Monthly Archives: August 2014

Deer Scales

August 31, 2014 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Los Angeles NCLR — With expertise in bilingual education, part of my job here at 7 Generation Games is to not just attend and demonstrate the games at events, but also give my input on where are the appropriate places to spend our limited marketing dollars. The NCLR 2014 (National Council of La Raza) National […]

National Latino Family Expo – great event to attend but ...

August 29, 2014 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Last night we attended the first EdTech LA Meetup at Coworkk (yes, it is spelled “Coworkk”) in Beverly Hills. We met a lot of great people and heard some interesting presentations about some of the projects that other members of the group we we’re working. So what is the EdTech LA Meetup […]

LA Ed Tech Meetup

August 28, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

We love our office so much; it is not only the heart of our company, but also the space in which great minds aggregate and dreams, passion, and hard work materialize into educational games that have the potential to make a huge difference in the world! But our time and […]

Come Find Out More About Us!

August 28, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

Sound editing internship at 7 Generation Games

August 22, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

Being an entrepreneur means multi-tasking, so here I am for the second day beta-testing evrybit, attending the Unite 2014 conference and writing this blog while Diana, our blogging intern, is off doing intern things. As far as beta testing, it is good for me to do it for other products […]

Unite 2014 and my second day of Evrybit testing

August 21, 2014 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

So, here we are at Unite 2014, the conference for Unity 3 D developers, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to test out Evrybit, a mobile app for journalism. We are constantly begging people to be alpha and beta testers for us, so I thought I would […]

Testing Evrybit at Unite 2014

August 19, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by AnnMaria De Mars

7GenBanner — Did you know that our games are currently in more than 20 schools and after-school programs across the United States? In fact, we have an additional 300-plus individual users, hailing from 32 states and seven different countries! You can join the trend too by purchasing a Spirit Lake Game to […]

Become part of a revolution in educational gaming!

August 18, 2014 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Uncategorized by admin

During my summer internship at 7 Generation Games, I was able to practice my passion of teaching mathematics in a unique way. I learned how to create video lessons that focused on different math concepts which were used in computer video games tailored to children. In these videos, I focused […]

Teaching mathematics in a unique way

August 18, 2014 in 7GenGames / Game Progress / Math tagged fractions / Internship / Math by admin

This week, a full company meeting was organized at our beautiful Water Garden Office to discuss summer progress and future plans. Interns had the opportunity to present their projects and help incoming fall interns get acquainted with what we do at 7 Generation Games. For me personally, this summer has […]

This Week in the Office

August 14, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

I believe that every software project has to comply with a law best shown in the chart below. If you get something done right away, it will be very far from perfect. On the other hand, the perfect software never gets done. Every software project that I have ever worked […]

Done is better than perfect

August 11, 2014 in 7GenGames / Dog food / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

In this highly tech oriented era, it is nearly impossible for anyone to go a day without accessing their computer. We depend on these versatile devices not only for work, but also for study, correspondence, calendars, and entertainment. We all know that strong privacy controls on our devices are necessary […]

Why does my computer try to decide what’s best for ...

August 5, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

Games That Make You Smarter