Tavern Talk. Okay it doesn't look like much but there is a LOT of back-end going into this. With some good work but tonight I should be able to parse the scene script. Still haven't solved my c...
Need Intel? I'm loving Starcraft 2 at the moment, and it got me thinking about my love of imperfect information in games design. I strongly recommend A Game of Thrones (board game) and...
Of course there is a story. So the data driven dialogue project is moving along and well a simple problem arises. The more mechanic driven and gamey your game is, Ludology focused, the easier...
Get Talking. So I have some paper examples composed. They serve to demonstrate, but I feel are rather lacking. I don't think the true nature and power of the system will be exposed until I plug...
XML Data formatted with CSS. Over 13,000 characters and this blasted XML is still not complete enough to provide a decent concrete example. Thank you CSS for making it legible to the human eye.
Formatting data into a meaningful representation is a whole area of study. XML is a wonderful way to format data. Using a bit of CSS to transform XML into prettiness is a wonderful way of formatti...
So I was so tired of seeing a computer the last few days I switch to paper notes for a while. Still need to scan / transcribe them to digital format. Here are some highlights...
So some graph confusion between arrays and groups. It's very clear on the graph but the query starts looking strange. Really tired and not making progress. So going home, grabbing some food and hopefully I can clean up the mess in my head.
Okay some actions can affect multiple targets, my old model ignored this and hence broke in a few places. I’ve now fixed this. This resolves a few graph query issues I was having...
Okay so the most basic Query format is a Graphed Query. Pop-able Context. Any item which is pop-able can throw away it’s parents without loss of information. You may want to keep the context if you want to use a “previous topic” action. If the depth is becoming unmanageable however you can slice off the top at Pop-able joints. Items which are not popable require their context to make sense...
Sadly no pretty pictures, but loads of progress. That is the sad truth of programming, loads of boring text before anything cool happens. So what are you seeing...
Almost missed last bus home. Really good progress has been made.Lots of clean up and refactoring making good headway.Query Response format cermented...
Tumblr Fail. So I wrote this long article about how I switched to an Atomic data model. How this is one possible implementation of the proposed model. Different code would be written based o...
Not much progress tonight. Looking at examples and the refrence scenario, getting bogged down in detail. Will look at a code implementation of Thursday...
Atomic Structure A sample atomic structure laid out in a document. Query and Response forms also discussed.
Classic Dialogue for the Inn-Keeper Well it took much longer than I expected. First Complete Draft of the old Style dialogue tree. Now to replace it with my new system...
Work in Progress: Innkeep Dialogue Only about 70% progress. Still so simple, ye gods this takes forever to write.So glad my dissertation is how to improve this. Cause Im passionate about...
Events are data blocks which are used to construct the dialogue system. The full list of blocks are as follows. Events, Locations, People, Where...
Today's Plan. Compile the Inn-Keepers Dialogue the old fashioned way. Create the interaction in AGS. Email my supervisor to bring him up to date. Side Note: Rave music is much bet...
Okay so the day has been super productive even if it required me to learn a whole new graphing system. So the point is this writing dialogue trees is a pain in the neck.Also whats the
Dissertation progress So Ive made the reference document (see link) Im extremely impressed with Adventure Game Studio. Made a simple game in it, now I just need to do the dull ta...
Reference Scenario Ive intentionally kept it trim, and avoided too much unnecessary detail. Defining that skeleton would be enough for a GM in a role-playing game to run the Public House...
So Saturday night and all of Sunday was written off thanks to my house-mate having a house-party before going out for drinks, follow by early morning noise and more drinks… finally Sunday...
So Ive been trying to do the following tasks today. Create Scenario Reference. Draft scenario and characters. Draft topics of conversation. Compile Final Scenario reference. Complete...
Current Version of Dissertation Aims. Aim. To create a data-driven system for use in the games industry that will generate complete social interactions using seeded scenarios which expands base...