Joe France
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I design games that enrich players' lives, expand the medium's potential, and offer novel perspectives.

codeSpark Academy: Snoopy Snowbrawl

Company: codeSpark
Position: Game Designer

Up to 4 players can join in the coding fun while practicing sequencing, parameters and loops concepts in this multiplayer snowball game. 
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Game concept created from prototyping in my spare time.

codeSpark Academy: Pet Pals

Company: codeSpark
Position: Game Designer
Kids code workers to care for an ever increasing array of pets.

codeSpark Academy with The Foos

Company: codeSpark
Position: Game Designer
The Foos is the most kid-friendly and fun way to learn programming. 

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Warp Driver: Golf in Space

Company: GameDesk
Position: Lead Designer
Warp Driver teaches physics concepts through the game of golf - in space!  Players progress through golf courses on different planets to learn about forces, conservation of energy, and aerodynamics.

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Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Training

Company: GameDesk
Position: Lead Designer
The S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Training program encapsulates an immersive science of superheroes museum exhibit with classroom curriculum and a second-screen experience, all aligned with next-generation science standards.

Geomoto

Company: GameDesk
Position: Lead Designer
Geomoto teaches middle school students about continental drift through the iPad or Leap Motion Controller.

Pangean

Company: GameDesk
Position: Lead Designer
Pangean has students reconstruct the plate tectonics of alien planets through shape, fossil records, and through the continental shelf.
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Crystal Chompers

Company: Blue Marble
Position: Lead Designer
Mine the precious underground minerals, while keeping the enormous space eels at bay.  Crystal chompers is a neurogame that challenges divided attention with a seamless gameplay experience.
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Zoezi Park

Company: Blue Marble
Position: Lead Designer
Zoezi Park is a balance training game for older adults that uses a clinically validated exercise program and the Microsoft Kinect.
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Treasure of Bell Island

Company: Blue Marble
Position: Lead Designer on Version 2
TBI is a island survival adventure neurogame that provides mobile therapy for attention, memory, and executive function.  
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RESET / Hangar Hustle

Company: Blue Marble
Position: Lead Designer
Hangar Hustle is a neurogame suite designed to assess and treat defects in attention, memory, and 
executive function.
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McGraw-Hill Spark (aka Spot)

Company: 360Ed
Position: Software Engineer
Spark is a gamified Learning Management System harnessing the power of social features, achievements, avatars, and McGraw-Hill content.
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SiTi

Company: 360Ed
Position: Software Engineer
SiTi is a Learning Management System for two online educational games - Conspiracy Code American History and Conspiracy Code Mindbender.

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Burn Center

​Company: 360Ed
Position: Software Engineer
Burn Center teaches burn care triage and resuscitation, providing continuing education credits to healthcare professionals.