UK edugames startup Nightzookeeper has raised 440K in seed funding since June this year. We’ve been following their growth over recent years so it’s great to see this dedicated team achieve greater success. We got the inside scoop from their CEO Josh Davidson, and found out about their plans to enter the Japanese market. Hello Nightzookeeper! […]
For our first African Edugames Q&A, we visited HeHe Mobile, based in The Office co-working space in Kigali, Rwanda. As well as creating apps of their own and for clients, the team at HeHe runs a 6-month-long code club program for secondary school students, at the end of which the students have fully-functional apps of […]
We spoke to Juha Väisänen, CEO of Fantastec, a Finnish edugames company which has just raised 825,000 USD of seed investment. Juha told us about Fantastec and gave some valuable advice to edtech companies looking to raise investment. Hi Juha. You are the CEO of Fantastec. Could you introduce yourself and your company to us? […]
For our first country Q&A from Asia, we talked to Jeremy Mum, from Phnom Penh-based studio SomPom. We asked Jeremy about some of SomPom’s recent titles, and found out why it’s tough for a small Cambodian games studio to get noticed. Hello SomPom! Can you introduce your company and let us know how you got together […]
Edugameshub interviewed Pablo Curti, Creative Director at NIÑO Studio and creator of a beautiful new interactive story app (called Love, the App) based on a classic illustrated book. Hi Pablo. You are the creator of Love, the App. Can you give us a little background on you and your studio, which is based in Buenos […]
Edugameshub interviewed Ian Steiner, and his dad, Tom, about Ian’s game Meteor Kids, and asked why and how a nine-year-old schoolboy decided to build his own app. You can also see Ian introduce his app here. Hello Ian. I enjoyed playing Meteor Kids. Why did you decide to make a game, and why did you […]
Edugameshub spoke to Santeri Koivisto, CEO of TeacherGaming, the company behind MinecraftEdu and new game KerbalEdu. We asked Santeri how he decided to make Minecraft more accessible to educators, and where he plans to take his company next. Why did you decide to set up Teacher Gaming? I have a Masters in Education and a background in teaching. In 2010 I […]
Jerry Carpenter (King Baggot) is a London-based flash/unity artist developer who draws off-beat game designs on the 63 bus on his way home from work and posts them weekly at venuspatrol.com/gametoilet, and has spoken obscenely and at length at most of the UK’s gaming conferences over the past 5 years. This is one of a series […]
The basics Name: Atiti Sosimi Product: Shhh or Tell it – Family Fun Learning Board Game which encourages kids to consider the consequences of their decisions. Each card represents a tricky scenario and players have 15 seconds to decide to ‘Shhh’ or ‘Tell it!’ then reflect on whether they made the right move. Home: London […]
News and activity around educational technology and gaming tends overwhelmingly to focus on the USA. But there is another edtech hub which is quietly booming; Israel is the latest edtech success story you haven’t heard of. Edugameshub put on our investigative hats, fired up Skype and began asking questions. A long history My first contact […]
