Inspiration
Inspired by the Amazon Alexa and VUI design in general, this was my first attempt at an Alexa skill.
What it does
This is a frustrating game that you can never win! You say 'Marco' and Alexa responds with 'Polo'. As the back-and-forth continues Alexa will vary her response; peaking the suspense by adding a delay time, or adding to the fun with some kind of infuriating comment. Literally non-stop fun from start to finish!
How I built it
I built this skill fairly quickly with node on the AWS Lambda Service.
What I learned
Learnt how to build an Alexa skill and how intents trigger functions.
What's next for Marco Polo
I have thought about adding in easter-eggs for milestones, things like if you get to 100 request/responses for single session it could tell a joke or something similar. Another Idea I had was some kind of leader board so you could see who has persisted with the game and had the most request/responses in a single session.
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