DR. CARLOS MAURICIO PEREDO
THE RELIC: A DISCORD BOT
PROJECT OVERVIEW
CLIENT
The Morbid Corvid (tabletop gaming discord server)
GOAL
Create a discord bot that allows users to query information from a
Wiki.
PRIMARY
TOOLS
Python & Jupyter Notebooks, Kaggle, Discord
BACKGROUND
The client runs a discord server for users to gather and play tabletop
games. These games often have complex rulesets, which are stored in a
Wiki. The client would like users to be able to quickly query the Wiki
for rules, rather than needing to leave Discord to search for the
information themselves.
PRODUCT
Developed and launched a fully operational Discord bot (The RELIC) that
links to the curated Wiki for each game’s rulesets. Users can call the
bot with command inputs and receive the corresponding passage of the
rules for quick reference.
CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
MULTIPLE GAME WIKIs
The Challenge: the client’s rulesets are scattered across
multiple different Wikis for each game
The Solution:
create a master Wiki that automatically pulls updates fromhe individual
Wiki pages and can be querried individually by the RELIC discord bot.
USER SPECIFIC VERSIONING
The Challenge: the client wants different groups of users to be
able to modify a game’s rulesets to fit their specific needs.
The Solution: create game specific Wikis and prompt the users to
select their Wiki of choice when first engaging The RELIC bot. Users can
then modify their Wikis as needed without pushing changes to the entire
server.
NEXT STEPS
Now that The RELIC is operational, what’s next?
CLOUD HOSTING
Hosting The RELIC on a cloud based platform will ensure that the bot is always active, not just when a Discord moderator is available to host.
DICE ROLLER
Tabletop games frequently employ dice rolling mechanics. Adding a dice rolling functionality keeps users from leaving the platform for other tools.
