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Want to make interactive videos? Dive into the Stornaway.io knowledge base – get inspired, get support, get started.

New to Stornaway? Use our guides to help you get started on your interactive journey.

Get Started in 4 minutes! Watch our introduction video and demo to learn all about Stornaway and getting started.

Your questions, answered. Read some of our Frequently Asked Questions and troubleshooting queries.

Interactive tutorials for you. Dive into our ‘How To’ interactive videos to get you up and running.

Get stuck in with templates. Quickly jump into pre-defined projects that you can customise with your own content.

From script to screen. Discover our interactive scriptwriting tools to write non-linear script pages.

Make your video accessible! Add subtitles and captions for increased video watch time.

Engage viewers on all devices! Interactive is compatible with any device and any size – and Stornaway is too.

Play your videos automatically. With our autoplay feature, you can now hook your audience immediately.

Customisable your choices with images. Upload images or GIFs to customise your interactive experiences even further.

Place your buttons anywhere! Control where you place your choices using our drag and drop editor.

Use our Adobe Integration to unleash your interactive creativity with Adobe Express inside Stornaway!

Create content faster! Clone your Stornaway projects with or without media to save time & resources.

FAQs and tips on our publishing process and how to embed your interactive videos.

Tips and tricks for sharing your interactive projects on social media platforms.

How are people using interactivity to engage their audience?

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Upskilling with branching scenario training

Read about the future of eLearning

Unforgettable immersive experiences and events

Read why interactivity is key to your events

Create highly-personalised explainers and demos

Get clued up about personalisation

Engaging with scenario-based learning and training

Why should use real life scenarios for learning

Interactive Videos for Entertainment

Immerse your audience in the world you have created

Top tips to get you started making interactive videos

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  • Immersive Encounters Roundtable
    Why learning interactive filmmaking skills is essential to filmmakers in and entering the industry.
    With Creative Director and co-founder of Stornaway.io Kate Dimbleby, special guests Director Paul Raschid and Dr Roy Hanney and an inspiring collection of interactive filmmakers. Read more in the blog post.

  • Interactive Narrative and Immersive Stories : Academics give their Top Tips
    Our academic partners share their experiences of working with students and interactive storytelling.
    Read the blog post and see the top tips. 

  • Interactive features to help you make interactive videos

    Top 10 Interactive Feature FAQs – Answered

    We’ve gathered the top 10 interactive feature FAQs that we get – hopefully, they will answer some of your own questions too. Read more over on the blog.

  • 6 Expert tips for producing interactive TV shows
    For the Children’s Media Conference, we asked these top writers, producers and heads of interactive to share their insights about writing and producing interactive TV. Hear their thoughts on the future of interactive storytelling and some tips when writing and producing interactive film and TV stories and read the blog.

  • 10 Top Tips for Making Interactive Videos: advice on how to make interactive videos better. How does someone who has never made an interactive video begin? What we have learned from the experts – read the blog.

Let's go back to the very beginning ... what is interactive video?

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  • Story Islands Podcast, episode 1
    Stornaway.io’s interactive podcast with co-founders Kate Dimbleby and Ru Howe speak with Natasha McKenzie about interactivity and why people are getting immersive with their video creation.

  • A brief history of FMV games from 1983 to 2021
    Made for Devcom 2021, this FMV game history is presented by Kate Dimbleby, Creative Director and co-founder of Stornaway.io.

  • Story Islands Podcast, episode 2
    Kate and Ru dive into their favourite Choose Your Own Adventure books – the original interactive fantasy experience.

Where next?

Dive into more of our blog posts, customer stories and news articles about making interactive videos and how Stornaway.io can work for you.

When you’re ready, sign up and get started and head over to Knowledge Base: Power-Up to supercharge your videos.