5 years ago

The Floor is Lava Mode Returns!

Note: Trust No One has left Gimkit Live and will return on February 16th as a Forever Mode.

The Floor is Lava is now available in Gimkit Live as a forever mode!

The Floor is Lava is a fully cooperative mode. Instead of students competing against one another, they'll work together!

Lava is rising by the second and students must work together to stay above it! They'll be constructing a tower, and can purchase builds in the shop to increase the tower's height.

Set new records, get those games in, and have fun!

5 years ago

🌎 Gimkit Is Now Carbon Negative!

Hey everyone, Josh here!

As of today, Gimkit is carbon negative for our entire history and moving forward.

The threat of global warming to humans, animals, nature, and the planet is real. We all want today's and tomorrow's students to grow up on a healthier planet.

I'm nowhere near understanding all of the complexities of working to make a healthier planet. What I do understand though? This is a team effort. Individual actions may not appear like a big deal, but together, they can add up for big change.

Our servers which allow you to access Gimkit, the computers we work on, the planes we go on for conferences — these all spew carbon in the atmosphere, heating up our planet.

While fewer carbon emissions in the first place is always better, there are many parts of our business where it's physically impossible to not release any emissions.

This is where carbon offsets come in, which we're purchasing to offset all our emissions and then some. Carbon offsets don't erase our emissions, they simply prevent someone else's.

As an example, a dairy farm can install a machine which captures and destroys methane that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. These machines, they're expensive — that's where carbon offsets come in. Carbon offsets help pay for projects like those, so we can reduce emissions in other areas.

Calculating our exact carbon footprint is...tricky.

We used the help of another company who is kind enough to share their emissions broken down by category. This company is similar to ours — works remotely, builds software.

Using their numbers, we were able to roughly determine how much we need to offset. But we wanted to be super conservative. From what we know, we're offsetting at least 2x the carbon we emit — therefore making Gimkit carbon negative.

For every tCO2e we emit, we offset roughly two (or more).

And while we'll offset all of our future emissions, we've also offset all emissions since the beginning of Gimkit — when I was ending my sophomore year of high school.

Offsets are great, but we want to do even more. Throughout this year, we'll be making contributions to organizations and projects that are helping fight climate change. We're still discussing the best projects/places/organizations to contribute to.

Gimkit is now a carbon negative company. It's a great start, but there's still a lot more to be done.

-Josh

5 years ago

Forever Modes!

We launched our first limited-time game mode a year and a half ago. Since then, and with every new mode release, we've heard how you all wished modes stayed around longer, or even forever!

Well, starting today, that's happening! We're introducing Forever Modes to Gimkit Live.

We designed Forever Modes on how movie releases work, or how they used to work before the pandemic. New movies come to theaters, stay for a limited time, and leave. A little while later, they come back out on DVD.

That's how we'll be treating mode releases from here on out. Available for a brief period of time at launch, gone for a bit, and then back forever!

To start things off, we've got six Forever Modes. You can now play any of these modes at any time!

Infinity Mode
Boss Battle
Humans vs. Zombies
Super Rich Mode
Hidden Mode
Drained Mode

We'll be adding The Floor is Lava as a Forever Mode on January 19th, 2021, and Trust No One on February 16th, 2021.

Now you've got a bunch of options when you go to play Gimkit Live with your class! Replay some old classics, or try a mode out for the first time.

Hope you and your students enjoy. Happy Holidays!

5 years ago

New game mode - Trust No One!

Our newest game mode is here: Trust No One!

Inspired by Among Us, the objective of this mode is the locate the impostors and vote them off the ship!

This is by far our most unique game mode. Students will have to work together, collect evidence, and communicate clearly to vote off the impostors. It might take your students a few games to fully get the hang of it.

Before you play, we recommend you read our blog explaining how this mode works. You can give it a read here: https://blog.gimkit.com/blog/trust-no-one

This mode will be inside Gimkit Live for the entire month of December -- have fun and vote off those impostors!

5 years ago

New Powerups!

Two new powerups have arrived in Gimkit Live!

🥧 The Pumpkin Pie replaces the Icer for Thanksgiving! Use this powerup to pie other players! They won't be able to answer questions or visit the shop for 15 seconds!

🔧 The Quadgrader arrives for the first time! Use it to upgrade Money Per Question, Streak Bonus, Multiplier, and Insurance by a single level for free! Students can save thousands, even millions!

5 years ago

Infinity Mode Returns!

😈 Perfectly balanced, as all things should be...

Thanos Mode is back, but we're now calling it Infinity Mode. In this mode, students race to acquire all 6 Infinity Stones! Those that don't risk getting snapped from existence!

Be quick as Infinity Mode is here until Friday, November 13th! Have fun and restore balance!

5 years ago

November update!

🦃 Happy November, everyone!

Here's a quick recap of what happened in October:

✍️ Ink. Is. Here.

🌋 Floor is Lava

🧟‍♀️ Return of Humans vs. Zombies

🧙‍♂️ Pharlain Ross makes 4!

🛠 Ink early access & screw-tightening

Introducing Gimkit Ink!

🎉 It's here!

We're so excited to finally share Gimkit Ink with you!

With a focus on community and publishing, we built Ink to help students fall in love with writing.

When you logged into Gimkit today, you probably noticed the option to select Gimkit Live or Gimkit Ink. That's new!

But don't worry, Gimkit the game isn't changing. It has a new name, but it's the same fun, weird, engaging game it's always been. Now that we have two products, we're simply calling the game part of Gimkit...Gimkit Live.

Ink is invite-only until January, which means it's probably not available for you just yet. However, there will be a place for you to get early access once you're done learning about Ink.

Speaking of, there's a ton to learn about Ink. We've got pages, tours, and videos for you to watch, read, and explore. Check them out and let us know what you think!

Learn about Ink here: https://www.gimkit.com/ink

6 years ago

Humans vs. Zombies Mode!

We're excited to share the return of a student-favorite game mode for Halloween!

👩HUMANS

vs.

🧟‍♂️ZOMBIES

In Humans vs. Zombies Mode, students are randomly split into two teams, Humans and Zombies! You can reshuffle the teams as many times as you'd like.

Each team starts off with 700 out of 700 health! 1.5 health is automatically decreased every second. The team that survives the longest wins!

Here's a blog post with more details about how this spooky new mode works:

https://blog.gimkit.com/blog/eencw8smwo2xwei5jqtvh1ltrnbox2

Happy Halloween everyone! 🦇🎃🍫

6 years ago

The Floor is Lava Mode

The Floor is Lava is now available in Gimkit for a limited time!

This is our first fully cooperative mode. Instead of students competing against one another, they'll work together!

Lava is rising by the second and students must work together to stay above it! They'll be constructing a tower, and can purchase builds in the shop to increase the tower's height.

To learn more about Floor is Lava and how it works, read our blog post here!

This mode leaves Gimkit on October 19th, so set new records, get those games in, and have fun!