Games That Make You Smarter

AnnMaria De Mars

hunter sprite — 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

January 10, 2017 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

Chuck Zito and AnnMaria — 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

January 8, 2017 in AnnMaria / podcast / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

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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

January 2, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

background with trees and bushes — 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

January 2, 2017 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

background with sky and grass — 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

January 1, 2017 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

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

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

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

Fish Lake new icon — In this math problem the student encounters in Fish Lake, two brothers set out for camp. One walks south and sees 8 snakes, 2 of which are rattlesnakes. The other walks north and sees 4 snakes, 1 of which is a rattlesnake. In a previous post, I showed how to […]

Moving a snake across a page

December 13, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars