This..is..Jeopardy! This application is based off the popular American television quiz game show, Jeopardy. The point of this game is that you're given the answer and reply with a question; hence the question you answer with is the answer.
I was originally inspired to make my own Jeopardy in August 2019, since my family enjoyed the show. I couldn't find any easy solutions, so I made one! I made this application to display on our TV, since it had internet browser compatibility as well as HDMI ports.
Disclaimer: All rights involving the "Jeopardy!" game show go to Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; this application is intended to be a clone purely for fun and web development experience.
Jeopardy Site
The main feature of this application is the Django based Jeopardy website. The Jeopardy website currently contains five different features. Additionally, a Django-generated administration panel for questions/answers is provided.
- answers - The main game page showing answers and values.
- buzzer (WIP) - A web-based buzzer for contestants.
- core - A core landing page for the whole site.
- jadmin - A game administration panel to keep track of scores and contestants.
- jstatistics (WIP) - An in-progress statistics page for each contestant.
- admin - An administration panel where categories and answers can be modified, added, or removed after import.
docker build -t jeopardy .
docker run -dp 8000:8000 --rm jeopardy
docker run -dp 8000:8000 jeopardy
Website
While in the /client/jeopardy/ directory, simply run the Django command python3 manage.py runserver, substituting python for whatever your OS normally uses.
Backend Server The backend of this site is made with NodeJS, and sends/receives sockets between the applications, using socket.io.
This application utilizes the Google Sheets API for Python (v4) for a streamlined answer importing system. A template for the jeopardy question-making can be found here. Use Google's "File > Make A Copy" feature to make an editable copy.
After creating a Google Cloud Platform project, generate a credentials.json file on the Google Cloud Platform site. Create a new credential under "OAuth Client ID" and make the application type "Desktop"; then, download the JSON file provided and rename it to credentials.json. Place the credentials.json file into the client/jeopardy/answers/static/answers/ directory.
Open the Google Sheets file that you wish to import from. The full url will look something like:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13ZOxTVfUR6o2pvJye091LeqS1Vva-zgZfyLt7l1mzFo/edit#gid=0
Inspect the URL for the spreadsheet ID (typically found after d/ and before /edit):
13ZOxTVfUR6o2pvJye091LeqS1Vva-zgZfyLt7l1mzFo
Place the spreadsheet ID into the .env file under the SPREADSHEET_ID key.
Environment variables should include a Django secret key named SECRET_KEY and a Google spreadsheet ID named SPREADSHEET_ID.