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Create a Side-Scroller Escape Room Activity Using Articulate Storyline

Are you ready to take your understanding of Articulate Storyline to the next level?

Create a Side Scroller Game Using Articulate Storyline is a self-paced online tutorial course designed for experienced Articulate Storyline 360 developers who want to push the boundaries of what’s possible with the platform.

In this course, you’ll learn how to design and build a fully interactive side-scrolling game—complete with animated environments, character movement, and object collection mechanics. You’ll gain valuable hands-on experience applying advanced Storyline techniques alongside custom JavaScript programming to bring your game to life.

Through step-by-step video tutorials and downloadable resources, you’ll explore how to:

  • Set up seamless scrolling backgrounds and animated gameplay sequences
  • Use Storyline states, variables, and triggers to drive game logic
  • Integrate custom JavaScript code for real-time interaction and scoring
  • Create reusable components for future game-based learning projects
  • Optimise user experience and performance within the Storyline framework

By the end of the course, you’ll have a fully working game experience that not only showcases your technical skills but also opens the door to more creative, immersive learning experiences in your own eLearning development projects.

Whether you’re designing learning for engagement, assessment, or just want to explore the fun side of Storyline, this course offers a unique opportunity to level up your skills and expand your toolkit.

Core Objectives

Master Advanced Storyline Interactions

Take your Storyline skills to the next level by learning how to build complex, multi-layered interactions that go far beyond standard click-and-reveal. You’ll work with states, motion paths, triggers, and variables in ways that simulate real-time gameplay and immersive learner experiences.

Incorporate JavaScript for Dynamic Gameplay

Discover how to use JavaScript within Articulate Storyline to unlock powerful new functionality. From controlling game mechanics and scoring systems to adding logic that goes beyond Storyline’s built-in capabilities, this course gives you a practical foundation in using code to enhance interactivity.

Design a Fully-Playable Side Scroller Game

By the end of the course, you’ll have created a working side-scrolling game complete with animated backgrounds, character movement, and collectable objects. Along the way, you’ll gain insights into design structure, user flow, and techniques for reusing components in your own future game-based learning projects.

Full Course Contents

Setting Up The Project

  • Project Size And Version Control
  • Creating The Background Slider

Adding Keyboard Controls Using JavaScript

  • Writing Our First Piece Of JavaScript To Control Our Slider
  • Stopping The Slider At Each End Of The Level

Setting Up The Game Character States

  • Creating Our Character States
  • Changing Character States With The Keyboard Using JavaScript
  • Importing A Moving Character Model Into Storyline Using A Sprite Kit

Creating In-Game Actions And Character Dialogue

  • Telling The Time At The Grandfather Clock
  • Creating A ‘Pause Game’ State
  • Creating A Single-Fire Interaction
  • Adding A Hammer And An Inventory Bar
  • Adding a Key and a Smashed Vase (Branching Interactions)
  • Creating A Game Over Sequence

Adding Music And Sound Effects To Our Game

  • Create An Introduction With Music
  • Adding Footsteps Sound Effect
  • Optimising Your Project And A Look At Articulate 360
  • Final Published Game Demo

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£14.99 £7.99

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