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A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White (Podcast)

Interested in learning more about RoboCo and the future of digital robotics? You’re in luck! CEO Dan White and Pius Wong, mechanical and biomedical engineer of Pios Labs in Austin, TX, met to discuss our favorite wholesome sandbox robotics game and more on a new episode of The K12 Engineering Education podcast! In the episode,…

November 22, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

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CEO Interview: The Past, Present, and Future of Scholastic Esports

For today’s blog, we sat down with CEO Dan White to discuss the up-and-coming realm of scholastic esports. Read on for Dan’s thoughts on the present and future status of esports, how educational content fits into esports, and how games like RoboCo work to bridge the advantages of physical robotics with the strengths of digital…

November 17, 2021 // Dan White

How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Art Edition 2021

In our How to Get Hired Series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For this installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Art Manager Brandon Korth! See our previous How to Get…

November 8, 2021 // Brandon Korth

How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Game Engineer Edition 2021

In our How to Get Hired Series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For our first installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Gene Cook, our Game Engineering Manager. See our previous…

November 3, 2021 // Gene Cook

The Educational Games of Our Youth

Ah, sweet memories! via Giphy Previously, we’ve covered some shiny new educational games and gaming organizations that help build 21st century (future-facing) skills. From content creation to project-based learning, video games teach skills that are useful for a wide variety of careers. To further investigate how video games help us all grow, we asked our…

October 20, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Top 10 Reasons to Work at Filament Games in 2021

So, you want to work at Filament Games? There’s a lot to love about a career at our studio… 10) We work with world-class organizations. FIRST, Scholastic, PBS, Oculus, Columbia University, McGraw-Hill Education, iCivics…and the list goes on. Our 15+ years of creating outstanding learning games has built our reputation as a national leader in…

September 27, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Life after Launch Part 2: Maintenance Options for Your Educational Video Game

Welcome to Part 2 of “Life after Launch,” a closer look at software maintenance options! In Part 1, I gave you a few things to think about concerning your maintenance needs for your educational video game: the criticality of your game, your plan B, your organization’s IT policies, and, of course, your budget. In Part…

August 30, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

NASEF and the Rise of Scholastic Esports

Here’s a trivia question for you: what do Starcraft, Super Smash Brothers, League of Legends, Minecraft, Fortnite, and K-12 have to do with eachother? via GIPHY Answer: It’s Esports! Poised to reach a value of $5B by 2028, the global esports market is expanding rapidly, particularly as viewers increasingly looked to their screens for entertainment…

August 25, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Life After Launch, Part 1: Maintenance Considerations for Your Educational Video Game

If this isn’t your first rodeo contracting with a vendor for software development, you know that one of the “gotchas” software vendors sometimes leave out of their quotes is the cost to maintain your software after launch. Software and technology are constantly evolving (a good thing!), which means the software made today might break in…

August 23, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

Should I Make My Custom Educational Game in Virtual Reality? (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series, I shared my thoughts on why VR can be great for learning and great for your organization. In Part 2 of this series, I’m sharing why VR may not be ideal for your custom educational game project and some other considerations that you should be thinking about… via GIPHY…

August 9, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

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