In this episode Dave chats with Alexa community members Galactoise and Chiaco about building for the Alexa Skills Kit, creating an engaging Alexa skill, how to test and debug your skills, how they build an Alexa emulator as well as important lessons they have learned along the way.

In this episode Dave and Alexa community member Jo Jaquinta cover their early gaming backgrounds, how Jo has built an Alexa Space Empire game and what pitfalls he ran into along the way. Jo also covers how he has increased engagement rates within his Alexa skills but continued to evolve the game with new ASK features like SSML audio.

In this episode Dave and Alexa community member Jo Jaquinta cover their early gaming backgrounds, how Jo has built an Alexa Space Empire game and what pitfalls he ran into along the way. Jo also covers how he has increased engagement rates within his Alexa skills but continued to evolve the game with new ASK features like SSML audio.

In this episode Dave and Charlie discuss the launch of Smart Home Skill API for Alexa Skills Kit, give insights to some of their own history in Smart Home, talk about what solutions developers are building, and more.

In this episode Dave and Charlie discuss the launch of Smart Home Skill API for Alexa Skills Kit, give insights to some of their own history in Smart Home, talk about what solutions developers are building, and more.