Examples of Serious Games Built in Storyline

Using Articulate Storyline or Rise to design and develop Serious Games makes it simple to create interactive experiences (point & click, slide, drag & drop) that integrate seamlessly into SCORM on any LMS platform.

Objective: To communicate the group’s strategic change to all employees.

Scenario: The concept is built around the simple idea of a home decorating game. The learning designer’s approach was to represent 5 strategic pillars across 5 chapters. Players answer interactive quizzes correctly to earn points, which can be exchanged for currency to buy decorative items. This serious game focuses on motivating and engaging employees with its content, encouraging them to quickly adopt new business strategies.

Game features: Points, rewards, leaderboards, challenges, feedback

Game mechanics: Quiz, drag-and-drop

Objective: To onboard Dior newcomers and retailers worldwide on an immersive journey through the brand’s history and iconic products.

Scenario: This onboarding serious game is designed around the life and vision of the founder, highlighting how their philosophy influences the development of Dior’s products. The game designer crafted each onboarding path with rich storytelling, while maintaining a clear focus on the brand’s learning objectives. The game is highly engaging and interactive, offering an excellent user experience with easy-to-follow tutorials. Rated 4.7 out of 5, newcomers to Dior enjoy and learn effectively through this gamified onboarding experience.

Game features: Goals and challenges, rewards, feedback

Game mechanics: Quiz, point-and-click, drag-and-drop

Objective: To raise awareness about environmental and social sustainability in the luxury jewelry industry.

Scenario: The serious escape game “Diamondo” is designed to be both educational and challenging, combining puzzles with a narrative-driven exploration. Each virtual escape room represents a different stage of diamond processing in the luxury jewelry industry. The game’s goal is to foster a deep understanding of the ethical and environmental challenges facing the diamond industry. To achieve this, the instructional designers incorporated interactive elements like guided puzzles, branching scenarios, and time-based challenges woven into the storyline.

Game features: Challenges, levels, rewards

Game mechanics: Swipe and slide, drag-and-drop, point-and-click

Objective: To provide practical and immediately applicable product knowledge to Dior beauty advisors

Scenario: The design of the microlearning game focuses on accessibility, engagement, and relevance to the beauty advisors’ daily tasks. The game designers at Emeraude built its storyline around the campaign muse, Anya Taylor-Joy. A variety of engaging game mechanics are tailored for quick, impactful learning sessions suitable for mobile devices. By integrating these elements into the storyline, the game ensures that Dior beauty advisors are well-prepared to deliver top-notch customer experiences and identify different audiences, ultimately boosting their confidence and effectiveness in promoting the new Dior Rouge lipstick campaign.

Game features: Interactive scenarios, challenges, feedback, rewards

Game mechanics: Swipe and slide, drag-and-match

Objective: To onboard L’Artisan Parfumeur employees worldwide on the brand’s history, signature products, and customer service standards via an engaging and interactive mobile learning experience.

Scenario: This interactive learning experience, built with Articulate 360 Storyline, immerses employees in the heritage of L’Artisan Parfumeur. Players explore a virtual apartment, unlocking new content after completing quizzes and puzzles related to iconic products like Boule d’Ambre and the five candles. Each room focuses on key learning modules, offering insights into product origins, features, and customer service tips. Integrated into the Teach on Mars LMS, the game allows employees to learn at their own pace across any device, receiving positive feedback for its engaging and educational format.

Game Features: Goals and challenges, rewards system, feedback and progress tracking, interactive content unlocking

Game Mechanics: Drag-and-drop interactions, point-and-click exploration, quizzes to assess knowledge

Objective: To ensure Maisons du Monde retail employees understand the details of the company’s new loyalty program, including its levels, benefits, and how it can be used to drive customer engagement and strategic purchasing.

 Scenario: This microlearning game, developed with Storyline and integrated into the Teach on Mars LMS, trains Maisons du Monde’s 1,600 retail employees on the new loyalty program. Featuring the brand’s 2D style and intuitive drag-and-drop mechanics, the game simplifies learning about program levels, benefits, and customer engagement strategies. Continuous feedback ensures employees master key concepts while keeping the experience engaging and accessible. Available on any device, the game supports flexible, on-the-go learning and upskilling.

Game Features: Interactive puzzles and challenges, feedback loops, rewards for completion, user-friendly design with visual appeal

Game Mechanics: Drag-and-drop interactions, interactive quizzes, simple puzzles to reinforce learning

These use cases highlight custom-designed solutions built to meet the unique needs and goals of each brand or education program.

Want to create a serious game with an engaging storyline? Contact Emeraude Escape today to bring your vision to life!