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7GenBanner — Did you know that our games are currently in more than 20 schools and after-school programs across the United States? In fact, we have an additional 300-plus individual users, hailing from 32 states and seven different countries! You can join the trend too by purchasing a Spirit Lake Game to […]

Become part of a revolution in educational gaming!

August 18, 2014 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Uncategorized by admin

During my summer internship at 7 Generation Games, I was able to practice my passion of teaching mathematics in a unique way. I learned how to create video lessons that focused on different math concepts which were used in computer video games tailored to children. In these videos, I focused […]

Teaching mathematics in a unique way

August 18, 2014 in 7GenGames / Game Progress / Math tagged fractions / Internship / Math by admin

This week, a full company meeting was organized at our beautiful Water Garden Office to discuss summer progress and future plans. Interns had the opportunity to present their projects and help incoming fall interns get acquainted with what we do at 7 Generation Games. For me personally, this summer has […]

This Week in the Office

August 14, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

I believe that every software project has to comply with a law best shown in the chart below. If you get something done right away, it will be very far from perfect. On the other hand, the perfect software never gets done. Every software project that I have ever worked […]

Done is better than perfect

August 11, 2014 in 7GenGames / Dog food / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

In this highly tech oriented era, it is nearly impossible for anyone to go a day without accessing their computer. We depend on these versatile devices not only for work, but also for study, correspondence, calendars, and entertainment. We all know that strong privacy controls on our devices are necessary […]

Why does my computer try to decide what’s best for ...

August 5, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

[Note: With Diana J, our blogging intern out sick this week, Eric the Intern, also known as Sound Guy, filled in for her. Thanks to Eric for that.] Sound is often one the most overlooked components of video games, for players and developers alike. One reason for this is that […]

Creating immersive sound for games

July 29, 2014 in 7GenGames / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

I’ve spent a good bit of my life living and working in places that many of my colleagues would not drive through in the middle of the day with the windows rolled up and the car doors locked, so you’ll have to excuse me if I am a bit cynical […]

Let them code games about cake

July 26, 2014 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM tagged cake / coding by admin

If this is your first visit to our website, thank you for taking the time to read our blog and let us introduce ourselves. We are a company that combines math, Native American history and adventure gaming into our video games. The video clip below demonstrates the (awesome) video games that […]

How does 7 Generation Games differ from other companies?

July 23, 2014 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Math tagged 7 Generation Games / Adventure Gaming / Math / Native American History by admin

Tonight 7 Generation Games took an hour out of our busy schedule to join an interactive discussion on how to use mobile for business growth. Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media, Mobile Future, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and Social Lens Research shared recent stats from the Hispanic Business Growth […]

Hispanic Business Growth and the Mobile Future Twitter Party

July 17, 2014 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Uncategorized tagged Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media / LATISM / Mobile Future / Social Lens Research / United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce / USHCC by admin

Time is a funny thing for us humans. It always seems like it either disappears too quickly or idles by painfully slowly. But even if we are not great at gaging time, what is more important is being able to evaluate and learn from the past, live in the present, […]

Time is a Funny Thing

July 15, 2014 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by admin

chart — When we started the Dakota Learning Project to evaluate our educational games, I wondered if we had bitten off more than we could chew. We proposed to develop the games, pilot them in schools, collect data and analyze the data to see if the games had any impact. We were […]

We NEED statistics because you don’t know it when you ...

July 12, 2014 in AnnMaria tagged Math / statistics by AnnMaria De Mars

by Dr. Erich Longie, Lead Cultural Consultant While demonstrating our games for teachers, parents and students at the Tribal Disability Conference at Turtle Mountain this week, I was thinking about how learning about math together with Dakota culture makes perfect sense. Native Americans are one of the two involuntary minorities in […]

Why Learning about Math and Dakota Culture Makes Perfect Sense

July 11, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Games That Make You Smarter