Added hints to Trivia. Curated Joepardy answers to be more lenient.

assets/curate-jeopardy.js

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ async function init() {
 	const curatedQuestions = questions.map((question) => ({
 		...question,
 		question: question.question.replace(/^'|'$/g, ''),
+		answer: question.answer.replace(/^((the|an|a)\b(?!-)|\(.*\))\s*|\(.*\)$|"/gi, ''),
+		fullAnswer: question.answer,
 	}));
 
-	await fs.writeFile('assets/jeopardy.json', JSON.stringify(curatedQuestions));
+	await fs.writeFile('assets/jeopardy.json', JSON.stringify(curatedQuestions, null, 4));
 
 	console.log(curatedQuestions);
 }

src/games/trivia.js

@@ -54,11 +54,26 @@ async function playRound(context, round = 0) {
 	context.logger.info(`Trivia asked "${question.question}" with answer: ${question.answer}`);
 
 	try {
-		await timers.setTimeout(game.timeout * 1000, null, {
+		await timers.setTimeout((game.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, {
+			signal: ac.signal,
+		});
+
+		// replace space with U+2003 Em Space to separate words, since a single space separates the placeholders, and double spaces are removed during Markdown render
+		context.sendMessage(`**${Math.floor(game.timeout / 3) * 2} seconds** left, first hint for round ${round + 1}/${game.questions.length}: ${question.answer.replace(/\s/g, ' ').replace(/[^\s]/g, '_ ')}`, context.room.id);
+
+		await timers.setTimeout((game.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, {
+			signal: ac.signal,
+		});
+
+		if (question.answer.length > 3) {
+			context.sendMessage(`**${Math.floor(game.timeout / 3)} seconds** left, second hint for round ${round + 1}/${game.questions.length}: **${question.answer.slice(0, 1)} ${question.answer.slice(1).replace(/\s/g, ' ').replace(/[^\s]/g, '_ ')}${question.answer.slice(-1)}**`, context.room.id);
+		}
+
+		await timers.setTimeout((game.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, {
 			signal: ac.signal,
 		});
 	} catch (error) {
-		// abort expected, not an error
+		// abort expected, probably not an error
 	}
 
 	if (!ac.signal.aborted) {
@@ -78,7 +93,7 @@ async function playRound(context, round = 0) {
 		const scores = scoreRound(context, round);
 
 		if (game.mode === 'first') {
-			context.sendMessage(`**${question.answer}** is the right answer, played in **${((new Date() - now) / 1000).toFixed(3)}s**! ${scores}`, context.room.id);
+			context.sendMessage(`**${question.fullAnswer || question.answer}** is the right answer, played in **${((new Date() - now) / 1000).toFixed(3)}s**! ${scores}`, context.room.id);
 		}
 
 		if (game.mode === 'timeout') {
@@ -141,7 +156,7 @@ function onCommand(args, context) {
 	}
 
 	if (!context.subcommand && game) {
-		context.sendMessage(`There is already a game going on! The current question for round ${game.round + 1} is: ${game.questions[game.round].question}`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`There is already a game going on! Use ${config.prefix}trivia:stop to reset. The current question for round ${game.round + 1} is: ${game.questions[game.round].question}`, context.room.id);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ function onCommand(args, context) {
 
 	const subcommand = context.subcommand?.toLowerCase();
 
-	if (subcommand) {
+	if (subcommand && settings[subcommand]) {
 		settings[subcommand] = typeof settings[subcommand] === 'number' ? (Number(args[0]) || settings[subcommand]) : args[0];
 
 		context.sendMessage(`${subcommand} set to ${settings[subcommand]}`, context.room.id);