Storyline: Broomstick Brew - E-Learning Examples

Sarah Hodge

Customer Advocacy Manager

Are you up for a challenge?

Then this game is for you.

Go ahead and click play

To make broomstick brew.

Using motion path animations,

And somewhat disturbing sounds,

It’s not going to be easy

With scary creatures all around.

Do share your score below.

Take a picture of your screen.

After you post your highest and best,

Have a Happy Halloween!

View this project in action!

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64 Comments

Program Development Department

over 3 years ago10/19/20 at 8:15 pm (UTC)

This is so much fun! Thank you for sharing!

Sarah Hodge
Author
Program Development Department

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 3:39 pm (UTC)

Thank you, Meghan!

The Learning Design Studio

over 3 years ago10/19/20 at 10:09 pm (UTC)

This is as amazing as your "Bear" project. You are always impressing Sarah! I love it. Are you planning to share to develop it? I am very curious about the keyboard control and points

Sarah Hodge
Author
The Learning Design Studio

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 3:41 pm (UTC)

Wow! Thank you for the kind words, Mariana! You made my day. 😊 Yes, I am planning on doing an article on how I set this up. I will post it here once it's ready.

Brandon Hudson

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 12:58 pm (UTC)

Omg pleassssssse share source files. I would love to take a look at how you did this.

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 3:44 pm (UTC)

Hey Brandon! I'm so sorry, but this example is not available as a download because some of the images I used aren't licensed for redistribution. However, I do plan to write an article on how I built this. Is there anything specific you'd like me to include?

Nathalie Bouvard

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 4:48 pm (UTC)

Excellent game. Still trying to avoid the bats !!!!

over 3 years ago10/20/20 at 6:55 pm (UTC)

Thanks Nathalie! Those bats still get me sometimes even though I made the game and know their movements. 😂

Ellen H

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 12:31 pm (UTC)

I got a 40 out of 66! I found it addictive, and I love how the music only plays when I'm in the specific tab.

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 3:33 pm (UTC)

That's an awesome score, Ellen! Nicely done. 😊

Joanna Kurpiewska

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 12:49 pm (UTC)

I love everything about the game, Sarah. The design is great and whole experience is super fun.

Sarah Hodge
Author
Joanna Kurpiewska

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 3:34 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much, Joanna! I had a lot of fun making it. 😁

Lizeth Nino

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 3:25 pm (UTC)

Hi Sarah, Nice work!!! I was wondering about if you used videos or gifs in animation characters?

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 3:38 pm (UTC)

Thank you, Lizeth! I mostly used images and motion paths. The only gifs I used were for the grounded crows (not the flying ones) and the bats.

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 3:43 pm (UTC)

Thank you for your response! what about the background, is it a kind of video loop? Might I bother you with other questions? I am develop a similar project and I have some trouble whit gifs quality.

over 3 years ago10/22/20 at 6:49 pm (UTC)

Hi Lizeth! For the background, I used images and motion paths that last about 1 minute for the slide. I didn't use any videos. I'm working on an article to show the behind the scenes. Is there anything specific you want me to include?

over 3 years ago10/23/20 at 2:16 pm (UTC)

Yes please, if you can tell us about the way you moved the background like a loop, how you designed collisions and if you could tell us how you export the gifs you used. Thank you Sarah. Please let me know when you publish the article.

KimD bytheSea

over 3 years ago10/21/20 at 6:11 pm (UTC)

-19/22, is that bad score? I didn't get many points, but I got a lot of smiles. I'm beyond impressed with this! Thank you Sarah.

over 3 years ago10/22/20 at 5:05 pm (UTC)

It's all about the fun factor. 😊 Thank you for the kind words, Kim!

Shahista Khan

over 3 years ago10/22/20 at 8:31 am (UTC)

This is so impressive! Must be so many hours of work, I'd love to see its source files.

over 3 years ago10/22/20 at 5:07 pm (UTC)

Thanks Shahista! This example isn't available as a download because some of the images I used aren't licensed for redistribution. But I'm in the process of writing a How I Built This article. I will share a link here when it's ready.

Zubair Khan

over 3 years ago11/03/20 at 11:27 am (UTC)

I got 46/66. Great Work!

over 3 years ago11/16/20 at 5:43 pm (UTC)

Impressive score, Zubair!

Yildiz Nuredinoski

over 3 years ago11/10/20 at 6:19 pm (UTC)

I loved playing this and I'm looking forward to your article describing how you built this! Where did you get the background music from?

Sarah Hodge
Author
Yildiz Nuredinoski

over 3 years ago11/16/20 at 5:47 pm (UTC)

I'm so glad you liked it, Yildiz! I got the audio from YouTube Audio Library and Freesound.org. I included the links in this article: https://community.articulate.com/articles/how-i-built-this-broomstick-brew-game-in-storyline-360

Sarah Hodge
Author

over 3 years ago11/10/20 at 6:22 pm (UTC)

Thank you for all the kind words, everyone! I just published an article on how I made this game. If you want to check it out, here it is: https://community.articulate.com/articles/how-i-built-this-broomstick-brew-game-in-storyline-360

Ange CM

over 3 years ago11/12/20 at 6:09 pm (UTC)

Fantastic what a fun game this is.

over 3 years ago11/16/20 at 5:44 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Ang CM!

Moshe Rosenzweig

over 3 years ago11/16/20 at 9:25 am (UTC)

loved it !!! amazing job, please share a tetorial how you build it - it would be great for new beginner like me

over 3 years ago11/16/20 at 5:45 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much, Moshe! Here's the article I wrote on how I built the game: https://community.articulate.com/articles/how-i-built-this-broomstick-brew-game-in-storyline-360

Gustavo GonzalezSanchez

over 3 years ago11/17/20 at 7:32 pm (UTC)

That was an amazing game!! Loved everything about it, especially the challenge. Took me like 20 tries to get a perfect score!!! Very satisfying!

Sarah Hodge
Author
Gustavo GonzalezSanchez

over 3 years ago11/23/20 at 4:08 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Gustavo! And nice job getting a perfect score! 🎉👏

Dave LeFevre

over 3 years ago11/17/20 at 7:46 pm (UTC)

Super well done, Sarah! And thanks for the article that explains how you did everything. I love the creativity and ability to work with Storyline to do things that most don't do every day (or at all). Real skills here!

Paula Green

over 3 years ago11/17/20 at 8:10 pm (UTC)

This is so much fun and what a great use of all the features too. You are very creative.

Jan Sikora

over 3 years ago11/17/20 at 11:06 pm (UTC)

BRAVO SARAH!!! Wow, what a great job! Love, love, love the creativity. Would you be able to share the time it took you to build this? My creative juices are flowing... Thanks for sharing!!!

Yan Cai

over 3 years ago11/18/20 at 8:26 am (UTC)

That's amazing, Sarah!Thanks a lot for sharing & just couldn't love it more!

Jennifer Paz

over 3 years ago11/18/20 at 6:29 pm (UTC)

This is amazing! Apparently, I'm not good at flying a broomstick (yet), however. I'll work on that and my Storyline skills. Thanks for detailing them so clearly in the blog post!

Julia Craig

over 3 years ago11/20/20 at 1:11 am (UTC)

Wow! Very Clever! Thank you for your so generously sharing how you put this together. I enjoy the technical aspects of creating interactions but struggle with coming up with interesting ideas!