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AnnMaria

@drannmaria

I make educational games and the tools to make them. Also, teach statistics, epidemiology and, occasionally game design. First American to win the world judo championships. Yes, I’m multi-talented.

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On one hand, yes. I started with punched cards and FORTRAN 77 & I've forgotten all of it. OTOH, I find coding very relaxing when it's not frustrating. Fixing bugs now after a long day at GDC

12.03.2026 00:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Get Free Professional Development on Making Educational Games Are you an educator who wants to replace boring worksheets and workbooks with games you can make yourself, as easy as writing a blog post? Sign up for a workshop for our no-code builder.

I'll be doing demos of 7 Generation Games & 7 Gen Blocks at Pi Day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 2401 12th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 Come check out what we've made with 7 Gen Blocks. If you can't make it to ABQ you can sign up for a webinar here: www.7generationgames.com/get-free-pro...

10.03.2026 15:34 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cross-Platform Play Catch-Up with Xsolla · Luma In this webinar, co-hosted with Xsolla, we’re excited to welcome them back as we explore how jammers around the world designed games using the exclusive Cross…

Want to see what we made in Global Game jam and learn about cross-platform play? Check it out tomorrow 3/3/26 9 am Pacific Time - luma.com/89731rk3

03.03.2026 03:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A no-code educational game builder using YOUR intelligence: Why it took so long TL; DR; To survive long-term, your company needs to make a profit. The work you are doing that pays money today is not developing a new product you aren’t selling yet. So, there is a trade-off and…

A no-code educational game builder, that uses YOUR intelligence. Read the post and sign up for free PD and free early access - www.7generationgames.com/a-no-code-ed...

28.02.2026 19:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You have redeemed Blue Sky for me. I was thinking today how I used to have > 15K followers on the old site and here I don't see much interaction. #fakefish

28.02.2026 18:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Edit a game with 7 Gen Blocks
Edit a game with 7 Gen Blocks YouTube video by 7GenBlocks

How hard is it to edit a game created with 7 Gen Blocks? Not hard at all. Check it out - youtu.be/YlzlWZKrFnw?...

25.02.2026 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Making Your First No Code Educational Game with 7 Gen Blocks
Making Your First No Code Educational Game with 7 Gen Blocks YouTube video by 7GenBlocks

We're now at the "Creating videos and website for documentation" stage of 7 Gen Blocks no-code educational game builder. Check out today's video - youtu.be/swbYQf2mBFM?...

25.02.2026 01:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yet another post on the emperor’s new AI We’re expected to believe AI is making us 5x as productive even while it persist in giving wrong answers.

Wrote this 2 months ago on the Emperor's New #AI and nothing has changed IMO - www.7generationgames.com/yet-another-...

23.02.2026 17:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'd originally thought Blue Sky would be a more intelligent, less right wing extremist platform. After reading some posts by people I don't follow, I've concluded the platform isn't any smarter, I've just chosen to follow smarter people.

23.02.2026 17:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is the president mocking the U.S. women’s hockey team on a celebratory call with the men’s team going to attract even an iota of the sustained handwringing that the idea of trans athletes disadvantaging women’s sports has gotten

23.02.2026 16:23 👍 7238 🔁 1759 💬 76 📌 57
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Registration Form: 2026 Play, Interaction, and Learning Conference 2026 Play, Interaction, and Learning Conference Theme: Critical Play Day: March 21, 2026 Time: 9am-2pm ET Location: Zoom – links will be emailed to registered attendees Cost: Free *Please fill out t...

Want to learn about games and learning but don't have time and/or money to travel? March 21st Critical Play: Play, Interaction, and Learning Conference is free and online. Plus, I'm speaking on Co-designing games to teach Indigenous and rural history - Sign up here forms.gle/2Wk85kAdM9YP...

17.02.2026 07:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don’t know, the people working there seemed pretty happy.

13.02.2026 04:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Spyhouse Coffee Roasters Minneapolis, Minnesota Spyhouse Coffee Roasters is located in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in sourcing, roasting, and brewing the best coffees we can find for our customers to enjoy.

Try Spyhouse Coffee - they have a sign in their window saying ICE cannot come in without a judicial warrant - and the coffee is good - spyhousecoffee.com?srsltid=AfmB...

11.02.2026 03:16 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Just got back from 10 days in Minnesota. Went to lots of small businesses. Shout out to Spyhouse Coffee. They're the best.

11.02.2026 03:15 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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10.02.2026 17:33 👍 874 🔁 162 💬 13 📌 4
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

10.02.2026 17:11 👍 53366 🔁 16905 💬 1153 📌 1341

I'll be at GDC in SFO from 3/8- 3/12 . If you want to meet up and talk #gamedev or educational games, let me know

10.02.2026 22:44 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Spanish galleon with caption at the bottom that is a math problem in Spanish

Spanish galleon with caption at the bottom that is a math problem in Spanish

Playing Aztech: The story begins , in Spanish to improve my own language skills and realizing we don’t give enough respect to students who need to do math problems in a second language, especially word problems.

25.01.2026 17:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

People keep saying "But what can I do?" It occurred to me that I have a job that can be done from anywhere. So, I bought a plane ticket to #Minneapolis and will be out filming in front of schools next week. Also down to do game design in schools or math tutoring with any kids that need it.

23.01.2026 18:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Downloaded jquery 4.0 and trying it on a game I'm building. Let's see what breaks. Hopefully nothing. The deprecated functions aren't ones I remember using. Of course, it's been a lotta years ...

21.01.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sunday Studios | Global Game Jam Sunday Studios, an international Student Game Collective, is hosting GGJ this year! We encourage you to join and jam between January 30th and February 1st across 48 hours. The theme will be announced ...

If you're looking for a team for Global Game Jam, we (two developers) signed up at the Sunday Studios site because it's 100% online. I believe the last day to sign up there is today but you can sign up with some other sites later - globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...

21.01.2026 17:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
character in a forest in front of a dead tree with large skeleton behind

character in a forest in front of a dead tree with large skeleton behind

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Scenes from Forgotten Trail - game teaching sixth-grade math along the Ojibwe migration www.7generationgames.com/forgotten-tr... #iteachMath

20.01.2026 16:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.

19.01.2026 00:39 👍 12659 🔁 3229 💬 92 📌 144
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

We know a lot of people do not like using amazon, so if you want to do something, please check out @ziibiing.com's amazing website: www.standwithminnesota.com

20.01.2026 00:55 👍 64 🔁 42 💬 1 📌 7

If you don't want people to say mean things to you, then maybe don't murder mothers? Don't kidnap neighbors and refuse to identify yourself? Maybe don't throw flashbangs at kids?

18.01.2026 22:34 👍 137 🔁 40 💬 18 📌 2
Corn, ELA and Math | Growing Math

If you're not familiar with our Growing Math site, you are missing out. The latest lesson posted there came from Christy Hanson. www.growingmath.org/corn-ela-and...

Corn, ELA and Math: The cross-curricular lesson combines science, English language arts and mathematics. #iTeachMath

18.01.2026 23:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gold fish in sea with a warm in front of it and bag of garbage behind it

Gold fish in sea with a warm in front of it and bag of garbage behind it

My day job, making educational games. This is just a demo made with our new platform to make games. It will make it super easy for anyone to make a game without coding. We are using it in house now and it will be available in April to the public. sandbox.7generationgames.com/axolotl_adve...

18.01.2026 19:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.01.2026 17:15 👍 31825 🔁 11471 💬 1106 📌 587
SMSB – Building Strong Communities

FYI - I'm on the board of a non-profit in Minneapolis, the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation. We felt we had to do something - read about it here - strongmindstrongbody.org/support-minn...

16.01.2026 21:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Growing Math | Classroom-ready learning resources for Grades 3-8

In the wake of ICE incidents, some Minneapolis students are learning at home. We have educational games, videos and lessons, some in Spanish. Please take whatever you can use. www.growingmath.org #iteachmath

14.01.2026 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0