Filament Games
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Filament Games is a Madison, Wisconsin
based educational video game developer
founded in 2005 by partners Daniel White, Daniel Norton, and Alexander Stone. The company is most well known 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 more recently, Liberty Belle's Immigration Nation.
Another of their games, Operation Resilient Planet, was developed for the JASON Project
at National Geographic. Filament is closely connected with the Games Learning and Society Conference, and scholars Kurt Squire
and James Paul Gee
.
The game You Make Me Sick!, in which the player acts as a virus or bacterium and tries infect a host, won the National STEM Award Video Game Challenge--Developer Prize in the spring of 2011.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
based educational video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
founded in 2005 by partners Daniel White, Daniel Norton, and Alexander Stone. The company is most well known for their series of civics games launched by Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
for iCivics
ICivics
iCivics, inc. is a 501 non-profit organization that promotes civics education and encourages students to become active citizens. iCivics was founded by retired Supreme Court of the United States Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...
, her civics-education initiative. These games include Do I Have a Right?, Executive Command, and more recently, Liberty Belle's Immigration Nation.
Another of their games, Operation Resilient Planet, was developed for the JASON Project
JASON Project
The JASON Project is a middle school science curriculum program that is designed to motivate and inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics....
at National Geographic. Filament is closely connected with the Games Learning and Society Conference, and scholars Kurt Squire
Kurt Squire
Dr. Kurt D. Squire is an associate professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Director of the Games, Learning & Society Initiative, best known for his research into game design for education....
and James Paul Gee
James Paul Gee
James Gee is a researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee is currently the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University...
.
The game You Make Me Sick!, in which the player acts as a virus or bacterium and tries infect a host, won the National STEM Award Video Game Challenge--Developer Prize in the spring of 2011.