We decided to create a popular game (that shall remain nameless) using PowerPoint for one of our courses. If you’ve ever watched teevee, you’ve probably seen this game. Some of the trainers use a paper version of the game but we decided to go electronic. Without having the ability or the resources to create something in Flash, we chose PowerPoint. It is a tool that all of our trainers know how to use and I slammed the game together in one day whereas I’m sure it would have taken a lot more time had we been able to get our resident Flash-meister to create a game for us.
We have squares that change colors when used, we have screens that move to mimic the real game, we have constraints built-in so there can be no “oops” moments. The game, in short, rocks. This is some of the most fun I’ve had in awhile at work.