On Friday Oct 2nd, Skyless Game Studios was invited to present at the first ever Lets Play PA. This event was aimed at showcasing Pennsylvania game studios and game hobbyist alike. During this event we demoed Life leap and Assemble it. We received an overwhelming amount of support from both the attendees as well as the event staff. Which added to our excitement in the upcoming […]
Education Driven By Entertainment
The foundation of a game is to be a fun and engaging experience. We recently found an article, “How to Make an Educational Game Kids Want to Play” by Adriene Hill, explaining one of the most important rules to making an effective educational game is that it cannot be a chocolate covered broccoli. In other words, it […]
Philly Tech Week App Arcade
Last Saturday, Skyless Game Studios presented at the Philly Tech Week App Arcade. This event was an opportunity for companies to present their ideas, prototypes, and products for the Philadelphia Technology sector. We had a booth there and Chris and I spent a few hours promoting and demonstrating our in-development games: LifeLeap and AssembleIt. It […]
A New Round of Co-ops
Transparency International Funds A New Game: City Hall
Transparency International and the International Anti-Corruption Conference’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiative have awarded us grant funding! We will be using it to create a game on governance called City Hall. About The Game City Hall is a city management game that exposes players to the intricacies of managing the cities they live in. Using data pulled from real operating […]
Our Latest Game: LifeLeap
I am very excited to be able to announce LifeLeap, our latest project. It is an infinite runner game in which the player not only has to navigate the platforms but also battle constantly declining health by picking up medicine crates. We are developing this in association with Aahana, a non-profit-organization that provides education, health care, and […]
Happy New Year!
Skyless Featured in Technical.ly Philly’s Start-up Round-Up
Yesterday we were mentioned in Technically Philly’s startup round-up for hosting John, a young, aspiring game designer with autism. He spent some time at our office learning about what its like in the video game industry. We also showed Josh some of the work our team was doing. This was all setup through an awesome […]
Skyless Games Recognized as Innovator of the Year
Last night we were recognized by Marcum LLP as the Innovator of the Year in Emerging Technology during their 2014 award show. We are truly honored to have been chosen to win this award in our category. Congratulations to all of the other winners and nominees – together we are the path to Philadelphia becoming a hub […]
Skyless Competing for $400k from Forbes
We are competing to pitch at the Forbes Under 30 Summit. This event is a celebration of young entrepreneurs that will be held in Philadelphia on October 19th-22nd. In order to be selected to participate, we need your help! Please take a moment to visit our company page and follow us to show your support. […]