Hello 7 Gen Games fans, users, and supporters! My name is David. I am the company’s new intern, or as we like to call it here at 7 Gen Games, the new “Research Associate.” Sounds more official, doesn’t it? Anyways, as a RA this summer, it will be my duty […]
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I just finished Level 0 of the upcoming Fish Lake game. Level 0 in each game has two purposes: Be a fun way to learn how to play the game. Players walk around in a 2-D version of the “real” virtual world. They shoot things, jump, move around, learn to […]
Why did you shoot the grandfather?
Will you be in Las Vegas this Friday? Do you work in education (either for a school, district, educational technology company or are somehow tied to education)? Did you back us on Kickstarter? If you answered yes to at least two of those questions, you’re invited to the 7 Generation […]
Will You Be In Vegas This Friday? Check out 7 ...
Teachers are awesome – and let’s be honest, they don’t always get a lot of gratitude. There are days when, after a full day in the classroom, they feel like Miesha Tate’s arm after a fight with Ronda Rousey, and yet, they get up the next day and go out […]
Teacher/Kickstarter Appreciation: 7 Generation Games in Vegas this Friday
Whether it comes to learning math, reading, programming or sports, we don’t believe just in quality time. We like great big, heaps of quantity time. Our games are like comic books. They are fun to play, they aren’t big budget, they have a story and characters, and they come out […]
Why We’re Selling Our Games Like a Comic Book
I completely disagree that anyone can build an educational game, or even any game programmer or educator. You need to understand the area of education you are trying to teach, in our case, math. You also need to understand what makes kids play a game, what kids need to learn, […]
The element of surprise o—-
PART A Were you one of our backers on Kickstarter? Do you work in education? Do you home-school your children? PART B Will you be in Las Vegas on July 5th? If you answered yes to any of the questions in Part A and to Part B then you are […]
Tweet-up / Meet-up at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
Our latest trip to North Dakota made the news. WDAZ’s Adam Ladawig stopped by the check out what we’ve been up to and do a story on Spirit Lake: The Game. Watch and/or read the story on WDAZ’s website.
7 Generation Games Featured on WDAZ
Talk about a big week. Sorry for our blogosphere silence, but we’ve been on the road with key members of our 7 Generation Games staff in North Dakota this week. Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, our CMO, Maria Burns Ortiz, and our cultural consultant, Dr. Erich Longie, spent the […]
7 Generation Games Travels to ND
We’re also going to give a pair of completely unpaid endorsements here. Our Belcourt meeting was held at K & J Espresso Cafe, which was great. If you’re ever near Belcourt and looking for good coffee, this is the place to go. Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “Well, […]
An Off-the-Beaten-Path Visitors Guide to ND
AnnMaria here. The last week I have been working on a “Level 0”. This is because some teachers have told us their students have difficulty playing the game initially because they aren’t sure which keys to use to do what. The space bar jumps, the ctrl (control) key shoots […]
Level Zero: Progress!
How would you like to become a character in Spirit Lake: The Game? Now you can. In short, go here, read this awesome post, leave a comment (or as many comments are you want) and hope you get picked. We’d like to take credit for this incredible contest, but the […]