Dialogues

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Diegetic conversations controlled by a game systems.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Note: Many of the patterns concerning dialogues were first identified in the research reported in chapter 3 of the PhD thesis Steps Towards Creating Socially Competent Game Characters by Jenny Brusk. This thesis also describes how to model dialogues in Harel statecharts.

Examples

Mass Effect series Zork series MUD2 DragonMud Dragon Age series Facade

Grim Fandango

Using the pattern

Indirect information

Performative Utterances

Ambiguous Responses

Detective Structures

Information Passing

Outspoken Support Requesting Support Incremental Dialogue Processing Chunk-based Dialogue Processing Single-Initiative Dialogues Mixed Initiative Dialogues Basic Input Feedback Canned Text Responses Thematically Consistent Dialogues Context Dependent Dialogues Contextualized Conversational Responses Gameplay Integrated Conversations Location-Specific Dialogues Character-Specific Dialogues

Challenges can be added to using Dialogues. For example, players may need to use Delicate Phrasing (as in some of the challenges in Grim Fandango) or require Colloquial Mastery.

with Non-Player Characters

Brokering, False Accusations, Maintaining Lies

Non-Player Characters Game State Indicators Companions Detective Structures Information Passing Gossip Ephemeral Goals Quests Inaccessible Areas Clues Helpers

Scripted Information Sequences

Consequences

Communication Channels

Relations

Indirect information

Performative Utterances

Ambiguous Responses

Outspoken Support Requesting Support Incremental Dialogue Processing Chunk-based Dialogue Processing Single-Initiative Dialogues Mixed Initiative Dialogues Basic Input Feedback Canned Text Responses Thematically Consistent Dialogues Context Dependent Dialogues Contextualized Conversational Responses Gameplay Integrated Conversations Location-Specific Dialogues Character-Specific Dialogues

Can Instantiate

Clues, Game State Indicators, Information Passing, Quests

Can Modulate

Companions, Detective Structures, Ephemeral Goals, Helpers, Non-Player Characters

Can Be Instantiated By

Gossip, Non-Player Characters, Scripted Information Sequences

with Non-Player Characters

Brokering, False Accusations, Maintaining Lies

Can Be Modulated By

Colloquial Mastery, Delicate Phrasing, Inaccessible Areas, Information Passing

History

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