A fully-featured and customizable IRC trivia game using an archive of Jeopardy! questions.
Come play in ##Jeopardy on Freenode.
irc://chat.freenode.net/##jeopardy
https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://irc.freenode.net/#kiwiirc
This... is... Jeopardy!
Uses jService (150K+ Jeopardy! questions, more if run locally) as a trivia source.
To run a local instance (190K+ questions, can add more questions as episodes continue to air) install my jService fork then point plugins.jeopardy.jserviceUrl to your own URL.
To configure replies, see the templates section.
Commands
start [channel] [--num <#>] [--timeout <#>] [--hints <#>] [--no-hints] [--random] [--shuffle] [--restart] [<category1>, <category2>, etc.]
start - start a round with random questions
start <category name>, <category name> - search for a category by name, separate multiple categories with commas
--shuffle - randomize category searches
--num <# of questions> - set the number of questions for the round
--timeout <# of seconds to answer> - set the time to answer the question, 0 to disable timeout
--hint <# of hints> - specify number of hints, 0 to disable them
--no-hints - set showHints and showBlank to False
--random - select a category at random
--restart - automatically restart a new round when the current round finishes (questions in restarted rounds will be random)
categories
^ Returns a list of popular Jeopardy! categories.
stats [--top <int>] [nick]
^ Returns game scores. Defaults to top 5 players. Use --top and a number to receive more top players. Specify a nick to get a score for the selected player.
question
^ Repeat the currently active question.
hint
^ Display the next hint. If max hints reached, repeat the latest hint. If max hints is 0, show blanked out answer.
skip
^ Skip the current question.
report
^ Report the current question as invalid e.g. audio/video based clues.
Config
config list plugins.jeopardy
^ List the config variables for the game.
config help plugins.jeopardy.<variable_name>
^ Get information about what game options the variable controls.
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.blankChar *
^ The character used for a blank when displaying hints
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.numHints 3
^ The number of hints to be given for each question
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.delay 4
^ The number of seconds to delay between questions
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.timeout 90
^ The number of seconds to allow for each question
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.hintPercentage 0.25
^ The fraction of the answer that should be revealed with each hint
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.hintReduction 0.5
^ The percentage by which to reduce points with each hint reveal
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.flexibility 0.94
^ Minimum similarity score of the answer checker. Jaro-Winkler distance, 1.0 is identical/disabled. Sane values > 0.9
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.inactiveShutoff 5
^ The number of questions that can go unanswered before the game stops automatically
config plugins.jeopardy.jserviceUrl http://jservice.io
^ Alternate URL where jservice can be accessed at, for example a locally run jservice instance: http://127.0.0.1:3000
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.defaultRoundLength 10
^ The default number of questions to be asked in a round
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.randomize True
^ This will determine whether or not the bot will randomize the question order
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.requireOps False
^ This will determine whether or not the user must be a channel operator to start/stop the game
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.enabled True
^ This will determine whether or not the game is enabled for a given channel
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.defaultPointValue 500
^ The default point value for questions if no point value is given
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.autoRestart False
^ Start a new round of random questions after the current round has ended
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.keepHistory True
^ Keep a history of previously asked questions and don't repeat them
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.useBold True
^ Use bold in replies
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.showScores True
^ Show scores at the end of the round
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.showBlank True
^ Show first (blank) hint with the question. Overrides showHints only for this reply
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.showTime True
^ Show time remaining messages when showHints is False
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.showHints True
^ Show hint messages automatically. Overrides showTime
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.timeReplies 1
^ Number of time remaining replies to show when showHints False and showTime True
Templates
config list plugins.jeopardy.template
^ List the config variables for the templates.
config help plugins.jeopardy.template.<variable_name>
^ Get information about what template the variable controls.
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.correct "\x0313{{nick}}\x03 got it! The full answer was: {{answer}}. Points: \x0309{{points}}\x03 | Round Score: \x0309{{round}}\x03 | Total: \x0309{{total}}"
^ Template for correct answer replies
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.hint "HINT: {{hint}}{% if time %} | ({{time}} seconds remaining){% endif %}{% if points %} | \x0309[${{points}}]{% endif %}"
^ Template for hint reply
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.question "#{{number}} of {{total}}: \x0313({{airdate}}) \x0309[${{points}}] \x0310\x1f{{category}}\x1f: {{clue}}"
^ Template for question reply
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.skip "No one got the answer! It was: {{answer}}"
^ Template for reply when question unanswered after timeout or the 'skip' command used
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.stop "Jeopardy! stopped.{% if answer %} (Answer: {{answer}}){% endif %}"
^ Template for reply when using the 'stop' command
config [channel #channel] plugins.jeopardy.template.time "{{time}} seconds remaining. [.hint] [.question] [.skip]"
^ Template for time remaining reply when showTime = True and showHints = False
Miscellaneous
Score and history files can be found in <bot_directory>/data/jeopardy/
Forked and significantly modified version of this trivia plugin.