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It’s time for another Freebie Friday! This is the last Freebie Friday of the year 2016. Today’s freebie is from our game Aztech. It’s a powerpoint on understanding bar graphs using Mayan hunting. Through the use of the powerpoint, you learn about Mayan hunting and then use that information to […]

Freebie Friday: Mayan Hunting To Teach Bar Graphs

December 30, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Get info screen — This is part 4 of a series on making games with impact.js . Don’t be a smart ass and skip this part. You might be able to open the weltmeister.html and start a game but you won’t be able to save it unless you have permission. Part 1 Part 2 […]

Making games with impact.js : Part 4, Permission to Make ...

December 30, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

white bar part way across black screen — This is part 3 of a series on making games with impact.js. You can find part 2 here. Part 1 is here. First of all, for those who dived into this series at part 3, I want to caution you that by impact I mean the game library, impact.js which […]

Making Computer Games with Impact : Part 3 Firing up ...

December 29, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 16, 2014 “Story Questions!“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. In the 20-day blogging challenge, the prompt for day seven was “Share a classroom management tip. […]

Throwback Thursday: Story Questions!

December 29, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

It’s the last week of 2016 and the whole year might seem like a blur (and if it doesn’t you might be hoping it becomes one), but imagine how blurry all the historical information you’ve learned in your lifetime is! However, history is not always in the past as the […]

Why History Matters

December 29, 2016 in 7GenGames by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

dead guy with buffalo — This is the second post in a series on how to make games with impact.js . You can find the first post here. I know you are getting all excited about making computer games and I am telling you about boring stuff like the file structure – what directories you […]

Learn to make Computer Games: Part 2, Setting Up Impact

December 27, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars

path to find sound files — Since it is officially a holiday for 7 Generation Games, I am semi-working. What I mean by that is that I’m working but only on what interests me at the moment, which happens to be writing a game using impact and writing about it. I decided to make this a […]

Learn to make computer games: Part 1, Getting Started

December 26, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars

Aunt Jean — It’s December 22nd and you still have no idea what to get your mother for Christmas – again. I get it. Your mom is a grown woman. If she wanted something, she’s probably bought it for herself by now. PLEASE tell me that you did not buy her a star. […]

What to get mom for Christmas

December 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 13, 2014 “You haven’t learned it unless you can do it“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. It’s now day five of the 20-day blogging challenge, […]

Throwback Thursday: You haven’t learned it unless you can do ...

December 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

We’ve spent months improving the artwork, educational resources and videos in Fish Lake. We released it on Steam on Friday and had two gamers stream it on Twitch in the first four days. What do we do next? Improve it more. Watching Jessamyn and Shayna play made obvious some additional […]

What do you do after you’ve dramatically improved your game?

December 21, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Last week, the White House hosted the White House Competitive Gaming Event and streamed it via Twitch. Not to be outdone and in honor of the release of Fish Lake v. 2.0, we decided to have two competitive gamers we know go head-to-head with Fish Lake on their Twitch channels. (If you’re not […]

Fish Lake Gets Competitive on Twitch!

December 19, 2016 in 7GenGames / High Score by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

It’s here. Fish Lake is officially available to buy on Steam! Thanks to every who supported us in getting this game Greenlit!

We’re Live on Steam! Get Fish Lake Now!

December 16, 2016 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz