Inspired by our local pub trivia, which has regular questions on which station is on which line, this little website lets you practice your Melbourne Train Network knowledge and ace your next pub quiz. You can play it here.
Well, that one question, anyway.
The game data has evolved over time.
Originally scraped data from the PTV Timetable API. That was then replaced with a reduced JSON doc sourced from Wikipedia data, which was extensively hand-massaged.
You can find the doc here if you want to leverage the work done.
The game itself is in AlpineJS and the website is hosted in Github Pages/Jekyll.
- Persist your scores over time, instead of just per-session
- Show a map when you get an answer correct
- Share buttons
Ko-fi link- Remember what you've seen in the recent session, to make repeats less likely
- Colours of train lines in their buttons
Yes, I will accept pull requests. You might need to ping me on Mastodon just to let me know it's there.