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Game update The photo above was drawn by one of our artists in part for “clip art.” That is, the arrows, dream catcher and different parts of it are clipped out when we need decoration on a page. Sometimes we’ll have a memory game that includes both answers and equations […]

Indigenous Story and Art Development

March 15, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

If you recall, a few weeks back we posted Part I of our Developer Diary by our senior developer Dennis DeMars. The first part was a transcription of our original white paper stating the criteria. This go round, Dennis gives us what he calls “a brief summary of our results […]

Developer Diary, Part II: Getting Results

March 12, 2013 in 7GenGames / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Perhaps we should start identifying ourselves when we post. Hi, it’s AnnMaria, sometimes game designer, sometimes web developer and all of the time President. I’m ecstatic to be working on the game today with Dr. Carol Davis from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. We sketched out seven levels. […]

Clans: Beginning game two

March 12, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Thinking of the hard questions If you follow us on social media, you’re aware of our recent Kickstarter campaign. As part of organizing that, we had to address project risks and challenges. We needed to ask ourselves the hard questions: What risks did our project involve? (“Lose money” risks, not […]

Risks and Challenges

March 5, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress / Kickstarter / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

We have some company-focused, frequently-asked questions about 7 Generation Games. Let’s tackle a bunch here. FAQs Have you gotten any other funding? Short answer, yes. Longer answer here. Do you offer additional resources for teachers with the game? Short answer, yes. Longer answer here. What’s your long term vision? Click […]

FAQs: 7 Generation Games

March 2, 2013 in 7GenGames / FAQ tagged 7 Generation Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

7 Generation Games Blog — We did it! We not only hit, but exceeded $20,000—and with 48 hours to go! The video below shows you what we’re doing around our respective home offices at the moment. So there goes our plans for a dramatic racing-to-the-finish push where we were directing everyone to dig through their […]

Kickstarter: We did it! But it’s not over yet

February 26, 2013 in 7GenGames / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz

So … it has been a crazy week. I am writing this (AnnMaria) because our CMO, Maria, is currently on a flight back to the east coast. We’ve been a little lax on posting updates (although we have actually been working on the game) because Ronda had a UFC world […]

Planning new levels: Counting coup

February 25, 2013 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Game Progress tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Progress by Maria Burns Ortiz

Spirit Lake Teacher Resources — Four things are happening in the next few months. We are adding a level with fight scenes! This will be interesting because we want to make it authentic. One of our cultural consultants talked about how combatants in a knife fight would hold their knives and attack. We’re a bit […]

Next steps for Spirit Lake

February 25, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress tagged Game Improvements / Kickstarter by AnnMaria De Mars

Update: Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! Check back in with us soon! Did you know UFC women’s champion and UFC 157 headliner Ronda Rousey is an avid gamer? If you’re a fan of hers, you might have already known that! However, you might not have known that if […]

What you won’t learn about Ronda Rousey on HBO

February 19, 2013 in 7GenGames / fundraising / Kickstarter / Uncategorized tagged crowdfunding / Kickstarter / Ronda Rousey by Maria Burns Ortiz

Now for something a little bit different. In our last update, we unveiled a new $50 reward and talked about the role of UFC champion Ronda Rousey in our game’s development. However, we get a lot of questions about the tech, development and design side of our game as well. Today we unveil […]

Developer Diary, Part I: Something for our tech savvy friends

February 17, 2013 in 7GenGames / Code Talk / DevDiary / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Thank you for all your support on Kickstarter! Check back in with us and play our learning games! We’re adding a new reward for Kickstarter backers who pledge $50 or more to support Spirit Lake: The Game — an 8×10 signed photo of UFC women’s champion Ronda Rousey. The “Thank You […]

Kickstarter: How much torque does it take to break a ...

February 16, 2013 in 7GenGames / fundraising / Kickstarter / Uncategorized tagged crowdfunding / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz

Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! There are myriad opportunities in math, and we want to be part of the journey. Our Kickstarter project launched. Please check it out–and consider backing us! Any amount gets us closer to our goal. Share us on social media. You can also reach us […]

14 Awesome Reasons to Back Us on Kickstarter

February 12, 2013 in 7GenGames / Kickstarter tagged crowdfunding / fundraising / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz