< Back to Blog leah blasczyk August 24, 2021 // Filament Staff Straight out of UW-Whitewater with degrees in Math, Computer Science, and Game Design, Leah is excited to be working on games that make people smile. She never wants to stop learning and loves putting her skills to the test in game jams.
edtechgamebasedlearninggamedesigngamedevhowtostaffinsights Designing Games for Toys and Young Learners I recently had the privilege of working with Square Panda to create learning games for youngsters to help teach them letters. They use a physical tray and a series of plastic letters that players can manipulate in real life to interact with the digital game on a tablet. It looks like this: Photo credit: Square Panda…
artdesigncareersgamedevhiringhowtostaffinsights How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Art Edition As the Game Art Team Lead, one of my key responsibilities is hiring and onboarding new game artists when open positions become available. I am often the first person to review incoming job applications, tasked with sifting through portfolio after portfolio in order to determine which candidates are most qualified to move forward in the…
aredtechgamebasedlearninggamedesigngamedevpredictionsstaffinsights Augmented Reality Learning Environments Holy cow, have you guys checked out quadcopters?! We live in interesting times, where a convergence of technologies, spurred by mobile phone development has led to a ton of very powerful things getting embedded into very small devices. This includes a wide variety of different kinds of sensors, and ever improving video/transmitting capabilities. Stuff’s getting…