The Brief
Sky Mobile needed a better way to teach its people about the latest iPhone features than handing out traditional learning materials. Working with Amplify, our team took on the creative challenge of designing and developing a retro arcade-style training game.
Built in HTML5 and running seamlessly on both desktop and mobile, the game is a modern reinterpretation of the classic Pac-Man with a significant twist: gameplay is interleaved with rapid-fire multiple-choice questions and answers about the new handset. A leaderboard and analytics suite added a competitive edge, encouraging Sky Mobile colleagues to play against each other rather than sit through conventional classroom training.
The approach proved an effective and enjoyable way for Sky employees to learn, and playing the game ourselves confirmed how well the format worked as a learning tool. It is a lesson we carry into everything we build at Node: technology sticks when it is genuinely enjoyable to use.