Alexa, open Mi Taquería (2019)
💬 Voice interaction
“Alexa, abre mi taquería” (“open my taco shop”) is a business simulation game where your challenge is to sell as many tacos as you can to level up. You start out selling tacos from a bicycle and, if you succeed, you end up buying a place on the coast to sell seafood tacos.
- To start playing, say “abrir un puesto de tacos” (“open a taco stand”),
- To invest, say the number of pesos for each question you’re asked,
- To see how you’re doing, say “dime mi saldo” (“tell me my balance”),
- To hear the game instructions, say “dime cómo se juega” (“tell me how to play”),
- If you missed something, ask Alexa to repeat it with “repetir”,
- To quit, say “salir” or “parar”.
🎯 Goal
To entertain and teach, using the business simulation game model, like Lemonade Stand. We built this Alexa skill during an internal hackathon.
🤖 Channel
Amazon Alexa. A voice-first experience for devices with and without a screen.
🌍 Reach: languages and countries.
Available in every country that uses Alexa in Spanish from Spain (es-ES) and Mexico (es-MX).
💻 Which technologies and libraries did we use?
Basic Amazon Alexa features.
💎 How did we build this voice app?
This Alexa skill came out of a weekend internal hackathon. We came up with the idea and built the product, defined the MVP (minimum viable product), then designed the conversational and audio experience (hear and feel), and built the Alexa skill along with the business simulator.
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Shall we build the next one?
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