In our game, the player will type from a bank of phrases. We want the bank to be scalable and extremely large. Storing it on the frontend may cause lag and is unnecessary, so we are going to put it on the backend.
'Sculpting' approach
The jokes API already provided by Mr. Mort is very similar to what I need to make. All I needed to do was remove the like and jeer system, leaving only the index and the jokes in the API.
The final phrases API is just like the jokes API but with all that removed. Here's what that looks like:
@Data // Annotations to simplify writing code (ie constructors, setters)
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Entity // Annotation to simplify creating an entity, which is a lightweight persistence domain object. Typically, an entity represents a table in a relational database, and each entity instance corresponds to a row in that table.
public class Jokes {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id;
@Column(unique=true)
private String joke;
// starting jokes
public static String[] init() {
final String[] jokesArray = {
"If you give someone a program... you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program... you will frustrate them for a lifetime.",
"Q: Why did I divide sin by tan? A: Just cos.",
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system... but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.",
"Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.",
"If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0.",
"Java programmers are some of the most materialistic people I know, very object-oriented",
"The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. It was an apple but with extremely limited memory. Just 1 byte. And then everything crashed.",
"Q: Why did Wi-Fi and the computer get married? A: Because they had a connection",
"Bill Gates teaches a kindergarten class to count to ten. 1, 2, 3, 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10.",
"Q: What’s a aliens favorite computer key? A: the space bar!",
"There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.",
"If it wasn't for C, we’d all be programming in BASI and OBOL.",
"Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.",
"Q: Why is it that programmers always confuse Halloween with Christmas? A: Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC.",
"Q: How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. It’s a hardware problem.",
"The programmer got stuck in the shower because the instructions on the shampoo bottle said: Lather, Rinse, Repeat.",
"Q: What is the biggest lie in the entire universe? A: I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.",
"An SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables. It approaches, and asks may I join you?"
};
return jokesArray;
}
AI generating the new phrases
Now all we have to do to customize the API is change the phrases to whatever we want. I am going to generate the phrases by using chatGPT. The benefit of this is that it will format them in JSON so no formatting will be needed on my part.
Why we need this API
In our game, the player will type from a bank of phrases. We want the bank to be scalable and extremely large. Storing it on the frontend may cause lag and is unnecessary, so we are going to put it on the backend.
'Sculpting' approach
The jokes API already provided by Mr. Mort is very similar to what I need to make. All I needed to do was remove the like and jeer system, leaving only the index and the jokes in the API.
The final phrases API is just like the jokes API but with all that removed. Here's what that looks like:
AI generating the new phrases
Now all we have to do to customize the API is change the phrases to whatever we want. I am going to generate the phrases by using chatGPT. The benefit of this is that it will format them in JSON so no formatting will be needed on my part.