There is a reason I am sitting here with 3 devices. In a word – Internet. In two words – slow Internet. Maria asked how it is that I am getting so much more done this trip and swearing so much less than when we went to Rio a year […]
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You know there are four basic mathematical operations, right? Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Your children probably know that as well. Do they know the meaning of sum, divisor, quotient, the difference between a product and a dividend? You might be surprised by the answer to that. Many teachers have told […]
The world’s largest Venus fly-trap: Problem-solving resources for 4 basic ...
5 Let’s cut to the chase : No product is perfect. Sometimes people are ignorant or jerks or ignorant jerks. Our games are awesome. You should buy them. We are still always working on making them better (yes, you get free updates for life). To give you an example of how […]
You Should Buy Our Imperfect Games & Quit Telling Us ...
Brief background We are working on a game with the Circle of Life substance abuse program on the Fort Berthold Reservation that will be used to help people change problem situations in their lives. The general theory behind it is Motivational Interviewing. Since the application will be used by people […]
Analyzing your emotions with your iPhone (& jQuery)
Every Wednesday, we’ll be providing you three resources to teach a concept that teachers and parents have found requires a little more practice. Today’s resources are on introducing fractions. One of the times I knew I married the right man is when our then very young daughter asked my husband, “Daddy, what […]
Free, fun and starting fractions: Three resources to help you ...
This is part 7 in a series on making games with impact.js game library. For a list of the first 6 parts, scroll to the bottom of this post. So far, we’ve set up our computer to have a local server and created a background layer. That’s the most […]
Making games with impact: Part 7 adding a character
Caution: Rant ahead. Years ago, I worked in a tall building with a lot of well-educated professionals. Our offices were located downtown and looked right over a school attended by low-income children. Like a lot of affluent Americans, we spent a lot of time criticizing public education, complaining that students […]
How we can help your students
People often imagine life at a start-up as being more exciting than it actually is. Many hours are spent debugging code, balancing budgets or in meetings with investors. Friday, however, was one of those days that lived up to the hype. Maria and I do a sort of weekly podcast […]
Chuck Zito, Start-ups and Hells Angels
16 Hello, random person from the interwebz. I would like your opinion on game violence and how much or little is appropriate. Some background … While we began making educational video games to teach math and social studies, we have received numerous requests from teachers, counselors and parents to branch out. […]
Want your opinions on game violence
Obviously from the name, this is the sixth in a series on making games with the library, impact.js . Now that we have a background, let’s start putting in some trees and bushes. (For the first 5 parts, scroll to the bottom.) We’re going to create a new layer of […]
Making games with impact: Part 6 – the stamp
If you missed the first four posts in this series, you can find them here: Part 1 – Getting started Part 2 – Setting up impact Part 3 – Firing up the world master Part 4 – Permission to make games Woo-hoo you have opened up the weltmeister and you […]
Making Games with impact.js : Part 5 Creating the background
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 […]