Hullo, all. I'm a stupid newbie with some aspirations, but so far haven't been able to find the following info. If any of y'all can help me out, it'd be super great.
1) Sierra Portrait Options
I haven't been able to easily track down the answer on this; Is it possible to set up Sierra-style dialog so the game ends up looking like this?:
That is, PC portrait top-left, PC dialog top, NPC portrait bottom right, NPC dialog right, and the game screen visible behind.
2) Dialog- is it room-based or universal?
If I want to, say, have a character that shows up in several different rooms, and have the option for a one-off dialog sequence with that character that could happen in any of those rooms, can I do that?
3) Modules
-Are there any modules available that can be used to simulate a simple webpage with a scrollbar and links?
-Are there any that can allow a player to search an in-game database using a key word? (Similar to the game Her Story, if anyone's played that.)
As is probably abundantly clear, I am super new to game programming, and thus do not relish the prospect of trying to do either of these things on my own.
Thanks for your attention!
1) Sierra Portrait Options
I haven't been able to easily track down the answer on this; Is it possible to set up Sierra-style dialog so the game ends up looking like this?:
That is, PC portrait top-left, PC dialog top, NPC portrait bottom right, NPC dialog right, and the game screen visible behind.
2) Dialog- is it room-based or universal?
If I want to, say, have a character that shows up in several different rooms, and have the option for a one-off dialog sequence with that character that could happen in any of those rooms, can I do that?
3) Modules
-Are there any modules available that can be used to simulate a simple webpage with a scrollbar and links?
-Are there any that can allow a player to search an in-game database using a key word? (Similar to the game Her Story, if anyone's played that.)
As is probably abundantly clear, I am super new to game programming, and thus do not relish the prospect of trying to do either of these things on my own.
Thanks for your attention!