Inspiration
The name Forever Lasting came from a video game project that my friends and I had called Long Lasted while the game itself was inspired by the film Castaway and the game Stranded Deep.
What it does
This skill teaches people how to plan out their strategy for completing the game and helps people improve their memory with practical skills to survive.
How I built it
I have built the skill using javascript and node.js on AWS Lamda.
Challenges I ran into
When I had first summited the skill, I got it back to me with information on several bugs. This would go on for 2 - 3 days until I had the entire program fixed. We also couldn't test the skill on Alexa after submitting the program and the text on javascript came out much differently as I expected which has made me fix the dialog multiple times. When you submit a certification, you can not edit anything on your skill which was a huge problem.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud of being able to increase my understanding of the Alexa program and the achievement of creating a skill that many people would enjoy was a wonderful experience.
What I learned
I have learned to accept the multiple frustrations that come into being when I create a more complicated program. I would get frustrated over minor bugs that can be easily fixed. However, I have learned to accept the bugs and was taught that fixing bugs is just a normal part of programming software.
What's next for Forever Lasting
I plan to one day add in more features into Forever Lasting such as more food, more sound effects, and recordings of people's voices to bring more realism to the game.
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