Gamification: Is it possible with storyline?

Oct 16, 2012

First of all excuse my english if you find a mistake because, I´m from Spain and my mother tongue is spanish.

Ok, done the introduction I would like to ask a question. I didn´t purchase storyline yet but I´m pretty sure I will do it soon, and my question is if with storyline I can add progressive bars, rewards, points, levels, leaderboards, etc. because I want to design my courses based on gamification concept.

Anyone knows the answer that can help me decide?

Thanks a lot, cheers

Veronica

33 Replies

Ashley W

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 6:02 am (UTC)

I know for sure that you can add scoring and games to storyline:

Here's a cool example of a little Jeopardy game: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/15641/90195.aspx#90195

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26418304/Jeopardy%20output/story.html

And there's also this bingo game:

http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/19644/110241.aspx#110241

http://montse.org/storyline/bingo/

As for the rest, I'll leave it to those more knowledgeable than I .

Veronica D.
Author

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 6:05 am (UTC)

Thanks a lot @Ashley W for the real fast and helpful reply!

I hope someone can help me with the others .

Cheers!!

Matthew Graham

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 6:10 am (UTC)

There's all sorts of fun to be had with variables! I think it's a pretty good option if you don't know flash/html5.

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 12:18 pm (UTC)

Here are some things I built in the beta

http://www.test.elearninglaboratory.co.uk/game1/story.html

http://www.test.elearninglaboratory.co.uk/game2/story.html

http://www.test.elearninglaboratory.co.uk/game3/story.html

http://www.test.elearninglaboratory.co.uk/game4/story.html

I can probably find the files if you want them

Jesse Spinella

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 12:25 pm (UTC)

Nice Phil, love game 4. Was not expecting Beeker, lol.

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/16/12 at 12:36 pm (UTC)

Thanks, I loved that one, wanted to do so much more with it, I just got sidetracked

Veronica D.
Author

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 1:51 am (UTC)

Thanks to everyone for your help!. This community is top!

And @Phil I loved your games! Do you think that having the files can help understand how to make something great like yours? I would like to make a game similar to the first one.

Thanks a lot everyone for your help. I´m just a novice (yet )

Cheers

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:04 am (UTC)

Hi Veronica

Here is the maze game

maze+game.story

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:06 am (UTC)

Here is the gunslinger game

gunslinger.story

Veronica D.
Author

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:07 am (UTC)

Thanks Phil!!! You are great!

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:09 am (UTC)

Here is the radiation game

radiation+therapy.story

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:14 am (UTC)

this is the room game

safe.story

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:14 am (UTC)

I think thats the lot, I do have a ninja game somewhere but it may be too large to upload

Veronica D.
Author

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:17 am (UTC)

I think is a lot (and lot of help f) for a beginner like me.

I will post my " sort of game" when I finish so you can have a look at it

Thanks again Phil!!

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 2:24 am (UTC)

Would love to see what you come up with, please do post back what you do!

If you need any help just post back

Matthew Graham

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 11:46 am (UTC)

Some really cool ideas in those games. The safe game reminds me of the old text adventure games or myst.

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 11:53 am (UTC)

Thanks Mathew, that was my aim with that one, I had the whole thing mapped out that the key would unlock something, the radiation therapy game was also going to be part of this. Might save it for the version 2 beta if I get invited

tonya mcvay

over 11 years ago11/17/12 at 4:35 pm (UTC)

Wow! Thanks, Phil!

Mike Lacy

over 11 years ago01/03/13 at 8:24 am (UTC)

Hello All,

Has anyone found a way to add a leader board to a course? I just started looking and was wondering if any of you have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Scott Wiley

over 9 years ago08/25/14 at 12:50 pm (UTC)

Hello all,

While all the samples are cool examples of a "game", I don't feel that they are examples of "gamification".

From Wikipedia: Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechancs in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems.

I'd love to see what the community can come up with following this framework.

In a game, the rewards are extrinsic and will typically only be relevant while playing the game. Any behavior change is lost when not playing the game.

In meaningful gamification, the rewards should be predominantly intrinsic to mean something in the real world, and hopefully change behavior, thinking, or feeling.

For more info and/or inspiration, see:

Jane McGonigal - http://janemcgonigal.com/
Scott Nicholson - http://becauseplaymatters.com/blog/2012/1/21/introduction-to-meaningful-gamification.html
Michael Allen (Allen Interactions) - http://info.alleninteractions.com/bid/101659/Gamification-for-e-Learning-Q-A

almost 9 years ago06/04/15 at 7:22 pm (UTC)

Hi,

I agree with you Scott, it's cool to see what SL variables can be used for but I look forward to see some gamification applied to a complete course.

I have worked with gamification but more at a LMS level, kind of gamified social learning.

Do we necessary need to work with an external platform?

Christie Pollick

almost 9 years ago06/05/15 at 1:48 pm (UTC)

Hi, Philippe -

As this thread is a bit older, I just wanted to pop in and mention that if you don't receive a reply, you may want to reach out to participants directly using the 'Contact Me' link on their profile (as they may no longer be subscribed to this thread). :)

8 years ago01/29/16 at 3:36 pm (UTC)

Hi Phil,

I love these games! Is there any way you can provide me with the source files. I would love to use them in my elearning courses.

Thanks so much!

Kiana

Christie Pollick

8 years ago01/29/16 at 3:46 pm (UTC)

Hi, Kiana -- Thanks for reaching out here, and did you happen to notice further above in the conversation thread that Phil shared some .story or source files for the Maze, Gunslinger, Radiation and Room examples? Please see around the '3 year ago' mark and if those files are not what you were hoping for, please feel free to reach out to Phil or any other participants directly using the 'Contact Me' link on their profile pages. :)