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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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 ...
[Note: With Diana J, our blogging intern out sick this week, Eric the Intern, also known as Sound Guy, filled in for her. Thanks to Eric for that.] Sound is often one the most overlooked components of video games, for players and developers alike. One reason for this is that […]
Creating immersive sound for games
I’ve spent a good bit of my life living and working in places that many of my colleagues would not drive through in the middle of the day with the windows rolled up and the car doors locked, so you’ll have to excuse me if I am a bit cynical […]
Let them code games about cake
If this is your first visit to our website, thank you for taking the time to read our blog and let us introduce ourselves. We are a company that combines math, Native American history and adventure gaming into our video games. The video clip below demonstrates the (awesome) video games that […]
How does 7 Generation Games differ from other companies?
Tonight 7 Generation Games took an hour out of our busy schedule to join an interactive discussion on how to use mobile for business growth. Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media, Mobile Future, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and Social Lens Research shared recent stats from the Hispanic Business Growth […]
Hispanic Business Growth and the Mobile Future Twitter Party
Time is a funny thing for us humans. It always seems like it either disappears too quickly or idles by painfully slowly. But even if we are not great at gaging time, what is more important is being able to evaluate and learn from the past, live in the present, […]
Time is a Funny Thing
When we started the Dakota Learning Project to evaluate our educational games, I wondered if we had bitten off more than we could chew. We proposed to develop the games, pilot them in schools, collect data and analyze the data to see if the games had any impact. We were […]
We NEED statistics because you don’t know it when you ...
by Dr. Erich Longie, Lead Cultural Consultant While demonstrating our games for teachers, parents and students at the Tribal Disability Conference at Turtle Mountain this week, I was thinking about how learning about math together with Dakota culture makes perfect sense. Native Americans are one of the two involuntary minorities in […]
Why Learning about Math and Dakota Culture Makes Perfect Sense
The last post was hopefully a titillating introduction to Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, Dr. Yolanda Venegas, and Marisol Castillo’s research. More on their investigation of what makes a good game here! They found that there are certain features that make particular games more effective than others, a couple of which are proudly […]
Are they really learning? How educational are educational games continued.
What makes a game educational? Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, Dr. Yolanda Venegas, and Marisol Castillo got together to investigate whether popular games are actually helping children to learn and boost scholastic achievement, as well as what it is about these games that makes them either effective or ineffective. To start, […]
Are they really learning? How educational are educational games?
In my last post, I talked about making educational games that are educational. When game designers and programmers create math games, they often have little idea of what math children are learning in a given grade, in what order, nor what types of hints to provide. In short, unsurprisingly, the […]