Welcome to Farmchain, our new collaborative 2D game mode!
Here on the farm, everyone has a role to play. There’s a lot of work to be done. To keep things running efficiently, students will need to make a plan, communicate, and keep up with their jobs.
Best of luck and see you out on the farm! 🚜
And now for something completely different!
This or That is a trivia battle game that makes for a great icebreaker to help your students get to know each other.
This mode is perfect for Would You Rather Questions, Polls, Does This Apply To You, and (of course) Trivia.
Unlike other Gimkit game modes, you won’t connect a kit or even add questions inside of Gimkit. Instead, you’ll use your own trivia or icebreaker questions with this fun 2D voting system.
Once the game is started, just share a question and assign a color, red or blue, to two possible answers. Ask Students to move their Gims to one side or the other.
Use the Freeze Players button to lock students’ answers. The award & ghost buttons give you the option to eliminate incorrect answers and reward students who nailed it.
This Or That is available for a limited time until November 4th. Have fun getting to know each other and testing your knowledge!
We hope you had a wonderful, relaxing summer.
We're excited to share some big updates to help you make learning fun & engaging this year. Watch the video below or keep reading to see what's new!
We rebuilt assignments from the ground up! You can now assign 2D game modes as homework, making assignments more dynamic and engaging.
There's a lot that's different with the new version of assignments. Read about everything we changed here.
Over the summer, we added our most-requested product suggestion of all time. Now, your students automatically see the correct answer for 3 seconds when they miss a question. This improves content mastery by slowing them down and giving them some time to soak in the correct answer.
We’re working on a new game mode we think your students will dig. We’re not ready to say too much yet. Just planting a seed to see if any ideas sprout up…
From new assignments to new modes, we can't wait to see what you do with Gimkit this school year!
Gimkit is free! — In case you missed it, we made Gimkit free last November. You can play Gimkit for free with as many students as you want and there are no limits on the number of kits you can create.
Nickname generator — You can now enable a nickname generator when hosting a live game, forcing students to use a classroom-safe nickname. Learn more here.
Practice Mode — Want students to be able to practice content whenever they want? Send students a practice link for any of your kits! Upon visiting, students can practice answering the questions for as long as they’d like! Learn more here.
Cosmetics are back! — The Item Shop and earning XP/GimBucks returns August 23rd. We’ve got some awesome new Gims coming your way, as well as a new kind of cosmetic!
GiveKit — We donate $500 every month to help pay for your school materials, first aid kits, tech tools, furniture, and anything else you may need to do your best work. Learn more and apply here.
Are your students joining your live games with inappropriate names? No problem!
We’ve got a few things lined up to celebrate your incredible work this school year:
We also wrote an annual letter recapping the year. If you have a minute, check it out here.
Thanks so much for all of your support and inspiration, this school year and every other. Here’s to you. 👏
- Josh & Jeff
Hey everybody, Josh here!
Later this year, we’re going to be releasing a brand new version of assignments rebuilt from the ground up to work with 2D game modes.
Ever since we first launched Fishtopia, one of the most popular requests has been to allow students to play Fishtopia for homework. And our latest Cosmetics update allows students to earn XP in 2D game modes. But assignments don’t take place in a 2D game mode, meaning XP is not obtainable right now when completing homework.
Because of this, it makes sense for us to work on adding 2D game modes to assignments — and that’s what we plan to do.
Making 2D game modes work with assignments is going to be a huge technical challenge. But adding even more is having to support both types of assignments at once: the ones we have today, and the ones in the future that will take place in 2D game modes.
We’re a super small team. In terms of developers, it’s just myself and Jakub. I made the decision that instead of sinking a ton of extra time into supporting what will be the old version of assignments, we’re going to fully remove it and start over.
Starting on July 1st, we will no longer allow the creation of new assignments. On July 12th, we will fully delete all assignments on Gimkit, making way for the new version which will come out shortly after.
Your kits and all other content will remain exactly intact. Only assignments that you've created will be deleted.
I’m sorry for any disruption this might cause — I’m hoping that by making this switch over summer break, it won’t impact most of you. And hopefully, if it does, this advance notice will give you enough time to prepare.
Making this switch is a bit like ripping off a band-aid. It will sting a bit at first, but after, we’ll end up with a brand new version of assignments that will be miles better than what we have today.
Thanks for reading, send us an email at [email protected] if you have any questions!
Those little characters you’ve been running around as in Fishtopia & Tag: Domination? Well...they’re called Gims and you’re now able to collect and wear your own in-game!
Earn XP by completing actions in 2D game modes like Fishtopia & Tag: Domination. XP can be earned by answering questions correctly, or completing actions specific to each mode. For example, you’ll earn XP when tagging a player in Tag: Domination or catching a rare fish in Fishtopia. Once you earn enough XP, you’ll level up and get 100 GimBucks!
Save up your GimBucks to purchase Gims in the Item Shop! Once you purchase a Gim, you’ll be able to wear it in-game.
For more information, check out our cosmetics blog post.
Welcome to our newest game mode, Tag: Domination!
The battle for dominance between two competing organizations will be decided by a game of tag. But this isn’t the same old tag your students are used to. They’ll need to adapt, strategize, and work together to dominate.
Stretch out your legs and get ready to run, Tag: Domination is available to everybody (Pro & free) now!
Connection Improvements
Lucky Lake
Lucky Lake, a new island, has arrived in Fishtopia! Legend has it that the rarest fish in the sea can be found here. Check it out now on the east side of Fishtopia.
