Step 1: Create the Database
Create a dialogue database and define performers.
Category: Dialogue
Step 2: Author a Conversation
Build a simple linear dialogue sequence using Text and End nodes.
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Dialogue System
How to author and play back branching dialogue in GS_Play — the Dialogue Editor, node types, conditions, effects, performances, and the runtime sequencer.
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Dialogue System Setup
A step-by-step lesson for setting up a working dialogue system with the Dialogue Editor, UI components, and runtime playback.
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Step 3: Wire Up the Runtime
Place the runtime components needed to play dialogue sequences in-game.
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GS_Cinematics
Node-graph dialogue sequences, cinematic stage management, polymorphic performances, and world-space UI with typewriter and audio babble.
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Dialogue UI
How to display dialogue text, player choices, and typewriter effects in GS_Play — screen-space and world-space UI components and the bridge that connects them to the sequencer.
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Step 4: Display Dialogue In-Game
Set up dialogue UI components for text display and typewriter effect.
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Performances
How to move and reposition actors during dialogue in GS_Play — the polymorphic performance system, built-in movement types, and async completion.
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Step 5: Add Player Choices
Add branching dialogue with Selection nodes and choice UI.
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Step 6: Conditions and Effects
Gate dialogue branches with conditions and trigger game effects from dialogue.