Announcing the STEM Your Game Challenge Winners! 🧪

The STEM Your Game Challenge, supported by Endless, was created to inspire game developers to bring their talent and creativity to the edtech community and help raise the bar for the quality of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) games. After a rigorous judging process from industry experts, two winners have been chosen to receive a combined $150,000 in funding: Get-A-Grip Chip (Redstart Interactive) - A charming and challenging grappling hook 2D platformer. Master the hook and fling through the increasingly intense floors of Roboco Mfg. Chuck Chip over chainsaws, launch over lasers, and even escape chases with Scan-It Janet. Learning Factory (Luden.io) - a factory automation game where you are playing as a humble genius engineer obsessed with the ultimate task: understand what cats want. Renovate a factory, design automated production lines, craft and sell unique goods to cats, and learn how to analyze data with machine learning. The two teams will now participate in a five-month implementation phase to retool and redevelop their current game to enhance STEM learning for middle schoolers. In addition to funding, teams will receive support from industry experts along their journey. Winners will present their games at the 2021 Games for Change Festival (July 12- 14) - keep an eye out for more info on their games! Join us on May 27th at 4 pm EDT for the next XR for Change Talk and Play! This month, we are celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander American (APIA) creators, entrepreneurs, and storytellers. Learn from multi-hyphenate creatives with an incredible range of expertise within and outside of the XR industry - Jenny Guo, David Liu, Theresa Loong, Randall Okita, and Michaela Ternasky-Holland. They will share how their memories have influenced their work in XR, what legacy means to them, and how to create concrete structures to champion APIA narratives. RSVP Now How can we use games and immersive media to realize the potential of the years ahead and address our collective challenges? Explore these questions and more at the 2021 Games for Change Festival! From July 12 - 14, virtually convene with the global G4C community for a dynamic range of programming centered around igniting, inspiring, and imagining the future of social impact.  The full Festival schedule will be released soon, but in the meantime, check out the speaker list and learn about other offerings such as the first Festival Workshop Week (July 6 - 10), the G4C Awards, and more!  Explore G4C2021 Copyright © 2021 Games for Change, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website www.gamesforchange.org or gamesforchange.org/festival/ You can opt out of this newsletter at any time. Our mailing address is: Games for Change P.O. Box 770699 Woodsite, New York 11377 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.