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Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 17, 2012, “It’s not the math that’s hard” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. Here is a math problem: Hoksinato and Tasunka Ska are going to steal horses. […]

Throwback Thursday: It’s not the math that’s hard

August 13, 2015 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday by admin

We’ve been sitting on some big news and are thrilled we can finally announce that 7 Generation Games was selected to participate in BoomStartup’s EdTech accelerator! We’ll be spending three of the next 12 weeks in Salt Lake City (two at the beginning of the program and one at the end) […]

Big News: We’re Participating in BoomStartup’s EdTech Accelerator!

August 10, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

audience at pitch session — I just returned from South by Southwest’s V2Venture conference where I attended the pitch contest, and I left the event thinking — like I do every time I attend a pitch event – how completely subjective pitching is. It depends 100 percent on who you’re pitching to and […]

The Perfect Pitch: (Spoiler! There’s No Such Thing)

August 3, 2015 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Two of our founders are down in Rio for the week. It’s an amazing city with lots to offer – beautiful beaches, good coffee, wonderful people – but there’s admittedly one thing lacking: reliable Internet. Now for most people coming down to Rio, that’s probably not an issue. I mean […]

Rio On Five Megabytes a Day

August 1, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

We here at 7 Generation Games want to extend our sincere congratulations to our very first game tester, Ronda Rousey, who picked up two wins at last night’s ESPY Awards on ESPN. Long before she was earning the distinction of “Best Fighter” and “Best Female Athlete,” Ronda was giving us […]

7 Generation Games Game Tester Ronda Rousey Wins 2 ESPYs!

July 16, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Our summer site is officially live as Camp Don’t Get Dumber Over the Summer launched yesterday. Come check it out! Practice math, brush up on history and more. Most kids lose two months of learning over the summer — we’re seeking to stop the slide. From mini-games to movies, we’ve […]

Don’t Get Dumber Over the Summer!

June 23, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

For kids, summer vacation is about being carefree. But for parents, the months off may be cause for concern. Studies have shown that most students lose the equivalent of two months of math skills over the summer. Lower income students also lose two months of reading skills over the break. […]

Get Ready For Camp!

June 20, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Dr. Longie — GUEST POST FROM DR. ERICH LONGIE, 7 GENERATION GAMES LEAD CULTURAL CONSULTANT: As a long time educator on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, I’ve had many discussions with other educators in our school system regarding how to raise the average yearly performance (AYP) scores of our students. Unfortunately, due to […]

The Advantages & Disadvantages of Year-Round School on an Indian ...

June 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM by Maria Burns Ortiz

Fish Lake — We’re Getting Smarter and You Can Too! We are excited to have just released the brand new version of our video game Spirit Lake 5.0! You can download your copy by visiting our website here: http://www.7generationgames.com/buy/ As with all software, we’re constantly working to make our product better – and Spirit Lake […]

We’re Getting Smarter and You Can Too!

June 9, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Spirit Lake / summer learning by admin

This is your chance at video game immortality. Best-selling author Derek Landy, who has penned the amazing Skulduggery Pleasant series, scored one of our coolest Kickstarter rewards – the opportunity to have a character based on someone’s likeness. (When you’re not playing our games, you should totally be reading his […]

Contest by Skulduggery Pleasant Author Derek Landy: Become a Character ...

June 8, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

sausage — We’re almost done adding the polish to Spirit Lake. That’s polish, as in making all shiny and perfect, “polish your car”, not “Polish” as in sausage. The first change you’ll see from earlier versions is that the introductory 2-D hunting scene is replaced by a really short 3-D game. As […]

Spirit Lake Polish

May 27, 2015 in Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

background — We left off last time having created a form, written HTML and CSS, initializing the variables and selecting two random integers within a range we specified. Our next step is to put those numbers into a problem. That function is shown below. // CREATING A PROBLEM function getProb() { $('#mathform').show(); […]

Making a mini-game: Step 3 Getting the problem

May 26, 2015 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars