Development of a chatbot for the Monopoly game VKontakte

Pimanov Andrey Evgenievich

Chatbots are already an important part of the daily life of many services. For the financial sector, these are usually bots taking on the role of consultants, in social networks, bots carry entertainment and interactive functions. This article discusses the implementation of a chatbot for the social network "In Contact", which organizes the Monopoly gameplay in group chats, through the use of the PHP scripting language and interaction with the VK API. Analytical work was carried out to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the implemented project, as well as the possibilities of its modification were evaluated. This code can be integrated into other chatbot projects in order to expand their functionality, which can subsequently lead to attracting an active audience.

Keywords:chatbot; script; VK API; PHP; JSON; Monopoly; VKontakte.