Schell Games is a

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and

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company based in

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. It was founded in 2002 by game developer

Jesse Schell Jesse N. Schell (born June 13, 1970) is an American video game designer, author, CEO of Schell Games, and a distinguished professor of the practice of entertainment technology at CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's pro ...

. Schell Games creates video games and interactive experiences for education and entertainment.

History

Before founding Schell Games in 2002, Jesse Schell was the creative director of the Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio. Since creating the studio, Jesse and Schell Games have worked with and created games for

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Legendary
Fred Rogers Company and more.

Original games

Educational games

Schell Games has designed and developed a number of

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s meant to change a player's behavior when they complete the game.

Entertainment Games

Schell Games has designed and developed several experiences for partners for casual gaming and entertainment.

Location-based Experiences

Schell Games also operates under "Schell Attractions", when the studio bids for projects dealing with location-based experiences and

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