Animal Farm P.I.

Inspiration

I may be dating myself here, but I enjoyed the Choose Your Own Adventure books when I was a preteen and saw an opportunity to recreate that through an Alexa Skill.

What it does

Takes the user through a series of choices by voice-driven responses to help Farmer MacDonald find his tractor keys.

How I built it

I wrote a script-driven state engine that takes the user through multiple decision points. It maintains an inventory and uses various condition states to generically apply decision logic.

Challenges I ran into

I wasn't sure how best to structure the voice response to the user to naturally solicit a response from the user. I also had difficulty anticipating the ways a user might respond.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Creating a state machine that can be used to author nonlinear stories and can be extended to support business requirements and integrated with LOB back ends.