What if learning Salesforce Admin felt like playing an RPG?
I've been thinking about a different way to learn Salesforce Admin skills, and I'd like some honest feedback from people who are actually learning/using Salesforce.
The idea is a 2D retro pixel-art career RPG where you're hired as a Junior Salesforce Admin at a fictional company.
Instead of:
>Read a module → take a quiz → earn a badge
you actually play the role of the Admin.
For example:
Sales Manager:
"I can't see any of my team's Opportunities. Can you help?"
You investigate the company's CRM, figure out what's wrong with the configuration, make a decision, and see the consequences.
As you progress:
- You gain XP and level up
- Your Admin skills improve
- You build reputation within the company
- You unlock new departments and increasingly difficult problems
- Coworkers interact with you through AI-powered conversations
- Missions become progressively closer to the kind of problems an actual Admin would encounter
I'm particularly interested in the gap between "I understand Salesforce concepts" and "I could actually walk into a company's org and solve problems."
Trailhead and Superbadges already do a good job with structured learning and hands-on challenges, so I'm not trying to make a Trailhead clone.
The question I'm trying to answer is whether a persistent career simulation/RPG would make practicing those skills more engaging and useful.
This is an early concept, not a finished product.
For people currently learning Salesforce:
- Would something like this actually help you learn?
- What would you want the missions to involve?
- Would you rather have realistic business scenarios or more traditional exercises?
- What do you feel is missing from the way you're currently learning Salesforce?
- And honestly—does this sound useful, or just like a gimmick?
I'd especially like to hear from people currently studying for the Admin certification or trying to get their first Salesforce Admin job.
