opportunities that enhance the student experience while helping teachers solve classroom challenges.
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k12
research
2015
Classrooms around the country use game-based learning to improve academic achievement, enhance curriculum, and foster self-guided learning.
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research
2015
Check out our working avatar creator here! We have a soft spot in our hearts for kids who are interested in learning about programming and game development, and we make it a part of our mission to look for opportunities to give back to our community.
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2015
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edtech
2026
Dan and Brandon take a trip down memory lane to play Crazy Plant Shop, a Filament Games classic!
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roboco
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! Dan and Brandon have a full episode of puzzle-solving, game design pitches, and robot dancing.
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gamedesign
gamedev
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! We're back at it in RoboCo, crossing that goo gap.
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edtech
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! This week we kick things off with two new homegrown widgets.
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gamebasedlearningreview
2026
Welcome back to the Game Based Learning Review! This week we return to RoboCo and the zombie apocalypse level, where our goal (of our creation) is to capture a rogue undead manager in a trash can.
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gamedesign
2026
Welcome back to the stream! This week on the Game Based Learning Review, we return to Zoombinis, the classic puzzle game we started last episode.
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gamebasedlearning
2026
Welcome back to the Game Based Learning Review! In this week's episode, we take a nostalgic trip back to the 90s to play the iconic educational title, Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.
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gamebasedlearning
2026
See how learning games evolved over 20 years in Filament CEO Dan White's Games for Change 2026 retrospective, plus his take on where the field goes next.
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gamedev
2026
Join Dan and Brandon for a livestream! We crossed the gap but the goo is still flowing. So today? We turn valves.
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filamentgames
2026
In this episode of the Game-based Learning Review, hosts Brandon and Dan dive into Do I Have a Right? to commemorate iCivics.org's GEE! Award for Best Formal Learning!
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STEM
2026
Join hosts Brandon and Dan for another attempt at the Silicon Sonata level in RoboCo!
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filamentgames
2026
We’re still live! Every Monday at 1230pm CST, the Game-based Learning Review airs on the Filament Games YouTube channel, featuring educational game playthroughs and developer insights. Catch up on the most recent episodes!
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k12
2026
Hello friends of Filament and a Happy Monday to you all! If you’re like me, Mondays are an exciting time, because every Monday we drop a fresh episode of The Game-based Learning Review.
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2026
Another day, another chance to think about financial literacy! As you may have heard earlier this week, Filament just launched a game with our friends at Intuit called Credit Climber
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staffinsights
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
edtech
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staffinsights
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
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gamebasedlearning
2026
As part of our yearlong retrospective celebrating 20 years of educational game development, we’re introducing...
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2026
Best practices for preventing motion sickness while maximizing learning outcomes.
