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Digital Escape Rooms

“All of your hosts are together in the Clubhouse for a special interview! Lydia Symchych is an impact game designer who has been working with Ellen over the last year. Today, she shares her experience of making an escape room that needed to be rendered in both ‘physical’ and and digital environments. Also, sound effects and pillows.”

Published by Nice Games Club on November 28, 2024.

Retro Review - JumpStart

“In this episode, Brandon and Dan interview former Filament Games designer Lydia Symchych about the JumpStart series, specifically JumpStart 3rd Grade Mystery Mountain. JumpStart was a learning game franchise that began in 1994 and closed in 2023. To learn more about the ins and outs of these games, and why JumpStart 3rd Grade Mystery Mountain is so significant to Lydia, you’ll have to tune in to the podcast!”

Published by Filament Games on August 28, 2023.

Game-based Learning Myths, Busted!

“Look alive! Another episode of the Filament Games Podcast is 🔥coming in hot.🔥In this episode Brandon and Dan, along with guest Lydia Symchych, a former Filament game designer, tackle pervasive game-based learning myths. Like the revered Mythbusters themselves, Brandon, Dan, and Lydia dive into common misconceptions and destroy them from the inside out!* 

*Figuratively, of course. No pyrotechnics were used in the making of this episode. “

Published by Filament Games on December 19, 2022.

Before I joined the video games industry in 2020,

my first design projects were exhibits and experiences for museums.

These portfolio pages are time capsules of my early design thinking. I want to share them because my museum experience greatly influences my work today.

Witness to the Revolution - Carleton College Student Researcher
“You're a soldier now." - Rice County Historical Society Intern
Electrifying Minnesota Supplement - Rice County Historical Society Intern
Montshire Museum of Science - Exhibit Design Intern

Made in PowerPoint and exported to PDF.

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