Scenario-based learning

Built for decisions, not just interactions.

Butterfly helps teams build interactive scenarios where people make choices, face consequences, and reflect on judgement in realistic situations.

About Butterfly
Why Butterfly

Training should not feel like a checkbox.

Butterfly is built for situations where knowledge is not enough on its own. The harder question is how people respond when the situation is unclear.

The platform combines story, decision points, and structured reflection so a training session can become something people discuss, remember, and improve from.

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Story

Human enough to matter

Scenarios can be filmed, written, simulated, or mixed depending on the subject and audience.

Judgement

Structured enough to teach

Branching choices reveal how people think when time is limited or information is incomplete.

Delivery

Simple enough to share

Experiences can be used for workshops, classroom sessions, pilots, or guided organisational training.

How Butterfly works

The same surface, four moves — from a blank canvas to a debrief you can run a conversation around.

01

Map the path

Place scenes, decisions, and endings on one canvas. The structure stays readable as a scenario grows from a single moment into a branching story.

Climate Basics — Canvas
1.1Scene & media nodes
1.2Branching decisions
1.3Start & end states
1.4Visual connections
02

Author the scene

Drop the learner inside the moment. Attach video, place choices directly on the frame, and let them live it from a chosen perspective.

If War Comes To You — Scene editor
Silhouettes of people moving along a foggy, lamplit street at night as war reaches their town.
CivilianSoldierAid worker
A wounded soldier collapses at your door. The fighting hasn't stopped.
Open the door
Stay hidden
0:42 / 2:14
0:42
Media library24 assets
Silhouettes of people moving along a foggy, lamplit street at night.
Leaving home02:14
A health worker tending to a patient.
Field clinic03:48
Emergency broadcast0:36
Safe-passage mapPNG
2.1Video & image scenes
2.2On-frame choices
2.3Multiple perspectives
2.4Shared media library
03

Shape the decision

Define the moment that matters — the choices, reflections, and prompts. Add a pressure timer when judgement under time is the point.

How do you respond? — Decision

QuestionHow do you respond to the escalation?

EscalateCall for backup and hold the line.
De-escalateOpen a channel and buy time.
Hold positionWait for clearer information.
Decision settings
ChoicesReflectionButtons
Pressure timer
0:15

When time runs out, Butterfly auto-picks the highlighted route.

3.1Choices & reflections
3.2Pressure timers
3.3Auto-pick routes
3.4Per-option destinations
04

Read the outcome

Publish the experience, then bring the results into a debrief. See where groups split, where they hesitated, and what to talk about next.

Cohort 4 — Analytics

Sessions

342

Participants this cohort

Healthy sample68%

Completion

87.4%

Reached an ending

Strong flow87%

Decision time

1.2s

Median time to choose

Fast enough24%

Engagement

84

Composite signal

Positive signal84%
Behaviour board
Instinct map
Most chose to de-escalate first
61%
Hesitation signal
Longest pause at the escalation
3.4s
Confidence delta
Choices firmed up after the briefing
+18%
4.1Completion & timing
4.2Choice patterns
4.3Hesitation signals
4.4Debrief-ready
Analytics and debriefing

See more than whether people clicked.

Analytics should support the conversation after the scenario. Butterfly can help instructors understand choices, timing, and reflection without overselling the data.

Choice patterns

See which branches participants chose and where groups split across a scenario.

Timing and hesitation

Understand how long participants spent on key decisions and where they slowed down.

Reflection for debriefing

Use responses and cohort-level patterns as a starting point for instructor-led discussion.

Use cases

Built for different training worlds.

Butterfly can be adapted to defence, humanitarian education, public learning, vocational training, and classroom settings.

Defence

Scenario training for decisions under pressure

Defence training often sits between clear rules and unclear reality. Butterfly helps teams build scenarios where participants make decisions under pressure and reflect on the consequences.

Rules of engagementCivilian harm mitigationEscalation and de-escalationInstructor-led debriefing
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Education

Learning that asks students to think

Butterfly helps educators and organisations create active learning experiences where people make choices, explore consequences, and discuss complex topics together.

Classroom learningVocational trainingPublic educationStudent reflection
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A clearer way to build branching experiences.

Keep the authoring simple enough to understand, while making the learning moment serious enough to matter.

Map the scenario

Place scenes, choices, messages, and outcomes on a canvas that stays understandable as the story grows.

Make the learner decide

Create moments where people must choose, reflect, and move through consequences instead of passively watching.

Publish and review

Share a stable experience with participants, then use the results to support discussion and debriefing.