Mission: Survive the Stakeholder 😅 | Things to Say & Not Say to IDs

Hi everyone! 👋

For this week's challenge, I decided to gamify the classic "Instructional Designer eye twitch" moments we've all experienced during project kick-offs.

Welcome to Mission: Survive the Stakeholder! In this short interaction, you play as a project manager meeting with Alex, your ID. Your goal is to choose the right things to say to get the project moving without causing his stress meter to max out.

Behind the scenes:

• Visuals: I generated the 3D Pixar-style character states using AI to capture those perfect, relatable expressions of creeping panic.
• The Tech: To make the stress meter feel fluid, I built a custom HTML/CSS/JS interaction and embedded it as a Web Object in Storyline. The custom slider is dynamically synced with the background video, so Alex's reactions update smoothly in real-time as your score changes.

You can play the demo here: Mission: Survive the Stakeholder

I had so much fun putting this together. I’d love to hear your thoughts! Did you manage to keep Alex calm, or is he currently updating his resume? 😂