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Thank you SPE!

Thank you SPE!

The Evolution of LumenThe Evolution of LumenLumen PhotoVocab Game Officially Launches: A Journey from MFA Thesis to Classroom Tool I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of Lumen PhotoVocab Game! 🎉 Born out of my MFA thesis project on game-based learning at...

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Try Lumen PhotoVocab Game for Free

Try Lumen PhotoVocab Game for Free

Exciting News from Blackwater Buccaneers! We’re thrilled to share an update with you: you can now get the Lumen PhotoVocab Game Print to Play Sampler for FREE when you sign up for our newsletter, Blackwater’s Scroll of Secrets!...

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Lumen Launch Special Extended

Lumen Launch Special Extended

To give educators more time to explore Lumen PhotoVocab Game and to share this innovative resource with their schools, we’re extending the Launch Special through January 31st!

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Captain’s Log, 2023-12-18

Captain’s Log, 2023-12-18

Our manufacturer, NiceFunnyGames, sent us in-progress photos of Lumen’s final prototype. They reported that all game files have been printed and that Lumen’s samples should be finished in two days.

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Lumen, Prototype II

Lumen, Prototype II

Several changes were made to the second version of Lumen to improve the game. More terminology and photo cards were added, the player guide was rewritten, and the game box was redesigned.

This version of Lumen consists of 96 Terminology cards, 300 Photo cards, and a card-sized 8-page accordion fold player guide.

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Captain’s Log: 24.01.10

Ahoy, friends! 2023 was a busy year and Lumen's Education Edition is close to being published. I'm working on a few final tweaks and am hoping to place the order for its first official production run within the next week. There's a lot of news to share since my last...

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New Logo & Mascot

New Logo & Mascot

Blackwater Buccaneers has a new logo and mascot! Ahoy mates! This past November we had the pleasure of working with illustrator Sara Wasserboehr to develop a new logo and bring Blackwater's mascot to life. We are so excited to finally share them with you. Meet...

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MFA Exhibition – One Year Anniversary!

MFA Exhibition – One Year Anniversary!

Lumen was created as part of my MFA thesis exhibition on game-based learning and it's been exactly one year since my show's reception on October 1st, 2021. I can't believe how fast this year has flown by. I had hoped to have Lumen a bit closer to production by now but...

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Lumen QR Cards

Lumen QR Cards

Spent part of the day designing QR cards for Lumen. This website is still a work in progress so it made more sense to share a Linktree for Lumen since I have information about it here, on my artist site, and across social media. I was originally going to add some...

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Lumen is going to SPE South Central!

Lumen is going to SPE South Central!

Ahoy friends! I'm excited to announce that I'll be presenting at the 2022 SPE South Central conference, Come Together, taking place Oct. 14-15 in Shreveport, LA. I've been a member of SPE since 2010 and am super pumped to get to share my thesis research...

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SPE 2023 Annual Conference; Game-Based Learning Presentation

Exciting news! My teaching and learning workshop proposal on game-based learning was accepted by the Society for Photographic Education and I’ll be presenting on game-based learning and Lumen at the 2023 SPE Annual Conference titled 'Homecoming' in Denver,...

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