# Meeting Plugin Game Engine (`corporate_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine`) Actor

Pre-meeting engagement game engine for Zoom, Teams & Google Meet. Run Emoji Trivia or This or That live in your waiting room. Hosts control rounds, timing & branding. Real-time votes saved to dataset.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/corporate\_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine.md
- **Developed by:** [Crystal F](https://apify.com/corporate_barbie) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Integrations, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 game session results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Meeting Plugin Game Engine

A lightweight, cross-platform pre-meeting engagement engine for **Zoom**, **Microsoft Teams**, and **Google Meet**. Keep attendees entertained and engaged while they wait for the main session to start — no app installs required.

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### What it does

Meeting Plugin Game Engine runs interactive mini-games in your meeting's waiting room or pre-session lobby. Hosts control the experience, attendees participate live, and all results are saved to a dataset for post-session review.

#### Game modes

**Emoji Trivia**
Show attendees a sequence of emojis and ask them to guess the brand, phrase, or concept. Great for warming up a crowd before a product launch, team meeting, or webinar.

**This or That**
Present attendees with a binary choice (e.g. "Coffee ☕ or Tea 🍵?"). Votes are tallied in real time and the results are revealed at the end of each round.

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### Features

- ✅ Two built-in game modes: Emoji Trivia and This or That
- ✅ Host controls: choose game mode, number of rounds, timing, and branding
- ✅ Real-time participation tracking — see who's playing and how many responses came in
- ✅ Auto-advance or manual round control
- ✅ Results saved to Apify dataset for analysis
- ✅ Cross-platform design: works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet
- ✅ Expandable question bank

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### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `gameMode` | string | Game mode: `emojiTrivia` or `thisOrThat` |
| `rounds` | number | Number of rounds to play (default: 5) |
| `timePerRound` | number | Seconds per round (default: 30) |
| `hostName` | string | Display name for the host |
| `branding` | string | Custom label or company name to show |
| `autoAdvance` | boolean | Auto-advance rounds without host input |
| `platform` | string | Target platform: `zoom`, `teams`, or `meet` |

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### Output

Each run saves a game session record to the dataset:

```json
{
  "sessionId": "session_abc123",
  "gameMode": "emojiTrivia",
  "platform": "zoom",
  "totalRounds": 5,
  "totalParticipants": 12,
  "rounds": [...],
  "startTime": "2026-03-16T22:00:00Z",
  "endTime": "2026-03-16T22:05:30Z",
  "hostName": "Crystal",
  "branding": "Acme Corp"
}
```

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### Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing — you only pay for what you use:

- **Game Session Result** — $0.05 per completed session saved to dataset
- **Game Round Played** — $0.01 per round completed
- **Actor Start** — $0.00005 per start (standard Apify rate)

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### Built by

[corporate\_barbie](https://apify.com/corporate_barbie) — building cross-platform meeting engagement tools and automation workflows on Apify.

# Actor input Schema

## `sessionId` (type: `string`):

Unique identifier for this game session. Leave blank to auto-generate.

## `gameMode` (type: `string`):

Choose which game to run for attendees.

## `platform` (type: `string`):

The meeting platform this session will run on.

## `hostId` (type: `string`):

Identifier of the meeting host.

## `brandName` (type: `string`):

Your company or event name shown in game prompts.

## `brandColor` (type: `string`):

Primary brand color for the game UI (hex format).

## `maxRounds` (type: `integer`):

How many rounds to play. Set to 0 for continuous mode (host stops manually).

## `roundDurationSecs` (type: `integer`):

How many seconds each round stays open for responses.

## `autoAdvance` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, rounds advance automatically after the timer. If disabled, the host manually advances each round.

## `customQuestions` (type: `array`):

Optional: provide a custom question bank as a JSON array. Leave empty to use the built-in question bank. For Emoji Trivia, each item needs: id, prompt, answer, hint. For This or That: id, optionA, emojiA, optionB, emojiB.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sessionId": "webinar_2026_q2_kickoff",
  "gameMode": "emoji_trivia",
  "platform": "zoom",
  "hostId": "host_crystal",
  "brandName": "Acme Corp Webinar",
  "brandColor": "#4F46E5",
  "maxRounds": 5,
  "roundDurationSecs": 30,
  "autoAdvance": true,
  "customQuestions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "prompt": "🎓📚✏️",
      "answer": "University",
      "hint": "Where students learn"
    }
  ]
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("corporate_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("corporate_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call corporate_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=corporate_barbie/meeting-plugin-game-engine",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ZUJvJ4ySubjAT9MSL/builds/PREdCyXStdDBNTWk0/openapi.json