Alexa "Fizz Buzz" Game

Simple Alexa game created using JavaScript and Node.js in the Alexa Developer Console

Table of Contents

• General info
• Technologies
• Setup
• Features
• Design Choice
• Bonus

General info

This project is a classic port of the "fizz buzz" game to the Alexa environment.

Technologies

Project is created with:

• JavaScript
• Node.js
• Alexa Developer Console

Setup

• Open Alexa Developer Console and paste index.js into the corresponding file, other files were unchanged.
• Set up the necessary intents shown in models/intents.json.

Features

• Starts a "fizz buzz" game.
• Provides rules to "fizz buzz".
• Provides a list of commands.
• Repeats the last statement.
• Stops the game.

Design Choice

• The instructions are not automatically provided in the beginning since many people know the rules already and might be annoying.
• While in a game, any response other than the correct answer would lose the game to reflect the real world, including asking for instruction, similarly, no pause game function is implemented.
• Alexa will respond differently to the same utterances depending on whether in game or not.
• Skill Invocation Name is volley fizz buzz instead of fizz buzz. This is due to a built-in fizz buzz game causing confusion to the test console.
• EndGameIntent was ultimately not implemented since CancelIntent & StopIntent have similar functions.
• AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent not implemented because getting the answer wrong yields the similar result.

Bonus

• Try saying "Volley, volley, volley"!