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Monthly Archives: April 2013

We recently realized we had reached the point where we needed a professional logo. This isn’t necessarily as a major business milestone, but we find it to be a slightly significant moment in 7 Generation Games history. It marks the point where we realized that we’re getting so big that […]

Unveiling Our New Logo

April 24, 2013 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

One of the biggest changes since hiring a CMO is the amount of things that were once on our “if we had someone, this would be great to do” list that we are actually now able to do. We ran our Kickstarter campaign that raised over $21,000 in 21 days. […]

Picking Up Speed: Accelerators and Rejection

April 24, 2013 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Beta Test Feedback So far, the beta test responses have been overwhelmingly positive. The biggest complaint we have received is from testers who want MORE of the game and wish they did not have to wait six months for more levels. Well, you’ll get half of what you want. […]

Fish! (Oh, and progress.)

April 17, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

The beta version logins of Spirit Lake: The Game have been sent out to everyone who pledged $15 or more to our Kickstarter campaign. (If you backed us and did not receive your login/password, please let us know. You can email us at feedback@7generationgames.com — and we’ll make sure […]

The Next Step: Kickstarter Beta Logins

April 8, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Big news! We’ve been selected to demo our game at the MIT (yes, that MIT) Enterprise Forum’s In-NOW-vation showcase on April 25, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. More than 100 companies applied for the 30 demo spots, and we were one of the companies chosen! (See, those MIT folks are smart.) The […]

In-NOW-vation Showcase & World Domination

April 4, 2013 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

We spent our Easter working on Easter eggs. No, not the pastel left by a bunny kind. This kind. (Easter eggs being a gaming term that refers to an intentional hidden feature in a video game.) We wanted to add an element of the unexpected into the game. After all, […]

Easter Eggs (Not the Holiday Kind)

April 2, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress by Maria Burns Ortiz