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Gorilla Support Documentation

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https://support.gorilla.sc

Comprehensive guides and tutorials for the Gorilla behavioral science platform. Includes documentation for tools such as Task Builder 2, Experiment Builder, Questionnaire Builder 2, Game Builder, and Shop Builder. Covers study design, launching studies, scripting with the @gorilla/compiled/task-builder.js module, multiplayer functionality, and open science publishing.

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What's inside Gorilla

  1. Overview of launching a Gorilla study

    Launching a study in Gorilla involves transitioning from building individual questionnaires and tasks to assembling them into an experiment tree for data collection. The process includes designing the experiment flow (randomization, counterbalancing, branching), setting up recruitment policies, defining participant requirements, and managing data access.

  2. Overview of Gorilla Game Builder

    Game Builder is a premium tool used to create gamified tasks featuring animations and particle effects. While users can create gamified tasks for free, a Standard level subscription (or higher) is required to collect data from participants.

  3. Overview of GorillaTM Task Builder 2

    Task Builder 2 is a tool within GorillaTM used to build stimulus-response, accuracy, and reaction-time tasks. It utilizes a system of simple components and an object-component architecture to create behavioral science experiments.

  4. Overview of Gorilla premium tooling

    While building games, multiplayer tasks, and shops is free, a Standard subscription is required to collect data using these premium tools:

    • Game Builder: Used to create gamified tasks featuring animations and particle effects.
    • Multiplayer: A premium add-on for Task Builder 2 that allows multiple participants to interact simultaneously via text or video chat.
    • Shop Builder: Used to create simulated online shops to study consumer behavior, including product lists, nudges, and discounts.

  5. Overview of Gorilla Experiment Builder

    The Experiment Builder is used to deploy questionnaires, tasks, games, or shops to participants. It allows researchers to implement randomization, counterbalancing, and other complex experimental design requirements.

  6. Overview of Task Builder 2

    Task Builder 2 is a no-code tool for creating behavioral experiments. It allows developers to design tasks using text, image, video, or audio stimuli and collect participant responses via touch, mouse, keyboard, and other inputs. The tool automatically records Reaction Time Data and supports providing feedback based on response accuracy or reaction times. Users can build tasks using prefabricated objects (prefabs), fully customizable components, or a combination of both.

  7. Overview of Gorilla Multiplayer for Task Builder 2

    Multiplayer is a premium tool for Task Builder 2 that enables multiple participants to interact simultaneously within a task. While creating multiplayer tasks is free, a Standard level subscription is required to collect data from participants during a multiplayer experiment.

  8. Overview of Gorilla Legacy Tools

    Gorilla provides a set of legacy tools that have been deprecated and replaced by newer versions. While no new features will be added to these tools, Gorilla maintains access to them to ensure reproducibility and Open Science. Users can still create, edit, and clone content within these tools. The primary legacy tools include Questionnaire Builder 1 (replaced by Questionnaire Builder 2) and Task Builder 1 (replaced by Task Builder 2).

  9. Overview of Gorilla Department Subscriptions

    Gorilla subscriptions operate as a shared pool of tokens. Users maintain individual accounts independent of the subscription but access paid features (tokens) through the subscription pool. Department Subscription Administrators are responsible for controlling access, adding users (individuals or groups), monitoring usage statistics, and responding to token requests.

  10. Overview of Embedded Data in Gorilla Legacy Tools

    Embedded data allows you to store participant responses or scores at one point in an experiment and access them later. It is used to carry information between different tasks or questionnaires within the same experiment. Common use cases include displaying responses/scores to participants, implementing branching logic (e.g., screening out participants), and calculating complex scores. Note that embedded data does not appear in downloadable metrics.

  11. Overview of the Gorilla Experiment Builder

    The Experiment Builder is used to deploy questionnaires, tasks, games, or shops to participants. It provides the necessary tools to implement randomization, counterbalancing, and other complex experimental designs.

  12. Overview of Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) integration

    Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) allows researchers to recruit global participants for online tasks. The general workflow involves a requester listing a task via a URL, a worker completing the task to receive a completion code, and the requester verifying that code in MTurk to authorize payment. Note: MTurk is scheduled to shut down on September 30th, 2026, after which this recruitment policy will be unavailable.