Ball State University"E.I. Games’ Fireworks game gets you much closer to a real-world experience than you can ever capture from a textbook about entrepreneurship... emotionally engaging, appropriately demanding, and rewarding when you succeed—just like being an entrepreneur really is."
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"We took a group of students from The Miami AD School and asked them to let us know exactly what they thought of the entrepreneurship game and all the improvements we'd made." |
"Outstanding experience for my class... they focus on building the student's Emotional Quotient (EQ) which, from my own experience in the business world, is a bigger determinant of success than the student's Intelligence Quotient (IQ)... The games generated very animated discussions and debates as we discussed some of the scenarios and answers from the game, much richer discussion than from just using a text."
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In Fall 2018, an opportunity was presented for us to partner with a group of students in the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) program at Ball State University to develop a new game designed to help freshman students on their college journey, while also supporting student retention. This partnership was formed by Dr. Dennis Trinkle, Director of the CICS program at Ball State University and EI Games Co-Founders Kevin and Karl Allen. Taylor Donahue, a Graduate Assistant in the CICS program, was identified as the project lead for the student group and a team was quickly assembled for the project. The teams were assigned by individual team member strengths as well as areas of interest and included the following: research, production and content awards/grants, marketing, sales, media/PR, private equity (PE) proposal.
The greatest success of this project was accomplishing the ambition to create a game that would be an effective tool for incoming students to complete as it provides game-based readiness with emotional intelligence and provides an engaging experience through an interactive storyline and setting. |
Westminster College“We observed increased self-regard, self-confidence and a foundation for a healthier and more professional self-image.... a number of students returning to discuss the techniques and skills acquired from the simulation that were immediately applied in their workplaces.”
Dr. Michael Sutton Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business |