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This category is for posts written by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars.

House on fire — Start-up life can be a little crazy. No, make that a lot crazy. We incorporated as a business in 2013, making us middle-aged in start-up years. When start-ups die, they often just fade away. You see people at fewer meet-ups, get fewer emails or social media posts trying to entice […]

Well, THAT was some serious crazy business

August 1, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from July 30, 2011 “Sorry my paper on data visualization is late, I was at a pow-wow” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to […]

Throwback Thursday: Sorry my paper on data visualization is late, ...

July 28, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 17, 2010 “Good Stuff in the Internet Candy Store” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Grown-ups lie to kids. I have discovered this. When I was […]

Throwback Thursday: Good Stuff in the Internet Candy Store

July 21, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria De Mars / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Let’s cut to the chase. Now through the end of July, we’re offering all individual licenses for 7 Generation Games at an amazing deal of 90% off. Just use discount code: JULY90 The code applies to all individual user single or multi-game purchases of Forgotten Trail, Spirit Lake and Fish […]

We Want Your Ideas. We REALLY want your ideas!

July 20, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

seal of North Dakota — Professors, conference presenters and speakers at professional development often complain that teachers don’t want to discuss the deeper issues. They say, Teachers only worry about what they can do with their class on Monday. Of course, not worrying about that is a luxury if you don’t have to teach a […]

Lessons Learned This Week: North Dakota Indian Education Summit

July 14, 2016 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

very large, brown pig — Often when I say things like, “I’m going back to the reservation to get input from people who will use these games.” or “This game should be able to run on whatever bandwidth you can get next to a corn field.” people think I am speaking metaphorically. No. Picture of […]

Who Does Game Testing in a Corn Field?

July 9, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

buildings — When I was a kid, I always wondered what people did in those big office buildings. How did they learn how to do those jobs, whatever they were? How did they get those jobs? What do they wear? I knew what teachers did, since I went to school, and doctors, […]

How We Can Help Your Kids Become Successful Entrepreneurs

June 29, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Ronda Running — A few months ago, we had the super fantastic amazing opportunity to have some special guests in our game design meeting. These included a best-selling author, a programmer who had worked on two of the best-selling games on earth and two people who play more video games than anyone else I […]

Game design – you talk, we listen

June 28, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Terry being interviewed — In school, I was in probably every clique but the ‘cool kids’. I was in a lot of fights and hung out in “hoods’ woods” with all of the other troublemakers. The woods from Forgotten Trail aren’t far off. I was in all of the advanced classes with the ‘smart […]

Party Like a Rock Star?

June 26, 2016 in AnnMaria / podcast by AnnMaria De Mars

Mom says right — Some of our testers had suggested that we have a more dramatic event when the player got the answer right or wrong. I thought I would replace the existing image with something like this with maybe a farting sound effect. (Kids liked the puking in Spirit Lake that happens if […]

See What I Have to Put Up With

June 25, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from June 05, 2015 “Needed: Advice on Appreciating Life” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I think I need some advice on appreciating how great my life is. I haven’t been posting for two […]

Throwback Thursday: Needed – Advice on Appreciating Life

June 23, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Life Advice / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

cat — When I get discouraged about the pace of ‘traction’ at 7 Generation Games, I remember an interview with one of the founders of Google. He said that it did not bother him in the early years that Google did not have a lot of users because they were working on […]

Cats on the Head & Other Start-up Tales

June 19, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars