About
Ko's Journey began in an amazing region of the Andes called the Cordillera Hauyuash. The original math game design was written by a public school math teacher amidst 20,000 feet peaks. Ko, as it was then called, ultimately became a semester-long classroom math game played with stone totems on hand-painted deer hides.
Five years later, with students still recalling how they had learned the Cartesian Coordinate system from Luna of the Night Sky, the deeper understanding of teaching math through story was realized. The math teacher then met a business woman who shared his vision of bringing Ko to life. Together, they formed a development team and, in less than one year, introduced Ko's Journey to the internet world for all students to experience the learning adventure.
The Ko's Journey Team
Core Design Team
Imagine Education
- Scott Laidlaw
- Jennifer Harris
- Deborah Evans
BNP Games
- Ken Moore
- Craig Crossley
Alpine Studios
- Les Pardew
- Aaron Anderson
Venado Partners, LLC
- Loren Johnson
Script
- Scott Laidlaw, Director/Game Designer
- Jennifer Harris, Financial/Creative Advisor
- Deborah Evans, Communications Manager
- Closing Story- Adapted from Cherokee Rite of Passage
- Copyright Imagine Education
Programming
- Ken Moore, Lead Programmer/Game Designer
- Lorin Cook, Lead Intro/Outro Developer
- Loren Johnson, Lead Web Developer
- Rachelle Pinkerton, Programmer
- Shawn Shimizu, Programmer
- Craig Crossley, Programmer
Art
Music & Sound
- Ed Dillon, Lead Music & Sound
- Eric Nunamaker, Voice
- Manu Delago, Travel Music
- Lorin Cook, Logo Music & Sound Editor
Voices
- Ko- Thea Damuag
- Grandfather- Steve Cooper
- Intro Guide- Jane Maestro-Scherer
- Travel Guide- Trina West
- Arrow Guide- Lorin Cook
- Medicine Woman- Samanth Olierton
- Luna of the Night Sky- Kara Angus
- Crystal Oasis- Hudson Marts
- Secret Circle- Amanda Maestro-Scherer
- Mountain Climb- Gepson Auguste
Web Design
- Loren Johnson, Lead Designer
- Paul Du Coudray, Web Advisor
- Alex Iglecia, Logo/Web Designer
- Bob Hanson, Developer
Testers
- Chad Bath
- Cade Harris
- Tanner Harris
- Sally McLeod
- Nikki Moore
- Dave Neff
- Grace Vesely
Original Ko Classroom Game
- Scott Laidlaw
- Todd Wynward
- Stephanie Owens
- Susan Millison
- Tori Sjoberg
- Peruvian Andes Ancient Cultures
Special Thanks
- Joanne Carlson
- Rebecca Colley
- Steve Denkers
- Peter Dickinson - Author of The Kin
- Judie Hanson
- Lorie King
- Darin Johnson
- Mica Johnson
- Jim & Barbara Laidlaw
- Tina Laidlaw
- Madlon Laster
- John & Cindy McCloud
- Sean McLean
- Wendy Mericle
- Dave Neff
- Brian Smith
- Bronwyn Taylor
- Vaughn Taylor
- Jill Wheeler
- John Wheeler
Produced by
- Scott Laidlaw
- Jennifer Harris
