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As of 8/13/2021, our two augmented reality apps that are currently being updated are as follows: Counting by Two Languages – Android & iOS Math: The Universal Language – Lakota – Android These versions of the app are under construction. You won’t be able to access them until construction is […]

Two AR Apps Under Construction

August 18, 2021 in 7GenGames / Code Talk / DevDiary / Educational Games / Game Design / Game Progress tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Design / Game Progress by Christy Hanson

Designing a video game is simultaneously easy and difficult. There are many moving parts. I hope this insider’s glimpse serves to enlighten youth in exploring their future career paths. Read on to see how we made the Making Camp Navajo game project. A video game project feels similar to how […]

Behind the Scenes: How a Video Game is Made

August 17, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Design / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Design / Growing Math by Christy Hanson

robots loose in the Time Travel Academy — In my last post, I got most of the Killer Robots game laid out. I did the following: Decided on a story line Got the artwork Created the first screen, the classroom Wrote a function to get the robots to move and another function to get the robots to turn […]

Game design steps with killer robots

September 20, 2020 in Code Talk / Game Design tagged Game Design by AnnMaria De Mars

Game design from last's years class - room search — When I was a kid, I had no idea what those people in shiny office buildings downtown actually did. Whether we’re talking about rural towns in the Midwest or south Los Angeles, I know many students who are in the same boat with the same question: What IS an audio […]

Game Design Class Pt. 1: Team Roles

June 16, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Design / Remote Education tagged Game Design / learning at home by AnnMaria De Mars

Have you ever wondered what goes into making video games? Check out this awesome educational video where we break down every step in the process.

How Do You Make Video Games? 7 Generation Games Breaks ...

March 25, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Design by Diana Sanchez

No one is searching for a walking robot on teachers pay teachers — Did you know that 7 Generation Games offers a game design curriculum? If your school licenses our games, you can get it for free, all you need to do is ask. If you talk to Maria or me, you probably don’t even need to ask because we can’t wait to […]

Get Your Kids into STEM Through Game Design

July 19, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Game Design / Remote Education tagged Game Design / learning at home / STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Ideas, vision, — 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 […]

Long Term Vision

February 4, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Design / rural education / Uncategorized tagged Game Design / Game Improvements by Maria Burns Ortiz