Inspiration
Halo Combat Evolved was THE game when I grew up. And through school, the novels held my attention. In particular, I remember 2 excerpts:
“Give me a spotlight here. Prepare a sterilization field, and lower the ambient lighting by forty percent. And a little Mahler, please. Symphony number two.” “Yes, Doctor.” Music drifted from the speakers.
Halo: First Strike ~p. 151, Dr. Halsey to Kalmiya inside CASTLE base
She deliberated how to solve this problem, spun off a multi-tasking routine that listed her resources, and filtered them in a creativity-probability matrix, hoping to find an inspired match.
Halo: First Strike ~p. 235, Cortana aboard Ascendant Justice
It'll take a while to reach those heights, but the first step was a blast.
What it does
Brings within reach of most comp sci people the ability to create and leverage their own Cortana commands.
How I built it
C#, Windows 10 Universal App, AutoHotkey, and lots of ****ing swearing.
Challenges I ran into
Drag and drop had pitiful support. I ended up writing extensive helper classes to fix that. Also, the app's environment was harshly sandboxed, which necessitated constant creative workarounds. Finally, Cortana's voice recognition activation is a black box. Debugging issues around it boiled down to perseverance(raging stubbornness).
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
There's a UI! With the quagmire of gotcha's the Windows Univeral App framework provided, that's something of a miracle on its own.
What I learned
Scope... I attempted in 30 hours what would probably take 80 to do cleanly.
What's next for FlawlessCowboy
Multiple commands in the same sentence (as in the inspirational excerpts).
Built With
- autohotkey
- c#
- windows-10
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