Created November 19, 2018

Awesome Dinosaur Trivia!

A skill to help you, and your friends learn, and test your knowledge of the species that ruled this earth for 100 times longer then we have

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Amazon Alexa Echo Dot

Amazon Alexa Echo Buttons

Software apps and online services

Amazon Web Services AWS Lambda

Amazon Web Services AWS DynamoDB

Story

The cover image of Family Dinosaur Trivia

I have really been interested to make a game that used echo buttons because I thought that It would be very fun to play with my friends and family. I was so right! I love this fun game that tests peoples knowledge about dinosaurs in a fun playful way. The best part about Family Dinosaur Trivia is that you can challenge your friends and family to see who knows the most about dinosaurs, but also just to have fun and play a cool game. I started by reading about what echo buttons were for and how to make a beginners skill. I then went on to include things that would make the skill better like sound affects and even images for the background for people playing Family Dinosaur Trivia on echo devices with screens. Dinosaur world turned out to be a very fun game with many different questions and many intriguing answers. You can play with up to four people. The game will start by Alexa asking you a random question from a huge list of questions. Once someone thinks that they know the answer, they will press their button and say what they think the answer is. If they get it right then a point will be added to their score, but if they get it wrong they will be out for the round and Alexa will ask the question again to see if anyone else knows the answer. Once everyone is out Alexa will say that the round is over, tell the players what their score is, and then move on to the second round. Once the game is over whoever has the most points will win. Do your really know as much as you think you do about the awe inspiring creatures that ruled this earth for around 200 times longer that we have? Play this fun game to see if you do.

Family Dinosaur Trivia Code

/*
* Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
* Licensed under the Amazon Software License (the "License").
* You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* A copy of the License is located at
* http://aws.amazon.com/asl/
* or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
* on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
* express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* permissions and limitations under the License.
*/
'use strict';

const Alexa = require('ask-sdk');
const settings = require('./config/settings.js');

/**
 * Import interceptors and handlers for the different skill states.
 */
const GlobalHandlers = require('./handlers/globalHandlers');
const StartHandlers = require('./handlers/startHandlers.js');
const RollCallHandlers = require('./handlers/rollCallHandlers.js');
const GamePlayHandlers = require('./handlers/gamePlayHandlers.js');

/**
 * Lambda setup.
 */
exports.handler = function (event, context) {
  let factory = Alexa.SkillBuilders.standard()
    .addRequestHandlers(
      GamePlayHandlers.AnswerHandler,
      GamePlayHandlers.DontKnowNextHandler,
      GamePlayHandlers.GameEventHandler,
      GamePlayHandlers.PlayGameHandler,
      GamePlayHandlers.EndGameHandler,
      GamePlayHandlers.YesHandler,
      RollCallHandlers.YesHandler,
      RollCallHandlers.NoHandler,
      RollCallHandlers.GameEventHandler,
      StartHandlers.PlayerCountHandler,
      StartHandlers.YesHandler,
      StartHandlers.NoHandler,
      StartHandlers.LaunchPlayGameHandler,
      StartHandlers.StartNewGameHandler,
      GlobalHandlers.HelpHandler,
      GlobalHandlers.StopCancelHandler,
      GlobalHandlers.SessionEndedRequestHandler,
      GlobalHandlers.DefaultHandler
    )
    .addRequestInterceptors(GlobalHandlers.RequestInterceptor)
    .addResponseInterceptors(GlobalHandlers.ResponseInterceptor)
    .addErrorHandlers(GlobalHandlers.ErrorHandler);

  if (settings.APP_ID) {
    factory.withSkillId(settings.APP_ID);
  }

  console.log("===ENV VAR DYNAMODBTABLE===: " + process.env.DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME);
  if (process.env.DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME && process.env.DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME !== '') {
    settings.STORAGE.SESSION_TABLE = process.env.DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME;
    console.log("===STORAGE SESSION TABLE Set to===: " + settings.STORAGE.SESSION_TABLE);
  }

  if (settings.STORAGE.SESSION_TABLE) {
    factory.withTableName(settings.STORAGE.SESSION_TABLE)
      .withAutoCreateTable(true);
  }

  let skill = factory.create();

  return skill.invoke(event, context);
}