Given Sinoper’s characterization as a very intelligent bird, I thought it apt to give him a decent repository of fun facts about birds (heretofore known as ‘bird facts’) that he can recite to both educate and entertain users. I took my time curating a list of forty-seven bird facts, making sure that they were not only interesting facts but also lesser-well-known ones. In addition to these, I added eight ‘secret bird facts’ which were more easter eggs than they were actual facts. Although V.1 doesn’t differentiate between the two, V.2 does!

Implementation

Trivia is implemented as a ModuleWithElements<String> which loads its data from a birdFacts.txt file. It listens for any message matching the regex pattern bir[db](?: ?facts?| trivia) and will always respond immediately with a randomly-selected fact from the list. Additionally, there is some code to handle randomly selecting an emote to make repeated requests for facts feel less stale.

private void birdFact(MessageReceivedEvent event) {
        String fact = getRandom();
        boolean vibeCheck = fact.contains("!");
        String face = vibeCheck ? randEmote.get(randy.nextInt(randEmote.size())) : "";
        respond(event, String.format("%s %s", fact, face), true);
        if(!vibeCheck){
            try {
                Thread.sleep(2000);
            } catch (InterruptedException ignored){}

            respond(event, ":v");
        }
    }

Of note, the vibeCheck flag is only raised for two facts: i don't exist, and i will never die. It’s for a bit of ominous humour - the lack of an exclamation point is extremely out of character, and Sinoper leaves a two-second pause before following the statement with a flat :v.