About Us
Screen-free games that educate, inspire, and delight
Birdcage Press partners with the world’s leading brands and museums to create beautiful, hands-on games and products that bring imagination to life
Parents and educators love our games
Why partner with Birdcage Press?
As a boutique game development studio, we are ideally placed to collaborate with large brands to produce top quality educational games:
We are committed to screen-free, intelligent games that educate and inspire our next generation
Our industry track record spans 30 years, yet we retain our nimble, joyful development approach
We pride ourselves on painstaking research and authenticity in all of our products
We understand the audience, the standards, and the licensing process
Parents and educators have recognized our work with over 40 awards
Who We Are
A group of amazing women
Meet our founder and creative leads
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Wenda O'Reilly
Founder
has been creating award-winning educational games for 30+ years as president and founder of Birdcage Press. She received her masters in education from Harvard University and her Ph.D. from Stanford. Her games bring iconic worlds to life and have been featured in major museums throughout the world.
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Kelly Davis
Art Director
has been a part of the Birdcage team since 2011. She is a Bay Area native, and graduated with a degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She enjoys all things art, nature, cute animals, and drinking lots of tea.
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Kim Nelson
Game Developer
has spent over 20 years bringing creative and innovative games to life with Birdcage Press. When she isn't developing playful new experiences, she tends her organic farm, where the natural world often inspires her next big idea.
On screen for mere seconds. Mentioned, but never explained.
We take fleeting inspiration, then apply our creative talents and rigorous game design process to bring iconic worlds into real life
The Story Behind Golden Snitch Board Game
Sometimes a great game begins with a phone call. One day, I got a call from Universal Parks & Resorts. “We have a prop from a Harry Potter movie. Can you make a game to go with it?”
The prop was Snitch Snatcher, a board game that appeared on screen for just a few seconds in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. That was all we had to go on! Our challenge was to turn a fleeting bit of movie magic into a real game that Harry Potter fans could take home and play. And that's exactly what we did.”
The Story Behind Exploding Snap!
Exploding Snap! is a favorite card game of Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts. The books mention cards that spontaneously explode but never explain how the game is played.
That gave us an opportunity to put a magical twist on a classic card game. We developed a game of speed and strategy where both players race to get rid of their cards. Just when you think you're winning, an Exploding Snap! card can appear and explode the game.”
— Founder, Wenda O’Reilly
We have games ready for partnership now, and welcome inquiries about other collaborations
