Hi Thomas,
Depending on the category I can answer every question as well. But due to lack
of education or lack of interest there are categories that I would not know a
single question. You know maybe like opera, classical music, Broadway shows,
current movies or current pop culture. But that is also why I mostly write
games with random elements rather than puzzles. I mean if I know the answers
to the game, where would be the fun for me to play it?
BFN
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Hi Jim,
Well, I don't own a database of questions either, but I'm pretty sure I
could create one pretty easily. Thanks to my college education I often
times can hold my own when listening to Jeopardy, and my extensive
studying of history, geography, science, art, and music could probably
be used to create the beginnings of a decent database. Plus I suppose I
could always purchase the board game from the store, and use it as a
starter database as well.
The only problem I have with Trivia and quiz games is that since the
developer has to know the answer to every question asked there is no way
he or she can lose unless there is some kind of custom database created
by other gamers. That's where your Trivia engine comes in handy because
if I create a Trivia file I will know the correct answers, but if
someone else created the file I won't necessarily know all the answers.
So I would say that having some way to add custom databases or quiz
files would be necessary here.
On 5/25/2012 10:28 AM, Jim Kitchen wrote:
Hi Thomas,
You make a very good point about spelling the answers in a Jeopardy
game. And the multiple choice doesn't seem to be a real good solution
either. My other problem with making a Jeopardy game is that I do not
own a data base of questions and answers. That is what has been nice
about people creating and sharing trivia files for my trivia game engine.
BFN
Jim
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Jim
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