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potato — Last month, we gave away our games at 90% off because we wanted to get more users before the beginning of school and get more feedback to make those games better. Why not free? I attended a talk at the Entertainment Finance Forum (see, learning from everyone) and the speaker, […]

Why not free?

August 15, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

My mom* isn’t the only one who thinks we’re cool! Yesterday, we learned Fish Lake got Greenlit on the game-distribution platform Steam. What does that mean? Well, some really cool things. First off, if you’re not familiar with Steam and its Greenlight process, Steam is a huge global game distribution platform. […]

Fish Lake Gets Greenlit on Steam!

August 12, 2016 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s Friday and that means that once again it’s time for another Freebie Friday! But today isn’t any regular Freebie Friday, it’s the Freebie Friday before a lot of your students return to school. Maybe your school has already been in session for a couple of weeks now. Keeping all […]

Freebie Friday: Teacher Resources

August 12, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 25, 2012 “Why a math game?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Hey, kids, wanna come over after school and study math? The two students […]

Throwback Thursday: Why a math game?

August 11, 2016 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

The New York Times ran a recent read-worthy piece about a video game company that’s succeeding with games that focus more on the story than the action – that is games driven by the story more than the running around through levels finding treasure or fighting bad guys. It struck […]

The Story Behind Our Games

August 9, 2016 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Glad to see that you’re back for another Freebie Friday! Happy Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes to you from our game Spirit Lake and it is a video on problem solving. The video is titled “Problem Solving: Visualize.” In the video “Problem Solving: Visualize,” the problem solving tip of visualization […]

Freebie Friday: Problem Solving: Visualize

August 5, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

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We have great news! 7 Generation Games made the list of award winners for Homeschool.com’s Top Back to Homeschool Resources of 2016. Homeschool.com researched for over a month on the best homeschooling products, websites, books, and curriculum to finalize this list of the Top Back to Homeschool Resources of 2016. […]

Award Winning 7 Generation Games – We Can Say That ...

August 4, 2016 in 7GenGames by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from November 15, 2011 “Geeks Guide to Women: AnnMaria Explains it All” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I am tired of hearing that men in technical fields […]

Throwback Thursday: Geeks Guide to Women: AnnMaria Explains it All

August 4, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

We thought readers of this blog might be interested in startups besides us. So, over the next few weeks, we’ll be featuring “Awesome startups who are not us”. To kick it off, we could think of no startup more appropriate than a new look at princesses. (This week’s judge of […]

Awesome Startup : Guardian Princesses

August 4, 2016 in Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

What is the deal with expecting things for free? I mean I get people don’t want to pay for stuff, but I am really shocked over the amount of time in my professional career that people have asked me to do my work for free. So I just submitted a […]

You Generally Get What You Pay For

August 1, 2016 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

House on fire — Start-up life can be a little crazy. No, make that a lot crazy. We incorporated as a business in 2013, making us middle-aged in start-up years. When start-ups die, they often just fade away. You see people at fewer meet-ups, get fewer emails or social media posts trying to entice […]

Well, THAT was some serious crazy business

August 1, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Friday! We meet, yet again, for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes to you from our game Fish Lake and it is a teacher resource on fractions titled, “Fractions: What are They?” “Fractions: What are They?” explains what fractions are, how to create fractions, how to identify fractions and […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake – “Fractions: What are They?” PowerPoint ...

July 29, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez