Mother’s Day is this weekend and I’m sure what your mother would like most is for you to show up. So, number one, take Mom to brunch, lunch or dinner, it is the least you can do for all of the trouble you caused her – I know that and […]
AnnMaria
Today, for the first time in a month, I woke up in my own bed and had nothing scheduled. No meetings, no family events to attend. The happy thought that went through my mind is that now I can spend all day working on our new game, Forgotten Trail. Today, […]
Why the “game” part of math games is so important
I get asked this question all of the time in many, many different contexts, from elementary school children who play our games, to game developers who are not involved in education. There are multiple questions for this, but let me answer the grown-ups first. I care so much about math […]
Why Do You Care So Much About Math?
Going through our archives, we came across this great post from October 9th, 2014 “How to be Amazing” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I find it weird when I make people nervous. I’ve had people shake and stutter so much that I thought […]
Throwback Thursday: How To Be Amazing
1 Well, it’s been a minute. Months ago, I started writing about reusable code and was then interrupted by flying around the country to present game results, getting an alpha version of our Aztech game to testers, getting Forgotten Trail ready for release FRIDAY (!!!) etc. You can read Part 1 […]
Game Design: Reusable Code, Part 2
I get this question all of the time, What’s it like working with your family? In case you don’t know, the three co-founders of 7 Generation Games are my husband, Dennis, me and my daughter, Maria. It’s not how most people seem to think. First of all, we’re not together […]
What’s it like working with your family? Part 347
2 A few weeks ago, I posted an activity that I had started where the player had to find items in the giant’s house. (Brief background – in Forgotten Trail, there is a legend that involves a giant.) I asked input on options we were considering: Clicking on the item gives […]
Reader Comments Made into a Game
Often people say they really support the work that we do, and although I like to be complimented as much as the next person, I am secretly thinking this: It’s sort of like hashtag activism. While tweeting, “Help our schools #education” probably makes a few teachers feel better, it is […]
The Best Ways to Encourage a Start-up Entrepreneur
Okay, it’s over, you missed hearing me live … I feel your disappointment, so I have linked to the full interview on youtube here. A week ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sara Mohsin about our work at 7 Generation Games. The interview will be on the […]
I’m radio famous!
Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 20, 2014 “Will It Matter in 2026?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I doubt I’ll ever do this but it’s an interesting thought …. You hear about people writing letters to […]
Throwback Thursday: Will It Matter In 2026?
Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 9, 2014 “Something I Learned as a Grown-Up: More Than One Way is Right” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. It’s been 17 years since I lived in North Dakota, so when […]
Throwback Thursday: Something I Learned as a Grown-Up: More Than ...
1 Forgotten Trail will be available next week, Aztech in another month, and we’re already working on updates and expansion. It’s true as a wise man once told me, Great games are like great artwork. They are never finished. They are just abandoned. Our latest project is adding levels of difficulty […]