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Monthly Archives: December 2015

At the Ed Games Expo last week, one of the attendees who stopped by to see our games was asking me about the impact our SBIR award had on 7 Generation Games. (SBIR stands for Small Business Innovation and Research and are grants given by various federal agencies to support […]

Startups Take Money: How SBIR Funding Helped Make 7 Generation ...

December 18, 2015 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from August 11, 2013 “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t: From World Judo Champion to Start-Up Grandmother” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was asked to write a chapter for the book, Real Talk, […]

Throwback Thursday: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – From World ...

December 17, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Judo / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Ronda running — We had our weekly game developers’ meeting yesterday and were extremely lucky to have a stellar cast of visitors drop in; best-selling author Derek Landy, star programmer Dave Taylor and our favorite Pokemon moderator of all time, Ronda Rousey. Prior to the meeting, our marketing staff had requested, “Since this […]

It’s an Early Adopter Discount, Not a Late Majority Discount

December 17, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Annie Hammond offers insight from an educator’s perspective on educational gaming. I recently saw a cartoon on social media that read, “I used to tell people I was a teacher. Now I prefer the title Data Collection and Management Specialist. It’s much more accurate.” This could not be closer to […]

A Teacher’s Point of View: That’s Mrs. Data Collection and ...

December 16, 2015 in 7GenGames / Newsletter tagged A Teacher's Point of View / Annie Hammond / Aztech / Data Collection / Holidays / newsletter by Erick Salomon

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Ever wonder what goes into making video games? Here’s your chance to find out. 7 Generation Games is opening up one of its game development meetings on December 16,2015 at 12:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, so that you can come check out what goes into creating virtual worlds, making ideas a […]

What REALLY goes on at our game design meetings?

December 13, 2015 in Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

old corn picture — I’ve been out and about a lot lately, from Minot to Fort Berthold to San Diego to Fort Totten, all within a few weeks, and now back home in Santa Monica. I spent a lot of time with the staff at Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Project, had dinner with teachers […]

Unexpected Lessons

December 13, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Ed Games Expo 2015 — A few months back, we got an invite to participate in the Department of Education’s Ed Games Expo. (Thanks to USDA for putting us in touch with the expo’s organizers!) The event brings together educational games from across the country that were funded by Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) […]

The Amazingness of the 2015 Ed Games Expo

December 11, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Uncategorized / Women in Tech tagged Ed Games Expo / Maria Burns Ortiz by Maria Burns Ortiz

Happy Freebie Friday! We have a special resource for you today courtesy of the boss, Dr. AnnMaria de Mars. As some of you may know, Dr. De Mars is a professor with over 30 years of experience in education, having taught all across the country at universities and educational institutions. […]

Freebie Friday: Developmental Psychology Course

December 11, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Freebie Friday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Developmental Psychology / Freebie Friday by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 26, 2013 “It’s The Giving Season” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When we received a contract from Black Belt magazine to publish Winning on the Ground, I told my youngest […]

Throwback Thursday: It’s The Giving Season

December 10, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Charity / Holidays / The Business/Judo of Life / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Happy Freebie Friday! Congratulations on making it through another week and as a reward we’re giving you a sneak peek at our newest game, Forgotten Trail. The high demand and interest for Forgotten Trail has been overwhelming, as people have been asking to play the game. Originally part of our […]

Freebie Friday: Welcome to Forgotten Trail – Mini Game

December 4, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged forgotten trail / Freebie Friday / Holiday Sales / Mini Game / Summer Games by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 18, 2012 “Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Want to start a business? Think you’re a good programmer? Have a good design? […]

Throwback Thursday: Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit

December 3, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Business / Small Business / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

The holiday season is upon us and unfortunately so is flu season, with the pandemic in full swing to boot. Staying home sick means one thing – substitute teachers. Most of the teachers we know dread missing a day of class. In a perfect world, teachers will leave an outline […]

Your Substitute Teacher Worries Are Over!

December 2, 2015 in 7GenGames / Newsletter tagged Beta / Flu Season / forgotten trail / newsletter / Substitute by Erick Salomon