[{"content":{"text":"As the end of 2019 passes and 2020 begins, we\u2019d like to review and celebrate the exciting things that happened in the past year.<\/p>SG ORIGINAL GAMES<\/strong><\/p>"},"id":"d3f91999-1bae-4d82-bc9b-ccc5e3c9d397","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"","url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SrsQLYW5hEk","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":""},"id":"eafb6069-02ca-4940-8ec9-bef09d102936","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Until You Fall <\/em>Launched for Early Access<\/strong><\/p>Gamers with a hunger for immersive swordplay action rejoiced as Until You Fall<\/a><\/em> launched in Early Access on Steam and Oculus. The game was orig\u00adi\u00adnally available for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift but later received OpenVR support which provided compat\u00adi\u00adbility with Valve Index, Rift S, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. Our team has released three content updates containing new weapons, envi\u00adron\u00adments, voice acting, enemies, and diffi\u00adculty settings. We also shared a public roadmap<\/a> and Discord channel<\/a> to encourage feedback from players and discuss future updates.<\/p>"},"id":"41b1a6c0-bfbf-410c-ba13-ae483a863a7e","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/KDR9v0NQktlu3uUe"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"a844a986-980c-4731-8846-5cf0fa715d3b","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Until You Fall<\/em> Won at GDEX<\/strong><\/p>The devel\u00adop\u00adment team showcased Until You Fall <\/em>at the GDEX expo, a conven\u00adtion dedicated to a love of games and creative tech\u00adnology in Columbus, Ohio. Until You Fall<\/em> won Best in Show for AR\/\u200bVR and Best in Show Overall, the top award. These were the first two awards that Until You Fall <\/em>received and we\u2019re thrilled to see the positive response from fans and awards.<\/p>"},"id":"9bb9d396-98fd-4dc8-8acb-a114ebae58cf","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"","url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kUbeJDzMJ8s","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":""},"id":"de93112d-ec40-476c-8e9c-bf170be5e17a","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Two New I Expect You To Die<\/em> Missions<\/strong><\/p>Our team released new free down\u00adload\u00adable content this year for our escape-the-room VR spy puzzle game I Expect You To Die<\/em>. We released the final two levels: Seat of Power<\/a> and Death Engine<\/a>.<\/p>\u201cWhen I Expect You To Die<\/em> launched three years ago, none of us could have imagined the incred\u00adible level of support we would receive from fans. We are proud to have made a game that has stood the test of time for so many players,\u201d said Schell Games CEO Jesse Schell.\u200b\u201cWithout the ingenuity and skill of our devel\u00adop\u00adment team, I Expect You To Die<\/em> would not be the success that it is today. For the sake of fans every\u00adwhere, the team hopes to be able to continue this franchise into the future.\u201d<\/p>"},"id":"5b3e9efd-e8b0-4c56-a467-9c3ccb4ee799","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/Wtk7EoGabety0zys"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"b0672792-2afc-42f2-a631-e72e9e883e41","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Game Informer Covered Until You Fall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>Video game magazine Game Informer spoke with CEO Jesse Schell and Project Director Dave Bennett about Until You Fall in their article previewing the game<\/a>.The author states that\u200b\u201cUntil You Fall<\/em> is another great showcase for VR\u2019s potential\u201d and\u200b\u201cthe expe\u00adri\u00adence manages to make me feel as close to a knight as is probably possible.\u201d<\/p>"},"id":"fa5fc373-a012-4908-a1c4-c57a70b49559","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/SlB6Y3nx8JrH6Uef"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"9be4fd0f-30b8-497f-a5f3-aed5d913d0ef","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"I Expect You To Die<\/em> Featured as Oculus Quest Launch Title<\/strong><\/p>The Oculus Quest released in May this year, and I Expect You To Die<\/em> was among its launch day and cross-buy titles. Jesse Schell noted that \u200b\u201cfans were requesting that we bring I Expect You to Die<\/em> to the Oculus Quest long before the headset was even announced and we listened.\u201d Two of our devel\u00adopers spoke with UploadVR<\/a> on the porting process and what obstacles they faced while adapting the game.<\/p>"},"id":"3ae6aab5-c1e2-4b8e-9174-02cbdb6132e4","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"","url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bhYi-tcTrDs","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":""},"id":"a1cf61a2-8dac-4f89-b0a2-037062c65436","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Histo\u00adry\u00adMaker VR <\/em>Awarded Phase II Funding<\/strong><\/p>Histo\u00adry\u00adMaker VR<\/em> is a playful virtual reality puppeting tool that allows students to embody histor\u00adical char\u00adac\u00adters in immersive settings. In 2018, this expe\u00adri\u00adence received a Phase I SBIR award from the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Education<\/a> and, in 2019, Histo\u00adry\u00adMaker VR was awarded Phase II funding to further expand the devel\u00adop\u00adment. This expe\u00adri\u00adence will launch in 2020.<\/p>"},"id":"3240a45e-acd5-487b-b131-3517673fab4b","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"","url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CvTcS4bv7K8","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":""},"id":"cd97a8ee-ccfa-4726-bdfe-ff92f70c14df","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"HoloLAB Champions <\/em>Received Honors<\/strong><\/p>HoloLAB Champions<\/em>, our virtual reality lab practice game show, received many honors this year. In April, EdTech Digest announced its winners of the Ed Tech Awards<\/a>. HoloLAB Champions<\/em>, under the\u200b\u201cCool Tool\u201d segment, was a winner in the\u200b\u2018games for learning\/\u200bsimulation\u2019 category, and a finalist for the\u200b\u2018new product or service\u2019 category. In May, the game was nominated as a finalist for the Games for Change Awards<\/a> under the category \u200b\u201cBest Learning Game\u201d. During the 2019 Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Serious Play Compe\u00adti\u00adtion in July, the Labstrava\u00adganza received the Serious Play Gold award in the \u200b\u201cEducation Games for Use in K12\u201d and \u200b\u201cVirtual Reality Games\u201d segments.<\/p>"},"id":"31d7bc32-292f-4000-ab5c-aeca4c5c3200","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"","url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5HdNhpeI1g4","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":""},"id":"4ca35efc-dc0e-4678-89e9-ba5f90efdb60","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Schell Games Titles featured in Little<\/em><\/strong><\/p>The movie, Little<\/em><\/a>, which stars Regina Hall (Girl\u2019s Trip<\/em>) and Issa Rae (Insecure<\/em>) is about a high-powered busi\u00adness\u00adwoman (Hall) who is trans\u00adformed back into her childhood.<\/p>Schell Games provided some game art from I Expect You To Die<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Orion Trail<\/em><\/a>, and Happy Atoms<\/em><\/a> to decorate the office space. Thank you to the talented team behind the Little <\/em>movie for the oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity.<\/p>JESSE SCHELL<\/strong><\/p>"},"id":"655952e3-61e6-442d-b8ae-0b36cb20f70d","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/fVdunVAhASCAMnkj"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"e972780e-c9f9-4f12-a26e-0e200d41302d","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Jesse Schell Won 2019 KAPi Pioneer Award<\/strong><\/p>CEO Jesse Schell<\/a> has been announced as the winner of the 2019 KAPi Pioneer Award<\/a>. The KAPi Pioneer Award is given to a profes\u00adsional or orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion that has forged new methods, practices, or philoso\u00adphies regarding chil\u00addren\u2019s inter\u00adac\u00adtive media.<\/p>"},"id":"8589b788-ef7c-4263-ba67-dd2c8f8a56e2","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/5cSmCpxiQkBwx5N7"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"4cfc039c-d014-49b8-bd52-70f0f6058cf4","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"10th Anniver\u00adsary Edition of The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>With an updated design and full-color illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, the tenth-anniver\u00adsary edition of <\/a>The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses <\/a><\/em>was released in 2019.<\/a> This edition includes a new section on Presence, with real-world examples for designing and devel\u00adoping games for virtual and augmented reality (VR\/\u200bAR). It also examines best practices from other popular games.<\/p>SCHELL GAMES<\/strong><\/p>"},"id":"fb5570be-fdfd-43e1-b28f-51ce5410a4fd","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/bjvgzB3WmArIlm0r"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"eaba364b-37bd-42c0-b20b-0ef9ae7be92e","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Schell Games Named One of Pitts\u00adburgh\u2019s 2019\u200b\u201cBest Places to Work\u201d<\/strong><\/p>For the tenth consec\u00adu\u00adtive year, Schell Games was recog\u00adnized by the Pitts\u00adburgh Business Times as one of the city\u2019s\u200b\u201cBest Places to Work.\u201d<\/a> Each year, a survey is sent out to companies across the city for its employees to fill out anony\u00admously. Once the results are compiled, the business has to reach a certain score in order to receive recog\u00adni\u00adtion. We\u2019re proud of our amazing team members and thankful they enjoy creating expe\u00adri\u00adences at Schell Games!<\/p>"},"id":"bb119736-6a9e-4a34-a4af-7f960fbb30ec","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/EijNr9g0TEFQx3NP"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"5437fbb4-1270-4a42-9a41-1eab6087c3ff","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Digital Trends High\u00adlighted Schell Games<\/strong><\/p>Schell Games has been in business since 2002, growing to become the largest full-service education and enter\u00adtain\u00adment game devel\u00adop\u00adment company in the United States, and the company has never suffered a layoff. This fact inter\u00adested Digital Trends, who wrote an article about the company\u2019s approach to compe\u00adti\u00adtion, creativity, and crunch<\/a>, all the while main\u00adtaining stable job security for its 120+ employees.<\/p>PARTNER STORIES<\/strong><\/p>"},"id":"970d9661-feef-404c-99bb-c37e61295028","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"kirby","image":["file:\/\/fv2tRLRx6mRJtLaF"],"src":"","alt":"","caption":"","link":"","ratio":"","crop":"false"},"id":"443d4825-a009-4ec2-95e0-728715e180cc","isHidden":false,"type":"imageBlock"},{"content":{"text":"Schell Games Partnered with play2PREVENT to Tackle Opioid Addiction and Preven\u00adtion<\/strong><\/p>In an effort to deter adoles\u00adcents from using and misusing opioids, Schell Games is working in conjunc\u00adtion with the play2PREVENT<\/a> (p2P) Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games to develop a digital game that will serve as a resource in the fight against youth opioid addiction. This project is being funded by a grant from the National Insti\u00adtutes for Health through The Helping to End Addiction Long-term, or the NIH HEAL Initia\u00adtive<\/a>.<\/p>"},"id":"0c2ce704-3f9c-4d0e-8a90-461b3d0143a0","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"}]
