This blog post kicks of the Behind the Scenes of Making Camp Navajo with Christy G. Hanson. She is the community manager of 7 Generation Games.
Game Design
Recently, we announced the partnership between Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation and 7 Generation Games to provide free educational resources to students in order to help them face: risk of child sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence in the home, and creating a safety plan among others. We had several […]
Crossroads Games for Healthy Choices: New Android Apps & Lessons
1 In my last post, I got most of the Killer Robots game laid out. I did the following: Decided on a story line Got the artwork Created the first screen, the classroom Wrote a function to get the robots to move and another function to get the robots to turn […]
Game design steps with killer robots
Today, after a splendid time developing games, the 7 Generation Games summer game design team, taught by Dr. De Mars and Maria Burns Ortiz, was ready to share their design project developed over the course of two weeks: the dogcatcher game! The students planned for a 2D kingdom of dogs […]
Game Design Class Pt. 5: Final Project
So, we’ve covered design, art, sound, coding, and management. What could possibly be left? “Games are never finished, they’re just abandoned.” One of the most accomplished game developers I ever met told me that. What he meant was that there is always some way you could make your game better. […]
Game Design Class Pt. 4: What’s left?
If you’ve been following along, you’ve learned about game testers, designers, project managers and the creative director. You’ve met the audio engineer and artists/ animators. Now it’s time for my favorite people on the team because that includes me – the developers! (I have just been informed by Maria that […]
Game Design Class Pt. 3: Developer
The second week of game design class begins with sound and art. Did you know sound can make a game look better? Really.
Game Design Class Pt. 2: Audio, Art and Animation
2 When I was a kid, I had no idea what those people in shiny office buildings downtown actually did. Whether we’re talking about rural towns in the Midwest or south Los Angeles, I know many students who are in the same boat with the same question: What IS an audio […]
Game Design Class Pt. 1: Team Roles
Did you know that 7 Generation Games offers a game design curriculum? If your school licenses our games, you can get it for free, all you need to do is ask. If you talk to Maria or me, you probably don’t even need to ask because we can’t wait to […]
Get Your Kids into STEM Through Game Design
In the last post, we talked about our short term plans. We think it’s important to have practical, attainable goals that we will actually meet in the relatively near future. But we’re also thinking big. We’ve sat down and looked at not just what we’re going to do next, but […]