{"id":2722,"date":"2018-06-19T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:35:00","slug":"games-inspire-science-super-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/19\/games-inspire-science-super-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inspire Science Super Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2722_9014a9-03 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2722_5ed293-de\">Luna Wolf Studios, founded by a group of talented and entrepreneurial WilmU alums, has created five educational games for Legends of Learning, a program for elementary and middle-school teachers that engages students through games played in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by three WilmU students in January 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/lunawolfstudios.com\/\">Luna Wolf<\/a> is an independent game studio based in Newark. Already, Luna Wolf is making its mark in the industry. Co-founder Jeff Fisher, who earned his degree in WilmU\u2019s Game Design and Development Program, was nominated in the Best Indie Video Game category by Technical.ly Delaware, a technology networking community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur curriculum is designed to give students the tools and hands-on experience they need to excel in a competitive market,\u201d says Scott Shaw, Chair of Game Design and Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luna Wolf has developed numerous games for various platforms and specializes in game development with the Unity game engine. 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