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Schell Games is a game design and development company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 2002 by game developer Jesse Schell. Schell Games creates video games and interactive experiences for education and entertainment.

Philosophy

Schell Games' approach to game design and development revolves around its mission statement of creating games the studio likes, for clients the studio likes, in order to make the world a better place. Schell Games is a member of the International Game Developers Association, and a member of the Games for Change Industry Circle.

History

Before founding Schell Games in 2002, Jesse Schell was the creative director of the Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio. Since creating the studio, Jesse and Schell Games have worked with and created games for Google, Yale, Legendary, Fred Rogers Company and more.

Original Games

Release Date Game Title Genre Type Platform Notes
December 2016 I Expect You To Die Puzzle Virtual Reality/PC Playstation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift Flagship virtual reality game by the studio[1]
November 2016 Frostbound Atmospheric Survival Virtual Reality/Mobile Google Daydream
November 2016 Domino World Casual Augmented Reality/Mobile Google Tango- enabled devices Google worked with Schell to try Tango[2]
November 2016 Happy Atoms Education[3] Physical + Augmented Reality Physical + iOS devices Created in partnership with Thames & Kosmos
November 2016 Water Bears VR Education Virtual Reality/PC HTC Vive
November 2016 Orion Trail VR Space Adventure Virtual Reality Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive
September 2016 Baker Street Experience Audio Adventure Audio Story Alexa-enabled devices
June 2015 Water Bears Education Mobile game Android, iOS Water Bears EDU also available[4]
May 2015 GumTrix Casual Mobile game Andriod, iOS
March 2015 Orion Trail Space Adventure Computer game PC Funded by a Kickstarter campaign[5]
February 2015[6] Innercube Puzzle
June 2014 Enemy Mind Retro Shooter Computer PC Also a co-op game[7]

References

  1. ^ Kohler, Chris. "'I Expect You to Die' Is the Most Fun I've Ever Had in Virtual Reality". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  2. ^ "Schell Games gives popular games a twist with Tango". Google Developers Blog. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  3. ^ Reid, Liz. "New Hybrid Digital-Physical Games May Improve Student Learning". Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. ^ "https://www.glasslabgames.org/games/WPLUS". GlassLab Games. Retrieved 2017-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Orion Trail". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  6. ^ "InnerCube on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  7. ^ "Angry fun in local co-op with side-scrolling shooter Enemy Mind". Polygon. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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