Discussions, ideas & thoughts on the future of game-based learning
Update: The game is now top25 in all games in Denmark. So please do give it and try and very much a rating, so it can keep up the ranking.
This is probably the coolest childrens learning game we have done so far. Be sure to check out and be among the first support its rise to the tip of the Appstore.
Get it here for Ipad, Ipod or Iphone.
We are doing translation for English, German, French, Russian, Arab and Swedish as we speak and hope that will hit the market within 4 weeks so stay tuned.
Posted in Development, News.
– February 24, 2012
Check out this new infographics from AppAnnie.
Norway is the best market for getting revenue pr. user. Most interesting it states that Ipad makes up 30% of the market and that you get 2,4 times more revenue pr. download on the IPAD.
Posted in Uncategorized.
– February 18, 2012
Posted in News.
– February 14, 2012
Lets get it on:
Lets see if we can get a bit of traction in the Nordic Area. I will be happy to host meeting.
For first meeting it would be interesting for people to share their background and experiences. I will informally talk about some of our latest games-for-change projects:
* Sex & society: Week6 (http://migogminkrop.dk/
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* LOKK: Honor at stake http://www.aerepaaspil.dk/
* Worldbank: Procurement & participaty budgetting
* TBA: Rwanda conflict resolution
http://www.meetup.com/Games-For-Change/Copenhagen-DK/
Posted in Discussion GBL, Talks.
– February 10, 2012
I struck me the other day that there is very few apps that are multiplayer. I looked around and the only ones I really found where Memory game but the ‘take-turns’ multiplayer is hard for kids to grasp.
In the ‘mainstream’ game business multiplayer is a killer feature so why do we see so little in this space. Or did they just drown out there? Or did I just miss’em?
Would love to hear thoughts and experiences with multiplayer learning and/or kids apps.
We are looking to launch one i the near future in the Trunky Universe (Trunky.eu).
Posted in Discussion GBL.
– February 10, 2012
BioShock and Portal: A Discussion of Poetics
Yotam Haimsberg
We should be heroes… A case study of community building as a dominant strategy
Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen
Cracking the Code: Untangling Game Structure, Properties and Player Experience
Elizabeth Goins
A Life in Baseball, Digital and Otherwise
Abraham Stein
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Posted in Discussion GBL, News, Research.
– February 3, 2012
“President Obama has been critical of parents who don’t set limits on children’s screen time, but he is also coming around to the benefits of well-designed games. In a speech last March at TechBoston Academy, a public middle- and high school, Obama told students he wanted to create “educational software that’s as compelling as the best video game.” He added, “I want you guys to be stuck on a video game that’s teaching you something other than just blowing something up.”
Read full article at USA Today.
Posted in News.
– February 1, 2012
eSkills week is coming up end of this year with a lot of interesting activies around Europe. Below a few of the activites:
World Robot Olympiad – An educational material to bring robots to the schools curriculum.
eSkills final conference – On the 3oth March 2012 all of Europe gather to discuss.
Posted in News.
– January 25, 2012
An interesting report from The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
This is not specifically report about educational games but it has a lot of interesting stuff on the app market for children.
Posted in News, Research, Uncategorized.
– January 19, 2012
“Trunky Puzzles is a cute, fun and an inviting app for kids to play with. The illustration are stunning, bright and colourful and kids can play with a great musical background. The app is very easy to use and allows kids to recognise a wide variety if shapes…. Overall, Trunky Puzzles is a top puzzle game app for iPad. Very kids friendly, entertaining and fun it helps and support your kids with shape recognition via a cute interactive interface.”
Posted in Reviews.
– January 19, 2012
