About Little Bird Games Little Bird Games was founded in 2011 by game developers formerly with the University of Central Florida RETRO Lab. With extensive experience creating educational and therapeutic games their team of game designers, developers, artists, instructional designers, and researchers is committed to creating games that make a real difference in the lives of players. Little Bird Games focuses on academic rigor, research based designs, and extensive play testing in order to validate game productions. The company specializes in web and mobile based educational games, online courses, and digital badge system design. Game and Simulation Development Little Bird Games designs and develops educational and therapeutic video, board, and card games for players of all ages. The company offers full service serious game development based on the most current research and best practices from the fields of instructional design and game design. Online Course and Digital Badge System Development Little Bird Games offers custom online course development with features not seen in typical courses including embedded comic narratives, non-traditional grading, badge systems, as well as dashboards designed to maximize student autonomy, reflection, and goal setting. Little Bird Games has established itself as an industry leader in digital badge system design and badge-based curriculum design. The company offers custom designed badge systems that maximize motivation and learning. Research Experience Little Bird Games is experienced collaborating with researchers and subject matter experts in the development of products for large research efforts including grants from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Education. Typical features developed for such efforts include content management systems, learning management systems, player performance tracking, as well as data capture and visualization.