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CEO Interview: The Importance of Open-ended Problems in Game-based Learning

For today’s blog, we sat down with CEO Dan White to discuss why students need to be prepared to solve open-ended problems and how games like RoboCo can help. What prompted your interest in this topic? It really comes down to the fact that outside of school, outside of formal K12 learning, most problems that…

July 12, 2021 // Dan White

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What’s New in Game-based Learning – July 2021

Hello friends! Time to jam out to our latest roundup of the month’s hottest educational gaming, serious games, and AR/VR for learning news! (Image Source: Giphy) Be sure to let us know on Facebook or Twitter if we missed any noteworthy articles or announcements. Here’s what’s goin’ on: Nintendo Partners with the National Summer Learning…

July 7, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

The Rise of Digital Distance Learning

As the pandemic recedes (sort of, in some places) and our lives resume a semblance of normalcy, a quick survey of the educational landscape shows that digital distance learning is having a moment. New approaches to the classroom, massive funding rounds for the latest modular courseware startups, video-first curricula that emphasize self-guided learning – the…

June 30, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Inside RoboCo: Episodes #1-3

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know that we’ve been working on a game called RoboCo – a digital robotics sandbox for PC and VR. Though we’ve been underway for several years thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, RoboCo continues to evolve through our ongoing development efforts, and through…

June 28, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

RoboCo Game screenshot of a forklift robot

Educational Indie Games 2021 Round-up

Three thousand and thirty one. 3,031! That’s how many games have come out on Steam since the start of this year. In 2020, Steam launched a whopping 10,263 games – the most games released in one year on the platform, ever. Trying to find a new game to play from this staggering onslaught of content…

June 23, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Get “Outside” with Natural Science Learning Games

With a recent rash of intense storms, a gnarly nationwide heat wave, and swarms of 17 year cicadas that not even the secret service can handle, times are tough for nature lovers out there. In fact just this morning my colleague Dan White told me a grim tale of his weekend campsite encounter with scores…

June 21, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Let’s Talk! Upcoming Filament Games Speaking Engagements

Summer is here and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to don our tallest top hats and take the stage for some industry conference speaking engagements. The next month is jam-packed with opportunities to see our faces and hear our thoughts on the latest and greatest in educational game development. Read on for…

June 16, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

How We Make High-Quality Maintainable Code for Educational Games

The core of what we do is making educational games and simulations for clients. Often those clients either do not have a development team or they do have a development team but their team doesn’t make games. When our clients engage us for a project, we know that our software has to be built to…

June 14, 2021 // Alex Stone

Cost to Make a Video Game with Filament Games

VP Jennifer Javornik offers an in-depth response to one of our most frequently asked questions – what does it cost to make an educational video game?

June 9, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

Digital Game-Based Learning Product Strategies for Publishers

VP Jennifer Javornik shares an in-depth overview of digital game-based learning product strategies for publishers – highlighting plenty of examples along the way!

June 7, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

What We Mean When We Say AI: Understanding Types of AI

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Great Games that Teach Programming