Perhaps we should start identifying ourselves when we post. Hi, it’s AnnMaria, sometimes game designer, sometimes web developer and all of the time President. I’m ecstatic to be working on the game today with Dr. Carol Davis from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. We sketched out seven levels. […]
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Thinking of the hard questions If you follow us on social media, you’re aware of our recent Kickstarter campaign. As part of organizing that, we had to address project risks and challenges. We needed to ask ourselves the hard questions: What risks did our project involve? (“Lose money” risks, not […]
Risks and Challenges
We have some company-focused, frequently-asked questions about 7 Generation Games. Let’s tackle a bunch here. FAQs Have you gotten any other funding? Short answer, yes. Longer answer here. Do you offer additional resources for teachers with the game? Short answer, yes. Longer answer here. What’s your long term vision? Click […]
FAQs: 7 Generation Games
We did it! We not only hit, but exceeded $20,000—and with 48 hours to go! The video below shows you what we’re doing around our respective home offices at the moment. So there goes our plans for a dramatic racing-to-the-finish push where we were directing everyone to dig through their […]
Kickstarter: We did it! But it’s not over yet
So … it has been a crazy week. I am writing this (AnnMaria) because our CMO, Maria, is currently on a flight back to the east coast. We’ve been a little lax on posting updates (although we have actually been working on the game) because Ronda had a UFC world […]
Planning new levels: Counting coup
Four things are happening in the next few months. We are adding a level with fight scenes! This will be interesting because we want to make it authentic. One of our cultural consultants talked about how combatants in a knife fight would hold their knives and attack. We’re a bit […]
Next steps for Spirit Lake
Update: Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! Check back in with us soon! Did you know UFC women’s champion and UFC 157 headliner Ronda Rousey is an avid gamer? If you’re a fan of hers, you might have already known that! However, you might not have known that if […]
What you won’t learn about Ronda Rousey on HBO
Now for something a little bit different. In our last update, we unveiled a new $50 reward and talked about the role of UFC champion Ronda Rousey in our game’s development. However, we get a lot of questions about the tech, development and design side of our game as well. Today we unveil […]
Developer Diary, Part I: Something for our tech savvy friends
Thank you for all your support on Kickstarter! Check back in with us and play our learning games! We’re adding a new reward for Kickstarter backers who pledge $50 or more to support Spirit Lake: The Game — an 8×10 signed photo of UFC women’s champion Ronda Rousey. The “Thank You […]
Kickstarter: How much torque does it take to break a ...
Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! There are myriad opportunities in math, and we want to be part of the journey. Our Kickstarter project launched. Please check it out–and consider backing us! Any amount gets us closer to our goal. Share us on social media. You can also reach us […]
14 Awesome Reasons to Back Us on Kickstarter
Update: Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! There are myriad opportunities in math, and we want to be part of the journey. Stay tuned! Our Kickstarter project launched today. Please check it out – and consider backing us! Any amount gets us closer to our goal. Also please share us […]
Kickstarter: AzTech Games
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 […]