Alexa Skills
Sixteen Alexa skills for multiplayer games, learning, reminders, and play.
These 16 Alexa skills cover multiplayer games, learning, reminders, exercise, and seasonal play. I published them on Amazon between 2018 and 2019.
Each skill uses Lambda for requests, DynamoDB for state, and S3 for recorded audio. Super Over also ran on Google Assistant.
The collection includes multiplayer state, purchases, notifications, display support, and responses to unexpected phrases.
Recognition
- Amazon Alexa Champion - Amazon recognized my contribution to the Alexa developer community.
- CNET recommendation - CNET included Mighty Trivia in its Alexa games for children.
- Alexa Skills Challenge finalist - Mighty Trivia reached the Kids Skills final.
- Life Hacks finalist - Start Nagging Me reached the Life Hacks final.
Multiplayer games
- Math Contest - server-scored multiplayer arithmetic.
- Social Network - shared conversation state for several speakers.
- Super Over - a cricket game for Alexa and Google Assistant.
Games and learning
- Mighty Trivia - hint-based guessing with a global leaderboard, purchases, and display support.
- Toddlebot - character-led voice play for pre-readers.
- Job Explorer - introduces careers to children.
Reminders and routines
- Start Nagging Me - persistent reminders and proactive notifications.
- Bill Tracker - voice-based bill tracking.
- Gradual Workout - progressive, voice-guided exercise.
- Life Coach - voice coaching with in-skill purchases.
Seasonal and experimental skills
Features
- Multiplayer voice games with shared state
- Purchases and entitlement controls inside Alexa
- Persistent reminders and proactive notifications
- Support for Alexa and Google Assistant
- Serverless services with Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3