This is a web based application to host a quiz.
Requirements: Python (2.7+), Modern Browser
If you just want to use it (and not developing for it) you can just download the most recent release from the release page (there is no use in downloading the source code).
Unzip the file to a folder of your choice. You can now create multiple quizzes
in the quizzes subdirectory (see below).
To start the game, execute the server.py script. It will output an URL, that you
can now open in a modern browser (most browsers will go into fullscreen on F11).
To create a new quiz, create a new folder (with a name of your choice) in the quizzes
directory (no matter if you are using a downloaded version or if you are developing
with the source code).
Place a file named quiz.json inside that directory. This JSON files describes your quiz
and looks as follows:
{
"title": "Title of the quiz",
"items": [
...
]
}The items array contains all the questions (and similiar) in the order
they should appear in the quiz. Each item is an object, that has to have at
least a type key. Depending on the type it must or can have other fields.
The following item types exists and can/must have the following fields:
interlude- A title like screen (that is no question).title- The title that should be shown on the interlude screen.subtitle(optional) - A subtitle that should be shown below.
image- A question inside an image.image- A path (relative or absolute) to the image.points- An amount of points that will be awared for the answer to this question.solution- The solution to the question.label(optional) - A label (like a question) that will be shown above the image.source(optional) - A source (or copyright) of the image. Will be shown subtle below the image.
When opening the game URL you can choose one of the quizzes you created.
On the top right of the screen you can open the Settings dialog. You can set the keys used to control the game in there. These keys will be referred to as next, correct, wrong and end game key later.
Settings will be saved even when you refresh, restart your browser or the server.
You can add as many teams as you need on the top left.
If you press the icon on the bottom right of a team box, you get into the team settings.
You can change the team name, manually adjust a teams points, set a buzzer key for that team or delete the team from the game.
While you are in a game, you can control the game as follows:
Press next during the title screen, an interlude or when a solution is shown to jump to the next question. When pressing next while a question is shown, it will show the solution without awarding the points to any team.
When a question is shown the teams can press their buzzer keys if they want to solve it. The team box of the team, that buzzered first will be colored. If the team answered correctly press the correct key. The team will be awared by the specific amount of points and the answer will be shown. If the team answered wrong press the wrong key. The team will be blocked from buzzing for a specific amount of time (indicated by a red progress line in the team box).
If either the last question has been reached or at any time you press the end game button, the game ends and the result will be shown.
Requirements: NodeJS, npm, Modern Browser
To develop the game make sure you have NodeJS and gulp (npm install -g gulp) installed.
Using Ubuntu you also need the nodejs-legacy package.
All dependencies will be installed automatically if you do a npm install in the root directory of this project.
Use gulp or gulp serve to run the game and watch for changes (except changes on the quizzes).
Use gulp package to package a zip file with your current quizzes.