Inspiration
I got inspiration from the popular mobile game TriviaCrack.
What it does
It can play trivia with specific categories and difficulties if the user wants them.
How I built it
I used Node.js and the Open Trivia Database provided questions for the program. It is hosted on AWS.
Challenges I ran into
Some answer choices have special characters or numerical characters which Alexa doesn't handle too well. I solved the problem by asking the user to respond using a, b, c, or d in those situations.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This was a much more daunting task that I had originally anticipated. For questions that aren't required to answer with a, b, c, or d, you can answer with a partial phrase of the correct answer and it will still be correct.
What I learned
How to use AWS and build Alexa based skills.
What's next for Total Trivia Test
Clean up the code, there is a lot of very repetitive code. Keep track of scoring.
Built With
- alexa
- amazon-alexa
- amazon-web-services
- javascript
- node.js
- opentriviadatabase
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