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Monthly Archives: December 2014

book — 2015 is going to be a great year, I can feel it. One post isn’t going to be enough to get in all of my resolutions for the new year. Staff at the Ferguson Library tweeted the question, “What are your literary resolutions?” My literary resolution is to read a programming […]

My Literary Resolutions

December 31, 2014 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Girl about to set off on path — Five hundred years ago, the Ojibwe people picked up everything they owned and walked half-way across the continent. No one really knows why. There is no written history of this event. I remember the precise moment I first heard about it. I was talking to Debbie Gourneau, from Turtle Mountain, […]

It starts with a good story ….

December 29, 2014 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s Friday and here’s your freebie from 7 Generation Games. Let’s Snare Rabbits! You can download our Tic-Tac-Toe Game for Adding Fractions from the Teachers Pay Teacher site. Don’t let the name of the website throw you off, this game is absolutely free to download. Answer the problem correctly to […]

Freebie Friday: Tic-Tac-Toe Game for Adding Fractions

December 26, 2014 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Jack Rabbit Road / tic tac toe / waabooz by admin

It’s almost Christmas, do you still need to get a present for someone? We can help you! Have you heard of Spirit Lake: The Game? It combines math with Native American History. It’s only $9.99 and and you don’t even have to put shoes on or leave the house to […]

Need the best holiday gift ever? We have you covered!

December 22, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Buy One / Educational Games / Educational Video Games Holiday Gifts / Gift One / Spirit Lake:The Game by admin

It’s Friday and here’s your freebie from 7 Generation Games. Now through December 31st, any time you purchase an individual license of Spirit Lake: The Game, we will donate a second game to a child that cannot afford one as part of our “Buy One, Gift One” promotion. The same also applies […]

Freebie Friday: Buy One, Gift One!

December 19, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Freebie Friday tagged Buy One / Educational Video Games Holiday Gifts / Freebie Friday / Gift One by admin

coding — In my early twenties, I was working at Fortune 50 company and happened to be on the same flight with one of the senior vice-presidents. They had over-booked first class, so he got bumped and ended up sitting next to me. Never one to miss an opportunity, I asked him […]

My Every Day of Code

December 18, 2014 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Wishing you a happy holiday season from your friends at 7 Generation Games! Wondering what to get as the Christmas countdown gets shorter and shorter? “Spirit Lake: The Game” is a perfect gift! And between now and Dec. 31, when you purchase “Spirit Lake: The Game” for just $9.99 we […]

Happy Holidays from your friends at 7 Generation Games

December 17, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Gift a Game / Happy Holidays / Jingle Bells by admin

I’m a fan of the “hour of code” that many schools are doing. I’m trying very hard to limit my day to an hour of non-code. Today isn’t working out as well. I may have three hours of non-code, between opening the bank account and two meetings today. Maria explains […]

We’re a real grown-up company now

December 17, 2014 in 7GenGames by AnnMaria De Mars

woods — If you have never experienced the pleasure of having an idea that won’t leave you alone turn into reality, well, you have my sympathy. Today was the first day of working on our newest game. It’s so new it doesn’t have a name yet. We are going with a working […]

Every project has a first minute

December 17, 2014 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from Summer 2014 on, “Why does my computer try to decide what’s best for me?” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. In this highly tech oriented era, it is nearly impossible for […]

Throwback Thursday: Why does my computer try to decide what’s ...

December 11, 2014 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged Installation Tips for Mac by admin

As my final day in the office is coming to an end, I would like to reflect on the amazing work that is being done by the 7 Generation Games team. From the constant updates to Spirit Lake and Fish Lake to the development of a new iPad game, there […]

My Favorite 7 Generation Games’ Math Videos

December 10, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / blog / Common Core / education / Fish Lake / Intern / Math / Math Game / Spirit Lake / videos by AnnMaria De Mars

7 Generation Games — Unity is one of the most popular and accessible cross-platform game engines used today. So it’s no wonder there is such a large online community around it. Working in Unity when you come to a bump in the road, with a quick google search you will in all likelihood find […]

3 Great (and Free) Online Resources for Learning Unity

December 9, 2014 in 7GenGames by eric