Alex Stone Archives | Filament Games

Machine Learning

May 9, 2016 // Alex Stone

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

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…

Any Platform. Any Age. Any Subject.

April 3, 2019 // Alex Stone, Dan Norton, Dan White

Since 2005, Filament Games has partnered with organizations all over the world to create more than 160+ best-in-class learning games and simulations. Our talented team of game designers, artists, engineers, and more work each day to solve complex problems and create high-quality, impact-focused digital experiences. Much has changed in the video games and education industries…

What impact do you want to make on the world?

April 4, 2019 // Alex Stone, Dan Norton, Dan White

“Impact” is a broad term that can have diverse meanings, dependent on an organization’s resources and objectives. Like many of our partners, you might approach us with your desired impact already in mind – however, plenty of organizations come to us seeking both our game development services as well as advice on how to maximize…

Introducing unity3d-pixi

March 23, 2017 // Alex Stone

In education, technology moves more slowly than in the consumer world. Institutions must eke all of the value out of their existing hardware, and even when they do make new hardware purchases, the hardware is still not requisitioned with games in mind. This means that when we are charged with building software that is accessible…

Optimizing your HTML5 Video Game: A Case Study

March 30, 2020 // Alex Stone

CTO Alex Stone shares an in-depth case study in optimizing HTML5 video games – check out his insights!

COPPA Compliance and Educational Video Games

April 15, 2020 // Alex Stone

Need advice on how to design educational video games that comply with COPPA guidelines? Check out these insights from CTO Alex Stone!

How We Make High-Quality Maintainable Code for Educational Games

June 14, 2021 // Alex Stone

The core of what we do is making educational games and simulations for clients. Often those clients either do not have a development team or they do have a development team but their team doesn’t make games. When our clients engage us for a project, we know that our software has to be built to…

Educational Game Development Best Practices: Data Strategy and Confidentiality

July 19, 2021 // Alex Stone

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…

Educational Game Development Best Practices: Animation and Voiceover

July 21, 2021 // Alex Stone

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…