Description

Trivia Program

• Basic trivia program developed with python
• Designed for a display screen, control screen, and controller input
• See src/files/help.txt for more information on how to play

Acknowledgements

spykian@gmail.com is the original creator of this program, I have only helped to maintain it to be compatible with modern libraries.

Development Details

Code Location

• Source code located in the src folder
• Program can be run from any of the code files instead of executable
• sample_questions can be used for debugging

Dependencies

See requirements.txt

Tkinter

Most of the code involves tkinter, so you should get familiar with that first.

• The entire app and main screen is run by the Tk object (you can only have one)
• Each additional window is run by the Toplevel object
• Each page is a frame that is attached to the window
  • Frames are switched with the tkraise method
• Items in each page must by positioned in the page to show up (via pack or grid)
• In order for the app to run, update and update_idletasks methods must be called on the Tk object
  • If you have a loop running, you need both to be called to update screens and get user input

Executable Creation

Turning this into an executable is a pain. Thankfully, I found the needed workaround already.

• Open command prompt in the the src folder
• Run pyinstaller TriviaProgram.spec
  • If that does not work try python -m PyInstaller TriviaProgram.spec
• Wait for it to finish (~5 minutes)
• Copy the executable from the dist folder to the top level root folder
  • The .exe looks for the sounds, logs, and other files it needs to run in the files folder in its current directory, which is why we have to move it to the root folder
• You can then delete the dist, build, and __pycache__ folders

Customization

Sounds

If you do not like the default sounds that play during the game, you can use your own custom sounds by adding them to the files/sounds folder. Sounds are chosen by the game randomly, so if you want only your own custom sounds to play you can remove all but your own sounds.

• alarm: plays when time has run out on a question
• correct: plays when a player answers a question correctly
• ding: plays when a player buzzes in
• incorrect: plays when a player answers a question incorrectly

Icon

To change the icon, replace the icon.ico file in the misc folder.