Dialog

Dialog lines in NarrativeCraft are standard Ink lines but can trigger in-game speech when written in a specific format.

Syntax

<character_name>: <dialog>

Example

Mark: Hello!

If no character is specified (e.g., Hello!), the dialog will be displayed in 2D on the screen, not in the 3D world.

Important

The character must be spawned in the world before speaking.
This means they need to be present through an animation, subscene, cutscene, or camera angle where the character is linked.
Otherwise, the story will crash and throw a runtime error.

Text Effects

You can apply animated text effects to dialog using inline tags.

Syntax

[<effect> (param1=value1 param2=value2)]<text>[/<effect>]

Effects apply only to the enclosed text. All parameters are optional unless stated otherwise.

Available Effects

wave

Applies a horizontal wave motion to the text.

[wave]Hellooo!![/wave]

shake

Applies a chaotic shaking motion.

Parameters:

• time (float, optional) , interval between shakes. Lower = faster movement.
• force (float, optional) , intensity of the shake.

[shake time=0.02 force=0.2]I'm angry![/shake]

Example

Mark: [shake force=0.1]What did you just say?[/shake]