Tony Abraham of Generocity.org, a news website focused on social change and entrepreneurship, covered Skyless Game Studios and our work. Tony particularly covered our game City Hall, writing: “If you’ve got problems with the way your city is managed, why don’t you do it yourself? An upcoming game from Skyless Game Studios will let you do just […]
Forbes 30 Under 30 2016: Games
Skyless Game Studios co-founder and CTO, Arad Malhotra, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2016 in the Games category. This is a prestigious honor highlighting the uniqueness of Skyless’ work as well as Arad’s personal contributions to our mission. Check out the full list here: http://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2016/games/
PhillyVoice: Skyless Games to release ‘Sim City’-like game based on Philly open data
PhillyVoice’s Brandon Baker covered our game City Hall. His article is all about how we intend to give people a unique, realistic glimpse into municipal government. About the our work he wrote: “video games aren’t particularly well-known for their social impact merits, but University City-based studio Skyless Games hopes to change that perception.” He then hit the […]
Skyless Games at Let’s Play PA
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 […]
16IACC: Video game for anti-corruption training
While Arad was at the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference, held this year in Malaysia, he had a chance to sit down with Rajneesh Bhandari and talk about Follow the Money. Take a look at the video here: http://16iacc.org/blog/2015/09/03/video-video-game-for-anti-corruption-training/
Walnut St Labs: Skyless Games
I recently spoke at a West Chester based incubator called Walnut St Labs. They filmed the event and interviewed me about our work at Skyless. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sgniO28K4
Technical.ly Philly: How Skyless Game Studios is using video games to demystify City Hall
Technical.ly Philly invited Arad back to guest post about City Hall. He wrote about how we are using the game to make city governance a little easier to understand. Take a look at the post her: http://technical.ly/philly/2015/07/07/skyless-game-studios-using-video-games-demystify-city-hall/
Venture Beat: This game fights the corruption of politicians, crooks, and greedy tycoons across the globe
We are really excited to have been covered in Venture Beat for our game Follow the Money. Dean Takahasi wrote about how we are trying to fight global corruption using video games. Check out the article here: http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/02/designers-of-follow-the-money-hope-to-combat-global-corruption-with-a-game/
My New Philly: Kite and Key TECH (Skyless)
Jess Smith of an awesome up and coming website here in Philadelphia, MyNewPhilly.com, spoke to Arad and me in her segment Kite and Key. We chatted about Skyless, our games, and social entrepreneurship. Take a look at the video here: http://mynewphilly.com/kite-and-key-skyless/
The Urban Technology Project celebrates the completion of Game Camp
The Urban Technology Project, who worked with us mentoring students at the School of the Future, published a write-up about our work teaching young people how to make video games. Take a look at their write-up here: http://utp-philly.org/news-and-events/the-urban-technology-project-celebrates-the-completion-of-game-camp/