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How to make a spinning wheel in SL (no JS need)
I got an email asking me if I can share how I build a spin wheel in Challenge#188. So I wrote this post to explain how I did it. You may like to see the demo first.
Ok, here is how I built...
Thanks Sarah. That’s perfect. I did get it working in place but had to swap out my pie chart (with our brand colours for an online picture so wasn’t ideal. I’ll use this and get my pie chart centred.
ive got the game working like this... all 8 pieces of information are on a new layer. Each layer is linked to via the same freestyle drawn hotspot which is just underneath the triangle ticker at the top of the wheel. I’ve set buttons on each layer to hide layer and return to base layer. I’ve also set conditions on the hotspot so if button 1 on layer 1 is clicked then hotspot opens layer 2 and so on. So the spin is random but the information isn’t. It’s an ok fix but not exactly what I wanted as I can’t put words or images on the pie segments because I can’t force hotspots to attach and spin with the wheel. Or fix the wheel to land on a set segment regardless of spin.
any ideas?
Hi all,
I've updated a new version in the same demo link. Now you can reveal detail content by jumping to another slide according to which color you land. Since it is random, we can't force it to land different one each spin. But if you have been to the slide e.g. No.1, you can just spin again.
I would not suggest using this interaction in the course that need users to explore all. It might make learners frustrated if they can not land the one they want and after several repeating landing color, they might think it is just wasting time. Well, the spin wheel activity is fun but don't over use it.
Below is the updated .story file
Wow! Thank you for sharing an updated story file, Joanne! I also appreciate your explanation on how you made this. Impressive work! 😊
