No, I don’t mean that kind. Well, sort of, I mean, Hoksinato is a main character in our game, and he is Native American and digital. No, actually, I mean this kind. These are the teachers at Tate Topa Tribal Elementary and Middle Schools in training learning to use our […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
Not everything we do makes it into the games. Sometimes we start out with an idea that we think will capture students’ interest and teach a concept, but it just doesn’t work out. For example, I thought I could demonstrate the ideas of probability, certainty, impossibility using the office guinea […]
Guinea pigs make poor co-stars
We have a new research associate coming into the office today – welcome, Jessica Bueler – and part of her task will be getting some organization around here. As I’ve said before, there are thousands upon thousands of parts to a video game. One of Jessica’s tasks as she learns […]
Spring Cleaning as We Grow
We live in LA so we know that looking good is important to a lot of people. (We personally don’t worry too much about it because we’re just naturally ridiculously good looking – and humble.) We also recognize that when launching and running a company public appearance is important. Not […]
Time for a Facelift: This Site Will Soon Be Getting ...
Overall, life has been progressing relatively smoothly here at 7 Generation Games, but “overall” is the key word in that sentence … Every parent is probably familiar with this scenario – You are in a restaurant, airport or other public place and it seems to you that your child is […]
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties …
Do you have a dog? Do you think your dog is awesome? Would you like to see your dog in an actual video game? Then we have just the thing for you. A while back, we — along with Derek Landy, author of the super amazing Skulduggery Pleasant series — […]
Calling All Dogs! A Casting Contest for Pups to Appear ...
North Dakota: Come for the weather, stay because your car won’t start * When you read those stories about how Ben & Jerry drove up and down the state of Vermont giving free samples of ice cream to stores, or how the guys from Snapple drove around the northeast with […]
I Wonder If Ben & Jerry Had Days Like This
Here at 7 Generation Games, our jobs can change from week to week. As a small company, our work is decided not by title but by what most needs to be done. For the last few weeks, Dennis has been working on the 3-D game, making an application that does […]
Adding the juice
Hey, you! Yes, I’m talking to you! You couldn’t be like everyone else, could you? You just had to be an individual. Yes, you, with your shiny brand new laptop running the latest version of Chrome on Windows 8. You, too, Mr. Our-School-Must-Upgrade-Computer-Security. And, I’m talking to you, person running […]
Why It’s Amazing Anything Ever Works At All
Look for life lessons in unexpected places. Given the story that’s about to follow, it would be awesome if I could say that was the fortune that came in my fortune cookie when I ordered Chinese on Monday night. My fortune actually was “Your opinions are highly regarded by others.” […]
The Power of Great Customer Service (Or Why You Should ...
In January, we spent two weeks in North Dakota talking to teachers and observing teachers and students playing Spirit Lake: The Game and Fish Lake. For weeks, we have been working on the changes they recommended and more suggestions that came in as students played the game. Drum roll, please […]
It’s here! It’s everything you asked! Spirit Lake 2.2
Before co-founding 7 Generation Games, I worked 10-plus years as a journalist. The last three of those years, I was juggling being both a journalist and journalism professor. In both positions, I expected perfection from myself and those around me. The expectation for journalists is that you put out something […]