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hunter sprite — This is part 7 in a series on making games with impact.js game library. For a list of the first 6 parts, scroll to the bottom of this post. So far, we’ve set up our computer to have a local server and created a background layer. That’s the most […]

Making games with impact: Part 7 adding a character

January 10, 2017 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

Dennis on a computer — I was doing an interview for an upcoming article about women and the challenges they face when it comes to getting funding, when the interviewer mentioned how investors, VCs and all around tech startup folks love to throw around the word “rock star.” They want to invest in “rock star” […]

We Are Rock Stars

January 9, 2017 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Eric and Emilia at Ben & Jerry — Four years ago this week, AnnMaria, Dennis and I were on vacation in Vermont, when AnnMaria told us she wanted to found a company creating educational video games that taught math and she wanted us to join her. Now, this wasn’t completely out of the blue. She had received a […]

A Look Back At Our Beginning As 2017 Begins

January 9, 2017 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Chuck Zito and AnnMaria — People often imagine life at a start-up as being more exciting than it actually is. Many hours are spent debugging code, balancing budgets or in meetings with investors. Friday, however, was one of those days that lived up to the hype. Maria and I do a sort of weekly podcast […]

Chuck Zito, Start-ups and Hells Angels

January 8, 2017 in AnnMaria / podcast / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes to you from our game Spirit Lake. It’s an educational video on Native American culture and how to earn an eagle feather. The video talks about the different things that you could do to earn an eagle feather in the 1800s, things such as […]

Freebie Friday: Earning an Eagle Feather

January 6, 2017 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 January 9, 2014 “Website to Die for : Day 3 of the 20-day blogging challenge“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. The question for Day 3 is […]

Throwback Thursday – Website to Die for : Day 3 ...

January 5, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

It’s a new year so it’s time to clarify some things you may have been confused about throughout 2016. At 7 Generation Games, we love teaching and explaining all these terms that are out there in the ed tech and game world. We’ve talked about blended learning and flipped learning. We’ve […]

Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification

January 5, 2017 in Uncategorized by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

We’re kicking 2017 off in a big way – rolling out to a whole new platform. We told you it was coming, and Making Camp is now available for Android! To all of you who said, “I’d love to get one of your games, but I have an Android,” this […]

Making Camp Is Now Available for Android Tablets!

January 3, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Hello, random person from the interwebz. I would like your opinion on game violence and how much or little is appropriate. Some background … While we began making educational video games to teach math and social studies, we have received numerous requests from teachers, counselors and parents to branch out. […]

Games That Make You Smarter