A Numbers Game
Bossa Studios makes learning fun with Twelve a Dozen, and helps change the face of “edutainment” software in the process.
Published: November 13. 2014
“We approached Twelve a Dozen from the point of view of teaching math in a very intuitive, relatable way,” says Bossa Studios producer Herb Liu. “We thought, ‘If math is really important in the real world, why can’t we get that across in a simplified way?’” Imre Jele, the studio’s co-founder, credits Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions as an initial source of inspira...
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Jungle Brothers
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Slaying the Course
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Go Time
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Darkplace
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Better Off Red
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Forest Bump
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Neu!
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Sharp Shooter
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Summer Solstice
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Hulkamania
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Swing Low
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Play Dough
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Drown Together
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Shadowboxing
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Razor’s Edge
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Smile! You’re on CCTV
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Cut off a dimension
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Rush Hour
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In the Middle of the Night
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The Orcs, Of Course
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Lords of the Underground
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Super Duper
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Never Mind the Bollocks
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Mid-Century Minimalism
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Unraveling the unending oink
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Sphere of Influence
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Dead Again
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Full Steam Ahead
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Size Wise
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Going Big
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Piddy the Fool
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Comic Relief
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Friendly Polite Shooter
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War Horse
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Street Code
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Thinking Outside the (Brown) Box
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Properly Spliced and Diced
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Always Be Sharpening
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Reptile Zoo
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One Man Army
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A Rock and a Hard Place
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Doing Backflips
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Altered States
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Fusing creative gameplay
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The Outer Limits
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Fishcake
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The Wide World of Sports
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Viva la Revolution
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Stealth is Wealth
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Jam packing a puzzle adventure
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A classic adventure
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Time Keeps on Quacking (Into the Future…)
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Small Team, Big Plans
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The Air Up There
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Binary Formations
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The Small Screen Beckons
Bighead Bash by Spicy Horse
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GLiD to Know You
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Defying gravity
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Shooting for the stars
Battlestar Galactica Online by Bigpoint
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A new perspective
Qbism by Blowfish Studios
“I think that feeling of creating our own stuff and seeing people enjoy it is what inspired me to take this game development thing to the next level.” “Ever since entering the computer game industry I ...... Read interview
Hardcore action for all
M.U.S.E. by Lab Rats Studio
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Turning heads
Rimelands: Hammer of Thor by Dicework Games
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For the masses storms
Castle Warriors by GameResort
How did you the two of you get started doing game development? At the end of 2008, we were both ready to embark on a new adventure and we founded GameResort LLC. We knew we wanted to make games, but we...... Read interview
Zombieville USA
Zombieville USA by Mika Mobile
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Amazing Society & Gazillion
Marvel Superhero Squad Online by Amazing Society & Gazillion
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The wonder of childhood fun
Tumbledrop by Starfruit Games
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