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JAVASCRIPT CONSOLE — Debugging takes up the vast majority of a programmer’s day. Two main tips for making debugging easier are: Break the code into chunks Use developer view Here is an example from the Making Camp Premium game under development. This is a memory game for learning language. Players are given a […]

Debugging Tip from Making Camp

June 2, 2017 in Code Talk / Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 23, 2015 “Lessons from Life: 2> This, too, shall pass“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Funny how a random sight can jog a memory, like […]

Throwback Thursday: Lessons from Life: 2> This, too, shall pass

June 1, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

At 7 Generation Games, we try to teach you about the different tribes that are featured in our games. We’re all about fun and games, but you also have learn a little bit in the process! One of the tribes we’ve talked about is the Ojibwe. The Ojibwe are featured in […]

What is a Wigwam?

May 31, 2017 in Cultural content / Educational Resources by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

[NOTE: Although our games focus on content typically taught in grades three through seven, about 10% of our users are two or more grades outside of this range, first grade students in gifted programs and high school students in remedial education. For the teachers and parents of students with special […]

Special Education: A primer for parents

May 31, 2017 in Educational Resources / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Example of primary sources: Black and white video of galloping buffalo — My list of ideas I have for next games is just about infinite (so, if you’re planning on investing in our next seed round, be quick and email maria@7generationgames.com ). One game on the drawing board is a Dakota version of Making Camp and somewhere in there I’d like to […]

Uses of Buffalo in Educational Games

May 30, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Students at Charlieville playing Fish Lake — After playing Fish Lake, Nicholi, a student at Charlieville Presbyterian Primary School, in Trinidad, gave the following suggestions for a new game. GENRE Make a first-person shooting game. It does not have to be a war game. GAME DESIGN The game would be educational, with calculations of angle and power […]

Nicholi: Student Game Designer

May 29, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

chest of gold coins — Everybody has a talent that can help the world Explaining why he invested in our company, Bob (not his real name) said Some of us made a lot – really, an obscene amount – of money on apps that do things like allow you to share pictures of your cat. […]

10 Ways Your Talent Can Change the World

May 28, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Congratulations, you made it to the end of another week! Your reward is this week’s “Freebie Friday”! The freebie today is from AzTech Games and it is a chart. The chart is titled “# of Each Item Found in the Forest”. This chart is used and can be found in […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Items Found in the Forest

May 26, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

Missouri Juvenile Justice Association — More than two-thirds of youth in state juvenile facilities are below grade level in math and English and a quarter of these children have failed at least one grade. When I taught at a school for ’emotionally-disturbed youth’, every student in my class had been arrested at least once – […]

Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline

May 26, 2017 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 October 17, 2015 “Lessons from Life: 1> Your children don’t think you’re human“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Your mileage may vary, your life may vary, […]

Throwback Thursday – Lessons from Life: 1> Your children don’t ...

May 25, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Forgotten Trail on Chromebook — The North Dakota leg of the 7 Generation Games traveling road show is ended and it was mostly great. They didn’t have a car for me when I arrived, I caught a cold so had to give the second half of a grantwriting workshop with half my voice, but I […]

The 7 Generation Games Road Trip: North Dakota

May 22, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of the week, so that means that it’s time for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is associated with our game Spirit Lake and it’s an authentic and copyright-free Native American photo. Our freebie is a historical photo of a Sioux girl, Red Elk Woman, in 1907. Red Elk […]

Freebie Friday: Photo of Sioux girl

May 19, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Native American culture by Diana Sanchez