Workplace wellness Training: Game-Based eLearning for busy proffessionals
Workplace wellness Training: Game-Based eLearning for busy proffessionals
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Think you can beat burnout? Click the project photo above to find out.
What if your team recognized burnout—before they burnt out?
Burnout Buster is an interactive, scenario-driven learning experience designed for busy professionals. This game-based solution challenges learners to navigate real workplace scenarios, uncover hidden stressors, and apply science-backed strategies to manage burnout—before it starts.
Through immersive worlds, meaningful decisions, and engaging challenges, learners don’t just learn about burnout—they actively practice recognizing it, managing it, and building resilience in real time.
This solution helps teams:
Identify early signs of burnout
Apply wellness strategies in high-pressure moments
Earn badges, puzzle pieces, and power-ups while mastering essential skills
Details
Audience: Coporate Professionals
Responsibilities: Instructional Design, eLearning Development
Tools Used: Articulate Storyline 360
1. The Problem
1. The Problem
Burnout is pervasive—and preventable. Employees struggling with burnout are more likely to disengage, take sick days, and seek new roles. Yet most don’t recognize the early warning signs until it’s too late. Organizations need more than a wellness tip sheet—they need meaningful, engaging training that helps people take action before burnout sets in.
"Burnout costs businesses $322 billion annually in lost productivity." —World Health Organization
Customer satisfaction decreases by 30% when employees are burned out. This leads to Poor service and communication which affects brand reputation. —Statista
2. My ELEARNING Solution
2. My ELEARNING Solution
Burnout Buster is an interactive, game-based concept project that puts learners in the driver’s seat. Instead of passively clicking through content, learners explore three immersive worlds—Burnout Valley, Balance District, and Recovery Hill. Across seven challenges, they identify hidden stressors, apply science-backed strategies, and earn puzzle pieces, badges, and power-ups along the way. Each activity is learner-centered and designed to promote active decision-making, critical thinking, and self-reflection—all in 30 minutes or less.
Burnout Valley: Learners complete challenges and make decisions about the effects of chronic stress on the body.
Balance District: Learners identify burnout symptoms and learn to implement wellness strategies to stop them in their tracks.
3. Why it matters
3. Why it matters
Behaviors don't change through reading—they change through doing. This experience doesn’t just inform learners about burnout. Burnout Buster immerses learners in game play that helps them recognize burnout symptoms and practice prevention, equipping learners with tools to prevent burnout before it burns them. By recognizing real-world symptoms, navigating difficult conversations, and practicing prevention strategies, learners build the confidence to apply what they’ve learned when they face burnout symptoms on the job. For organizations, that means stronger teams, better retention, and a culture that actually supports wellness.
Learners implement wellness strategies in a workplace conversation because reduced effort and focus due to burnout leads to a 45% drop in engagement, disrupts teams and leads to increased hiring costs. —Gallup, McKinsey
In this activity learners explore the effects of chronic stress on the body because burned-out employees are 63% more likely to take sick leave due to stress-related health issues. —Forbes
4. How I built it
4. How I built it
This project was built through deep iteration and evidence-based design. I used Articulate Storyline 360 to create interactive challenges, implement custom game mechanics, and build layered logic for branching scenarios, power-ups, and visual progress trackers. I revised the structure three times to align with real learner needs—based on user testing, feedback from peers, and insights from workplace wellness research. Each decision, from visual design to voice-over removal, was made to increase clarity, accessibility, and learner agency—resulting in an experience that’s as useful as it is engaging.
Articulate Storyline 360: Project Development Original Menu
Articulate Storyline 360: Project Development Final Menu
What people are saying about burnout buster
What people are saying about burnout buster
"Wow! This project was so thorough and creative. I learned so much about burnout—especially the signs and the difference between short-term and long-term wellness strategies. I loved the different worlds and all of the gaming opportunities. It was clear this took a lot of work, and it made learning feel fresh and impactful. Mental health and wellness trainings like this are so needed!" —Leslie B., Happy Learner
"Burnout Valley made me reflect on my own burnout and taught me strategies I hadn’t considered before. The training was creative and engaging, and the game elements—like badges and power-ups—kept me motivated. I actually want to come back and complete the rest. That’s how engaging it was!" —Amy R., Instructional Designer
Experience the Training Firsthand
Click the project photo to step into the world of a corporate professional balancing workplace stress with workplace wellness.
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