We had our kick-off meeting today and it went great. Of the 10 people who expressed an interest, 7 showed up, either virtually or in person. We had minor Google hangout issues with people needing to install a plug in and sound/ picture sporadic for some people, but we made it […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Below are the students who won the Fish Lake game this semester. We actually are in the middle of development of this game, so these students made it to the final level to date. More levels are in the making … I just received some cool prizes – flash drives […]
Fish Lake Winners – human ones
Even though I spent last night and this morning in Ojai, I’ve still been getting a good bit of work done. Right now, I’m sitting on the porch at the Lavender Inn typing away at the Fish Lake Game Design Document, adding more math to Level One in keeping with […]
Something about snakes
A friend of mine commented on one of his young employees as, “The worst combination you can get – someone who isn’t interested in the work and doesn’t need the money.” There are lots of advantages of being born into a well-off family. Your family can provide you introductions to […]
The Advantage of Being Poor
Where to even begin … Don’t misunderstand me, I get up every morning and am happy to get to work. The problem is, there is just so much that goes into building a game AND a company. I had a great time at the East Los Angeles College STEAM (Science, […]
In the pit of never-ending improvements
This week has been devoted to testing, documenting and debugging the first four levels of Fish Lake. After that, I will get in to adding more to both the beginning levels and the next two levels. Here is my dilemma of the day  – as any good game, the levels […]
How Hard is Too Hard & Other Game Design ...
Congratulations to Sophie Marie for winning 7 Generation Games dog photo contest! Sophie will be featured in 7 Generation Games upcoming game Forgotten Trail. Sophie’s proud owner Jim Avery will receive a free copy of the Forgotten Trail game and a framed high-resolution print of our illustrator’s game rendering of the […]
And the winning dog entry to be included in our ...
We appreciated our Kickstarter backers so much, we sent them the latest game for free. If you didn’t back us, you can still buy the game for the low price of $9.99 here (Cheap! As they used to say at Mad Magazine. Too young for Mad? Oh, well. )
Here’s How Much We Love Our Kickstarter Backers
Winners of Spirit Lake: The Game as of May, 2014 are listed below. Teachers – we have prizes so if you recognize your student’s username below, please contact us with a mailing address to send their awards. BETSYOHS BRISSA DGALVEZ EVAORTIZ100 HAWK10 HAWK20 HORSE 11 LELLIS RUTABAGA SHAR14 SHARK15 SHARK18 SHARK2 SHARK21 SHARK23 […]
And we have a winner — 31 winners, actually
Since I mentioned the idea of an anti-hackathon – the format for people who have stuff going on in their lives but would still like the fun of knocking out a new project – I’ve had quite a few people contact me. Here is what I have so far and […]
Crowd-sourcing the anti-hackathon
Or Why the National Forum on Dropout Prevention for Native and Tribal Communities Was Awesome. We go to A LOT of events. Between AnnMaria and myself, we try to make it to 1-3 events in-person per month each. It’s a combination of meetups, tweetups, mixers, conventions, conferences, coffees, panels, demos, […]
Identifying Ideal Events (for Your Startup)
I have attended a data hackathon once, as a mentor. I’ve never participated in a hackathon and only briefly considered it a few times. Here are my reasons why not: I have a perfectly comfortable office with a really good desktop with a huge monitor, all kinds of technical books, […]