Filament Games

Filament Games is a Madison, Wisconsin based educational video game developer founded in 2005 by partners Daniel White, Daniel Norton, and Alexander Stone. They are a design and production studio specializing in the creation of authentic gameplay mechanics that are also accurate representations of educational content. By actively embedding learning objectives within game activities, Filament's games help players transform their play experience into real world knowledge.

Philosophy

Filament’s design philosophy is closely based on the scholarship of Kurt Squire, Constance Steinkuehler, and James Paul Gee, who pioneered much of the research about the value of games as teaching tools. Filament is also a close affiliate of the annual Games Learning and Society Conference.

History

The company received national recognition for their series of civics games launched by Sandra Day O'Connor for iCivics, her civics-education initiative. These games include Do I Have a Right?, Executive Command, and Liberty Belle's Immigration Nation. Filament has also developed games for the JASON Project at National Geographic, and is currently working with MIT’s Education Arcade to build an MMO to help high school students learn STEM subjects. In spring of 2011, Filament’s game You Make Me Sick!, in which the player acts as a virus and tries infect a host, won the developer prize in the National STEM Award Video Game Challenge.

Development History

Release Date Game Title Subject Matter Principal Partner
12/1/2005 Cosmos Chaos Language Arts - reading PREL / Aloha Island
11/7/2008 Coaster Creator Science - physical JASON Project
2/8/2009 Resilient Planet Science - life JASON Project
8/17/2009 Do I have a Right? Social Studies - civics Our Courts
9/9/2009 Transform It! Science - physical JASON Project
1/11/2010 Argument Wars Social Studies - civics iCivics
1/11/2010 Energy City Science - physical JASON Project
5/10/2010 Eco Defenders Science - life JASON Project
5/24/2010 Branches of Power Social Studies - civics iCivics
5/24/2010 LawCraft Social Studies - civics iCivics
6/3/2010 Executive Command Social Studies - civics iCivics
6/3/2010 Landform Detectives Science - earth JASON Project
8/3/2010 Court Quest Social Studies - civics iCivics
9/24/2010 Cast Your Vote Social Studies - civics iCivics
9/24/2010 Master Mines Science - earth JASON Project
10/29/2010 Oncology Science - life Morgridge
11/2/2010 Activate Social Studies - civics iCivics
11/3/2010 Responsibility Launcher Social Studies - civics iCivics
12/1/2010 Immigration Nation Social Studies - civics iCivics
4/3/2011 Commander of the Nautilus Science - physical JASON Project
6/1/2011 People's Pie Social Studies - civics iCivics
6/1/2011 Superkids Language Arts - reading Rowland Reading
7/14/2011 Citizen Science Science - earth GLS
7/14/2011 Counties Work Social Studies - civics iCivics
8/1/2011 Crisis of Nations Social Studies - civics iCivics
9/1/2011 Win the Whitehouse Social Studies - civics iCivics
9/1/2011 Xenos Language Arts - reading LGN
9/20/2011 Cell Command Science - life Department of Education
9/20/2011 Crazy Plant Shop Science - life Department of Education
9/20/2011 You Make Me Sick! Science - life Department of Education
9/22/2011 Represent Me! Social Studies - civics iCivics
10/14/2011 Cool Choices Environmental Studies Cool Choices
2/3/2012 The Sports Network 2 Language Arts - writing Classroom Inc.
3/9/2012 Drafting Board Social Studies - civics iCivics
3/30/2012 Pocket Law Firm Social Studies - civics iCivics
5/31/2012 Prep School Language Arts - grammar Filament Games
5/31/2012 Prisoner of Echo Science - physical National Science Foundation
6/29/2012 We the Jury Social Studies - civics iCivics
8/2/2012 The Fuzzy Chronicles Science - physical Vanderbilt University
2/23/2013 Simulawyer Professional Practice Infilaw
3/18/2013 Fossil Forensics Science - life Filament Games
4/19/2013 Tikiquations (Bongo Balance) Science - physical Filament Games
4/25/2013 Molecubes Science - physical Filament Games
5/1/2013 Project Unison Other Filament Games
5/2/2013 Planet Mechanic Science - earth Filament Games
5/6/2013 Reach for the Sun Science - life Department of Education
5/9/2013 Backyard Engineers Science - physical Filament Games
5/17/2013 Storm Seekers Science - earth Filament Games
5/23/2013 Hotel Heat Science - physical Filament Games
8/2/2013 Satisfraction Math Filament Games
11/4/2013 Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp Science The Smithsonian Institution
12/1/2013 Word Raider Language Arts - reading Ballard & Tighe
2/25/2014 Radix Science - life MIT
6/26/2014 Dr. Guts Science - life Filament Games
9/17/2014 That’s Your Right Social Studies - civics Annenberg Classroom
9/24/2014 DB Quest Social Studies - civics iCivics
3/12/2015 Motion Force Science - physical Filament Games
09/24/2015 Morphy! Science Smithsonian Science Education Center
09/24/2015 Disaster Detector Science Smithsonian Science Education Center
09/24/2015 Bumper Ducks Science Smithsonian Science Education Center
09/24/2015 Showbiz Safari Science Smithsonian Science Education Center
2016 Inspire Science Science Education McGraw-Hill Education
1/11/2016 Bongo Balance Science - physical Filament Games

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