Filament Games Podcast

Welcome to the Filament Games Mixtape (Vol.1)!

Note: While we were sadly only kidding about the limited-edition vinyl, the mixtape is in fact real and available right here, right now, for FREE!

Composed and arranged by Josh Bartels, the Filament Mixtape is packed with some of the hottest tracks in learning game history. Smash that play button to hear timeless classics like the “Filament Overture,” “The Museum” from Filament’s own Fossil Forensics and “Immigration Bay” from iCivics.org’s Immigration Nation. Each song on the Filament Games mixtape is an original composition, made for either our internal games or the games of our esteemed clients.

Josh was also good enough to take a break from his busy rockstar touring schedule to sit down with us and chat about how the mixtape came together - check out that interview here: [blog]

Tracklist:

1 Filament Overture (2019, Filament Games)

2 The Museum (Fossil Forensics, 2014, Filament Games)

3 Echo-219 (Prisoner of Echo, 2012, Filament Games)

4 Definitely Human (Body Command, 2012, Filament Games)

5 Uncharted (The Radix Endeavor, 2012, MIT)

6 The Yard (Backyard Engineers, 2015, Filament Games)

7 End Credits (Cell Command, 2011, Filament Games)

8 Shop Rag (Maple Leaf Rag) (Crazy Plant Shop, 2011, Filament Games)

9 Immigration Bay (Immigration Nation, 2018, iCivics)

10 The Planets (Adellia) (RoboSellers, 2018, Junior Achievement)

11 Sunflower (Reach for the Sun, 2013, Filament Games)

12 Sound The Alarm (Disaster Detector, 2015, Smithsonian)

13 AQ-013 (Aquation, 2017, Smithsonian)

14 Bonus (Germany) (Take Off, 2015, EkStep)

15 The Fuzzy Chronicles (Motion Force, 2013, Filament Games)

16 Sonar (Wavequest, 2014, ARiA Acoustics)

17 Bobble & Bobble (Do I Have A Right, 2017, iCivics)

18 Nuclear Sword (Epic Orphan, 2016, Games for Change)

19 Forest / Caves / Water (Morphy, 2015, Smithsonian)

20 Flappy Bee (2014, Filament Games)

Credits:

Josh Bartels (composition, arrangement, mastering, modeling)

Madeline Folz (album design and creative direction)

James LaPierre (operations and oversight)

Brandon Pittser (snacks, photography)

Special thanks:

Filament Games

MIT

iCivics.org

Junior Achievement

The Smithsonian Science Education Center

EkStep

ARiA

The Games for Change Festival

Welcome to the Filament Games Mixtape (Vol.1)!

Note: While we were sadly only kidding about the limited-edition vinyl, the mixtape is in fact real and available right here, right now, for FREE!

Composed and arranged by Josh Bartels, the Filament Mixtape is packed with some of the hottest tracks in learning game history. Smash that play button to hear timeless classics like the “Filament Overture,” “The Museum” from Filament’s own Fossil Forensics and “Immigration Bay” from iCivics.org’s Immigration Nation. Each song on the Filament Games mixtape is an original composition, made for either our internal games or the games of our esteemed clients.

Josh was also good enough to take a break from his busy rockstar touring schedule to sit down with us and chat about how the mixtape came together - check out that interview here: [blog]

Tracklist:

1 Filament Overture (2019, Filament Games)

2 The Museum (Fossil Forensics, 2014, Filament Games)

3 Echo-219 (Prisoner of Echo, 2012, Filament Games)

4 Definitely Human (Body Command, 2012, Filament Games)

5 Uncharted (The Radix Endeavor, 2012, MIT)

6 The Yard (Backyard Engineers, 2015, Filament Games)

7 End Credits (Cell Command, 2011, Filament Games)

8 Shop Rag (Maple Leaf Rag) (Crazy Plant Shop, 2011, Filament Games)

9 Immigration Bay (Immigration Nation, 2018, iCivics)

10 The Planets (Adellia) (RoboSellers, 2018, Junior Achievement)

11 Sunflower (Reach for the Sun, 2013, Filament Games)

12 Sound The Alarm (Disaster Detector, 2015, Smithsonian)

13 AQ-013 (Aquation, 2017, Smithsonian)

14 Bonus (Germany) (Take Off, 2015, EkStep)

15 The Fuzzy Chronicles (Motion Force, 2013, Filament Games)

16 Sonar (Wavequest, 2014, ARiA Acoustics)

17 Bobble & Bobble (Do I Have A Right, 2017, iCivics)

18 Nuclear Sword (Epic Orphan, 2016, Games for Change)

19 Forest / Caves / Water (Morphy, 2015, Smithsonian)

20 Flappy Bee (2014, Filament Games)

Credits:

Josh Bartels (composition, arrangement, mastering, modeling)

Madeline Folz (album design and creative direction)

James LaPierre (operations and oversight)

Brandon Pittser (snacks, photography)

Special thanks:

Filament Games

MIT

iCivics.org

Junior Achievement

The Smithsonian Science Education Center

EkStep

ARiA

The Games for Change Festival

Welcome to the Filament Games Mixtape (Vol.1)!

Note: While we were sadly only kidding about the limited-edition vinyl, the mixtape is in fact real and available right here, right now, for FREE!

Composed and arranged by Josh Bartels, the Filament Mixtape is packed with some of the hottest tracks in learning game history. Smash that play button to hear timeless classics like the “Filament Overture,” “The Museum” from Filament’s own Fossil Forensics and “Immigration Bay” from iCivics.org’s Immigration Nation. Each song on the Filament Games mixtape is an original composition, made for either our internal games or the games of our esteemed clients.

Josh was also good enough to take a break from his busy rockstar touring schedule to sit down with us and chat about how the mixtape came together - check out that interview here: [blog]

Tracklist:

1 Filament Overture (2019, Filament Games)

2 The Museum (Fossil Forensics, 2014, Filament Games)

3 Echo-219 (Prisoner of Echo, 2012, Filament Games)

4 Definitely Human (Body Command, 2012, Filament Games)

5 Uncharted (The Radix Endeavor, 2012, MIT)

6 The Yard (Backyard Engineers, 2015, Filament Games)

7 End Credits (Cell Command, 2011, Filament Games)

8 Shop Rag (Maple Leaf Rag) (Crazy Plant Shop, 2011, Filament Games)

9 Immigration Bay (Immigration Nation, 2018, iCivics)

10 The Planets (Adellia) (RoboSellers, 2018, Junior Achievement)

11 Sunflower (Reach for the Sun, 2013, Filament Games)

12 Sound The Alarm (Disaster Detector, 2015, Smithsonian)

13 AQ-013 (Aquation, 2017, Smithsonian)

14 Bonus (Germany) (Take Off, 2015, EkStep)

15 The Fuzzy Chronicles (Motion Force, 2013, Filament Games)

16 Sonar (Wavequest, 2014, ARiA Acoustics)

17 Bobble & Bobble (Do I Have A Right, 2017, iCivics)

18 Nuclear Sword (Epic Orphan, 2016, Games for Change)

19 Forest / Caves / Water (Morphy, 2015, Smithsonian)

20 Flappy Bee (2014, Filament Games)

Credits:

Josh Bartels (composition, arrangement, mastering, modeling)

Madeline Folz (album design and creative direction)

James LaPierre (operations and oversight)

Brandon Pittser (snacks, photography)

Special thanks:

Filament Games

MIT

iCivics.org

Junior Achievement

The Smithsonian Science Education Center

EkStep

ARiA

The Games for Change Festival

Welcome to the Filament Games Mixtape (Vol.1)!

Note: While we were sadly only kidding about the limited-edition vinyl, the mixtape is in fact real and available right here, right now, for FREE!

Composed and arranged by Josh Bartels, the Filament Mixtape is packed with some of the hottest tracks in learning game history. Smash that play button to hear timeless classics like the “Filament Overture,” “The Museum” from Filament’s own Fossil Forensics and “Immigration Bay” from iCivics.org’s Immigration Nation. Each song on the Filament Games mixtape is an original composition, made for either our internal games or the games of our esteemed clients.

Josh was also good enough to take a break from his busy rockstar touring schedule to sit down with us and chat about how the mixtape came together - check out that interview here: [blog]

Tracklist:

1 Filament Overture (2019, Filament Games)

2 The Museum (Fossil Forensics, 2014, Filament Games)

3 Echo-219 (Prisoner of Echo, 2012, Filament Games)

4 Definitely Human (Body Command, 2012, Filament Games)

5 Uncharted (The Radix Endeavor, 2012, MIT)

6 The Yard (Backyard Engineers, 2015, Filament Games)

7 End Credits (Cell Command, 2011, Filament Games)

8 Shop Rag (Maple Leaf Rag) (Crazy Plant Shop, 2011, Filament Games)

9 Immigration Bay (Immigration Nation, 2018, iCivics)

10 The Planets (Adellia) (RoboSellers, 2018, Junior Achievement)

11 Sunflower (Reach for the Sun, 2013, Filament Games)

12 Sound The Alarm (Disaster Detector, 2015, Smithsonian)

13 AQ-013 (Aquation, 2017, Smithsonian)

14 Bonus (Germany) (Take Off, 2015, EkStep)

15 The Fuzzy Chronicles (Motion Force, 2013, Filament Games)

16 Sonar (Wavequest, 2014, ARiA Acoustics)

17 Bobble & Bobble (Do I Have A Right, 2017, iCivics)

18 Nuclear Sword (Epic Orphan, 2016, Games for Change)

19 Forest / Caves / Water (Morphy, 2015, Smithsonian)

20 Flappy Bee (2014, Filament Games)

Credits:

Josh Bartels (composition, arrangement, mastering, modeling)

Madeline Folz (album design and creative direction)

James LaPierre (operations and oversight)

Brandon Pittser (snacks, photography)

Special thanks:

Filament Games

MIT

iCivics.org

Junior Achievement

The Smithsonian Science Education Center

EkStep

ARiA

The Games for Change Festival

Abby and Matt make their triumphant return in another head-knocking, blood-pumping Game Design Challenge.

Brandon and Dan are joined by Matt Haselton for another vintage learning game adventure, this time embarking on the inimitable Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.

Brandon and Dan are joined by Ethan for a discussion of practical audio techniques for game development!

In this episode, we’re joined by two incredible educator pioneers who are leading the way towards using VR for learning. Hear from Maria Galanis, Instructional Coach at Shepard Middle School and Andrea Trudeau, Library Information Specialist for Deerfield District 109, as they discuss their best practices for using VR in classrooms.

Get to know the Sun Prairie School District! Nate and Annie stop by for a visit and chat about their district's game-based learning program.

The first Retro Review of the season brings an exciting foray into retro learning game Manhole. Matt Haselton joins us in the studio to talk about a VR version of the game and what students actually learn through gameplay.