Lucas Learning was a company founded by
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...
in 1996 as a spin-off to
LucasArts
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game brand licensing, licensor that is part of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as ...
in order to provide challenging, engaging and fun
educational software
Educational software is a term used for any computer software which is made for an educational purpose. It encompasses different ranges from language learning software to classroom management software to reference software. The purpose of all t ...
for classrooms. Many of their award-winning titles were based on the national curriculum. The company was located in
San Rafael, California, and was headed by former
MECC
The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation), most commonly known as MECC, was an organization founded in 1971 best known for developing the edutainment video game series '' The Oregon Trail'' and its spinoffs. The goal of ...
senior vice president of development and creative director Susan Schilling. Shilling asserted that Lucas was personally involved with the products and that a company mantra was to stay away from violence. They released games from 1998 until announcing their cancellation of a Mac version of ''
Star Wars Super Bombad Racing'' in mid 2001, the year Lucas Learning decided to leave the market.
Games
Critical reception
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The Boston Herald
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'' wrote that the company was "setting a new standard in software development with a unique cooperative effort between Lucas' film and software sides".
References
External links
Interview with Lucas Learning's Jane Boston about company's philosophy and direction The Journal
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Video game development companies
Defunct video game companies of the United States