 
 class Game
   @currentQ = null
+  @hintLength = null
 
   constructor: (@robot, @scoreKeeper) ->
     buffer = Fs.readFileSync(Path.resolve('./res', 'questions.json'))

#   !skip - skip the current question
#   !answer <answer> or !a <answer> - provide an answer
#   !score <player> - check the score of the player
#
# Author:
#   yincrash

    unless @currentQ # set current question
      index = Math.floor(Math.random() * @questions.length)
      @currentQ = @questions[index]
      @hintLength = 1
      @robot.logger.debug "Answer is #{@currentQ.answer}"
      # remove optional portions of answer that are in parens
      @currentQ.validAnswer = @currentQ.answer.replace /\(.*\)/, ""
