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From publishing scientific papers to presenting at game and educational conferences, the members of the Killer Snails team are contributing to some compelling conversations. Follow our news section to discover the fascinating science behind Killer Snails, learn about our research on games and science inquiry, and a get a glimpse of what our team is up to.

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Intentional Design for Intentional Play
September 26, 2018
Last Friday team Killer Snails headed west to the Intentional Play Summit in Mountain View. Our goal was to learn with some of our most inspiring c...
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Scuba Adventure: Philippines- coming soon!
September 10, 2018
Coming soon to Oculus Go, Google Play and iTunes! In Scuba Adventure, you’re a marine biologist racing against the clock to tag marine creatures...
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Reflections from our Software Engineer Intern: Isaac
August 31, 2018
Starlyn and Isaac exploring Mandë's lab during their first week When I was in high school, a teacher once asked my class, “what do you think the ...
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Killer Snails Goes to Camp
August 29, 2018
Teacher educator Rycki Waldeck watches as campers discuss their strategy for building biomes. The summer heat isn’t slowing down team Killer Snai...
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Reflections from our Software Engineering Intern: Starlyn
August 23, 2018
Hello everyone! My name is Starlyn Urena Ventura, and I am a Software Engineering Intern on the Developer team at Killer Snails for the summer of 2...
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Play NYC
August 16, 2018
This weekend, an amazing event took place… Play NYC! The family that dives together... thrives together! Over 160 indie game developers came toge...
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KS Secret Sauce? Playtest, playtest, playtest
August 10, 2018
Team KS has been quietly working on an exciting new project with our new friends at C & A Scientific. This week we were joined by Jen from C&am...
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Designers in Residence Showcase at NYSCI
August 10, 2018
Our residence at the New York Hall of Science comes to an end. Yesterday, Team Killer Snails attended the final showcase of the first class of De...
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Snails at Minefaire!
August 6, 2018
This weekend we had a fantastic opportunity to take part in MineFaire- an offshoot of Minecraft. Thanks so much to Steve Isaacs for the opportunity...
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Killer Snails Invade Serious Play
July 30, 2018
Our beautiful trophy! Earlier this month, the Killer Snails team had the opportunity to show off Biome Builder at the Serious Play Conference in D...
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National Science Foundation Video Feature!
June 25, 2018
So thrilled to see this poster when we arrived! We had a fantastic, educational time at the National Science Foundation Phase II conference and we ...
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Biome Builder Wins MORE awards!!
May 12, 2018
We are SO THRILLED to announce that Killer Snails won the International Serious Play Gold Medal! The full press release is here, and we are among ...
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