Features
Free gamification platform: Engage and connect with gameplay
Ever stayed up all night playing a game you just couldn’t put down? Genially’s free gamification tools help you bring that sense of motivation, challenge, and addictiveness to any kind of digital content. From eLearning to marketing, use game dynamics to get students engaged, boost learning outcomes, and hook customers.
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Gamification features
Boost motivation and learning with game mechanics
Explore some of the activities you can create in Genially, and which gamification strategies they use. Click to play and see how it works! Switch on the sound for an immersive experience.
Flipcards
Encourage anticipation and active recall. Click to flip and reveal the answer, next step... or an unexpected surprise.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Surprise, Progression, Curiosity, Feedback Loops
Choose your own adventure
Use branching to personalize content, build quizzes and product recommendations, and give learners control over their journey.
Game dynamics: Autonomy, Exploration, Narrative, Curiosity
Timed challenges
Tick tock, tick tock. Ramp up the excitement and encourage focus with a race against the clock. Combine timers with animations and audio for extra fun.
Game dynamics: Time pressure, Achievement, Competition, Challenge & Mastery
Secret codes
A classic game device, codes and passwords encourage learners to complete tasks and analyze information.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Achievement, Challenge & Mastery, Progression
Randomization
Keep learners on their toes by shuffling content. Randomization makes things more exciting, fair, and just like any great game… unpredictable!
Game dynamics: Surprise, Chance & Luck
Hidden content
Replicate the incentives found in video games using drag-and-drop, click-to-reveal, and animations.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Curiosity, Surprise
Celebration animations
Congrats! You got this. A visual representation of success helps to motivate and reward learners.
Game dynamics: Progression, Achievement, Acknowledgement
Simulations
Sure you want to hit the red button? Gamification gives learners a safe virtual space to act out real world challenges and scenarios.
Game dynamics: Narrative, Challenge & Mastery, Feedback Loops, Achievement
Instant feedback
Uh-oh. Try again. Visual cues, sounds, and feedback messages correct mistakes and let users know if they’re on the right track.
Game dynamics: Progression, Achievement, Acknowledgement, Feedback Loops
Unlockables
Locked content encourages learners to complete tasks before they can access information or process to the next level. Don’t give up!
Game dynamics: Challenge & Mastery, Progression, Achievement
Interactive storytelling
Create dialogs, role-plays and narrative-based activities with audio, animations, and AI-generated images and voices.
Game dynamics: Narrative, Progression, Curiosity, Feedback Loops
Matching games
Hands-on activities like pairing, drag and drop, or fill in the blanks encourage learners to experiment, explore, and solve problems.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Challenge & Mastery, Feedback Loops
Missing object
Discovery-based learning meets interactive storytelling. Hide clues and information among draggable objects.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Curiosity, Narrative
Memory Games
Give students a chance to practice and recall what they’ve learned in a fun and stimulating visual format.
Game dynamics: Surprise, Challenge & Mastery, Achievement, Time Pressure
Searchlight
Torch, spotlight, magnifying glass, or even a moonbeam? Use creative storytelling to focus learners’ attention on hidden words and clues.
Game dynamics: Exploration, Narrative, Curiosity, Surprise
Try your luck
Heads or tails? Playful game elements like a dice roll or coin flip encourage participation and enhance focus.
Game dynamics: Surprise, Luck & Chance
Competition
Leaderboard
Who will take the top spot on the podium? The live leaderboard introduces game dynamics like competition, social status, and community into the mix.
Encourage friendly competition and connection between participants, even if they’re not playing at the same time.
- Gamify classes, live training sessions, and presentations.
- Real-time audience responses and live feedback.
- Play live or asynchronous: participants can see how their responses compare to others.
- Build and host live in Genially without using other game platforms.
"The results of gamified campaigns are incredible. Any content with gamification has more impact. When we do gamified training, it's easy to see that people have assimilated the content."
Design & authoring features
A complete gamification toolkit
Interactions, animations, and pre-built components give you everything you need to design wickedly original game-based materials.
Pre-built widgets
Widgets are ready-made dynamic elements - and every game designer’s secret weapon. Add engaging interactions and pops of fun in just one click.
- Flipcard
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Countdown
- Dice
- Coin Flip
- Randomizer
- Image Slider
- Carrousel
- Rock Paper Scissors Timer
Advanced interactions
Create interactive activities that work exactly how you want. Mix and match interactions to create tailor-made game experiences.
- Drag and drop
- Pop-up window
- Hover tooltip
- Go to page
- Video
- Full screen
- Reveal
- Hide
- Hotspot area
- Paint
- Scroll
Custom animations
Click-trigger and timed animations help you create visually engaging content with a video game aesthetic.
- Click to reveal
- Click to hide
- Full-screen effects
- Timed reveal
- Entrace animations
- Exit animations
- Click trigger animations
- Slide transitions
Audio & Sound effects
Ka-ching! Drumroll, please. A soundtrack and well-placed audio cues are powerful game elements for guiding and encouraging learners.
- Background music
- Click to play
- Embed audio stream
- Record voiceover
- AI text to speech
- Narration
- Timed sound effects
Quiz Builder
Make assessment feel like a fun game, not a test. Mix and match dynamic question formats with fun design and instant feedback.
- True/False
- Select Image
- Sort
- Open Response
- Fill in the blanks
- Custom feedback
- Self correct
- AI Question Generator
- Survey
- Poll
Stunning design
Build original games from scratch, with gorgeous design, rich media, and a professional look that’s unique to your brand.
- Templates
- Embed video
- Embed iframe
- Stock images & GIFs
- Color palettes
- Branding tools
- Custom URL
- AI image generator
Templates
Gamification templates
Create gamified learning materials in a snap with ready-made professional templates. Easy to customize, with sound effects, animations, and interactive elements included.
Gamification in action
Rear Window: Can you solve the case?
A suspicious sighting late at night. A series of hidden clues to discover and interactive challenges. Can you deliver a reliable witness report to the police?
Get innovative ideas for how to use gamification in our True Crime inspired mystery game Rear Window.
Discover more features
No-code interactions and animationsMake any kind of content interactive with Genially’s easy-to-use interactions and animations.
Widget libraryPre-built widgets help you gamify learning and create interactive app-style visuals.
Quiz BuilderUse interactive questions to assess students and capture feedback from your audience.
Present and play liveHost live quizzes, polls, and interactive presentations - without any other tools like Kahoot or Mentimeter.