Creating Roulette & Spinning Wheel Games in E-Learning #458

Roulette & Spinning Wheel Games #458: Challenge | Recap

This week’s challenge was inspired by a recent community discussion by Troy Westphal. 

Troy created a roulette game using true/false variables to determine if the roulette’s spinning wheel selected red or black. Walt and Tom jumped in with ideas and tutorials to help troubleshoot Troy's source file.

While Roulette games aren't a common interaction in e-learning, they present fantastic ways to flex our variables muscles. And that's what this week's challenge is all about.

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to create a roulette-type game that involves spinning and randomization. You can create a literal roulette game or anything that captures the essence of the game.

Ideas and Possible Projects

Here are a few ideas to help you get started. Remember, you’re not limited to only roulette games. The objective this week is to combine spinning effects with randomization.

• Lottery Number Generator: Create an interaction to generate a set of random lottery numbers based on learner inputs or random numbers.
• Slot Machine Games: Create a slot-machine game where learners can spin the reels using sliders, dials, or simple buttons.
• Wheel of Fortune Games: Create a game based on the popular TV show.

Examples of Spinning Interactions

Here are a few examples of different approaches to this week’s challenge.

• ELC444: Example by Nichole Codrington
• ELC405: Example by Natalie Friedman
• ELC334: Example by Emmy Buxengard
• ELC311: Example by Owen Holt
• ELC278: Example & download by Samuel Apata
• ELC275: Example & download by Samuel Apata

🧰 Resources

User Guides

• Storyline 360: Working with Variables
• Storyline 360: Adding Variable References
• Storyline 360: What "Object Loses Focus" Means

Webinars

• Overview of Variables in Storyline 360
• Using Text Variables in Storyline 360
• Using Number Variables in Storyline 360
• 5 Ways to Personalize E-Learning Courses
• Using True/False Variables in Storyline 360

✨ Share Your E-Learning Work

• Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post.
• Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example.
• Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure.
• Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness.

🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:

Before spinning random ideas on this week’s challenge, check out the creative ways your fellow challengers combined three or more challenges:

Mix-and-Match Challenge Examples RECAP #457: Challenge | Recap

👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 

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