Gamification example

This is an impressive start to a great game, Josh.  The only suggestion I would make is to change your publish settings so that you can see a larger version of the game when you're not viewing it from a device  (Player, Other gear, resize browser to fill screen, scale player to fit browser window.)

Hi, Josh -- Thanks for sharing, and for including "Example" in your title; helps distinguish questions from contributions! :)

And you may also want to share your .story file itself so that others can take a peek at how everything was set up. 

Also, you are welcome to share over in our design forum here, as well!

Hi Linda, thanks for the suggestion. I did have it set to scale originally but it was stretching the images and making them quite pixelated. Think I'll have to create it at a larger size next time.

Hi Christie. I was torn between posting on this board and the courses one haha. I'll post it on that one too.

I was considering sharing the .story file but a lot of the images I've used are free to use but are restricted from distribution.

Beautiful! how long does this take to make?

Thanks Muhammad. It's difficult to say how long it took because I've been working on it on and off for a few months when I have the time. If I was working on it full time, I could probably have created it in a couple of weeks, and once the frameworks there it's not too time consuming creating new sections of the map.

Hi Josh. Very cool game. Have you used any programming language other than Storyline, e.g. Java? Like to make the character move, etc. ...

Is there any way you could delete/replace the copyrighted images with ones that can be distributed to share the .story file? I'm curious about the underlying structure. I think I could somehow create a version that fits my course, but I'm really lost about how to recreate some of the interactions.

Thanks in any case.

Hi David!

I'm not sure if Josh is still subscribed to this thread, but you are welcome to reach out to him directly via the 'Contact Me' option on his user profile if needed.

Ok, Leslie, thanks for letting me know.

David, check out this thread too: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/another-game-built-in-sl

Thanks Mike!

Very useful thread! I'd love to create a similar game for my course, but I'm not sure where to start. I don't even know if the game is created exclusively with SL2, or if it's relying on a programming language to make it and then gets inserted into SL2 as Flash.

I've PMed Rais to ask him about this. In the meanwhile, have you found any explanations or tutorials that describe how to include Flash games into SL2?

That one does appear to be built completely in SL. I haven't worked with any games in Flash, so not sure how to insert them specifically. Have you tried the Insert Flash feature in SL? That might do it.

Yes, it's amazing that it's built completely in SL.
I've noticed we can insert Flash files, so I was guessing that's how people include more complicated games into storyline, like the Penalty Shootout and Gunslinger games you can find here.

Hi Josh!

I was able to recreate the framework (making the character move/walk). I'm looking for some graphics (trees, terrain, etc.) to build a map. Did you create your own or did you find them somewhere?

Cheers,
David

Hi David! I'm sure Josh is probably still subscribed, but you are welcome to utilize the 'Contact Me' option on his user profile if needed as well.

Ok thanks Leslie :)

Hi David. Sorry I’ve not replied for a while. I’ve been away for a couple of weeks. The game was created entirely in Storyline 2. No programing or Flash involved. Replacing all the images would take quite a while so I don’t think I’ll have time to do it. If there’s anything particular you want to know I’ll try and explain it for you.

I got most of my graphics from http://opengameart.org but created a few myself.

That's great Josh! Thanks for the link. My main hurdle was to make the character's legs move when changing position on the slide. I've created some sprites out of a GIF files and broke it down to a few frames to make a stop-motion animation by making states change, activated by a trigger.

Is that how you made your character's legs move too? Did you use sprites? Where from?

Thanks for your time,
David