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Resource Roundup: Game Design and Development Colleges in Wisconsin

// James LaPierre

To those paying attention, it’s no secret that Madison, Wisconsin is home to a growing cluster of video game development studios – a phenomenon that we see occurring throughout the greater state, too. With the number of local community gaming events like M+DEV Conference, Madison FemDev, and Indie Arcade increasing each year, there has never been a…

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

Resource Roundup: How to Get Hired at a Game Studio

// James LaPierre

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) reports that the US video game industry generated $36 billion in revenue in 2017, a growth of 18% from the prior year. With 2,000+ video game developers and publishers directly employing over 65,000 individuals across all 50 U.S. states (seriously, find out who’s near you using this handy interactive map),…

October Roundup: Games that Improve People’s Lives

// Brandon Pittser

This October, the Filament Games blog turned its attention to something simple but powerful: how good design makes life better. Across six stories, we explored how games help people slow down, focus longer, and think in systems. Whether you’re guiding students through a simulation, studying the science of attention, or booting up a mixed reality…

Research Roundup: Slow Games for Fast Times

// Brandon Pittser

The modern attention span is stretched thin. Every app wants our eyes, every feed wants our time, and every notification insists it’s urgent. Against that background of noise, a quiet design movement has taken root. Slow games ask players to pause, breathe, and notice. They replace the race for points with the rhythm of small,…

The Big Accessibility Roundup

// Brandon Pittser

At Filament Games, we treat accessibility in game-based learning as a foundation for our game development goals. It shapes how we think about design, development, and implementation across every project. Over the past month, we’ve explored accessibility from nearly every angle – legal frameworks, interface design, emerging tech, classroom integration, and beyond. This roundup gathers…

Free Resources on How to Build Accessible Learning Games

// Brandon Pittser

Over the past couple of months, we’ve taken a close look at how accessibility works in game-based learning across design, hardware, classroom use, and legal standards. What follows is a curated list of our most useful pieces on the topic, written for both educators and developers. If your goal is to make sure more learners…

Game-Based Learning in Healthcare 2025: Resource Round-up

// Brandon Pittser

There’s no sugarcoating it – healthcare is one of the most complex, high-stakes industries on the planet. So it’s no surprise that the field is also at the forefront of using game-based learning to support everything from skills training to empathy building. Throughout March, we explored how simulations, serious games, and immersive technologies are changing…

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