How do I create Trivia Pop-Up on Collision?

[KingOfLimbs]

Hello,

Overview:

The idea of this simple game is a trivia game / scavenger hunt for a few friends. This is a local Multiplayer game where there is only 1 Input Method (Mouse) and a simple command that swaps between the players (TAB). I am running the game for my friends as they watch. They will tell me where they want the character to go and what their answer is to the questions. Therefore, I don’t need this system to be user friendly, I just need it to work really.

I started with the TopDown Base included with the Engine.

What I already have implemented:

• 4 playable characters in a simple world that can be swapped between using the tab key.
• Collectible coins that disappear upon collision.
• A counting system that keeps track of each player’s coin collection.

What I want to implement:

• When a coin is collected, a trivia question appears as a pop up.
• A simple “Correct” or “Incorrect” button system below the question that I can click. This is due to the fact the players will be in the same room with me and will just verbally give me the answer.
• If the question is answered correctly, a point is added to that players point total.

Things Im not worried about:

• I dont need any random variable for which questions appear when a coin is collected. As in, each individual coin can represent a specific question, it doesn’t need to be randomized (if that approach would be easier).

Here are some images to help get a better idea of where I am at.

Current Coin Blue Print

UI for Coin Count

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ShadowBr0kerz]

the flow is simple once you see the pieces: give the pickup a sphere collision set to overlap only the pawn, on component begin overlap cast to your player controller and call a function like ShowQuestion. that function stores which pickup was hit, opens the question widget, and pauses the single shared input so the watching friends are not moving the character while a question is up. on the widget, four buttons call one CheckAnswer function with their index, you compare against the question’s correct index, add a point on match, close the widget, un-pause input, and destroy or mark the pickup so it does not re-trigger.

for the questions themselves keep them in a datatable (question text, four options, correct index) rather than hardcoded, then it is one random row pull per pickup instead of variables scattered everywhere.

if you want that part prebuilt, the Multiplayer Quiz Trivia Ultimate Game Template Kit is exactly this loop already, datatable questions, popup quiz UI, per-answer scoring and a final results screen, all commented Blueprint so you can just swap in your own questions and art: Multiplayer Quiz Trivia Ultimate Game Template Kit | Fab