MangoButtermilch / dialogue-editor

Web based tool to generate non linear dialogues.

Dialogue Editor

Made with Angular 17.3.0 (previously 15.2.2)

Prototype for generating non-linear dialogues in games.

Live demo: https://dialogue-editor.buttermilch-dev.de/

Screenshot:

Features

• custom variables and conditions
• custom characters
• different types of nodes such as events, comments etc.
• JSON import + export
• C# setup for parsing the dialogue in the Unity Engine

TODO

• Unity package as example on how to traverse the dialogue in a game
• Localization
• Undo/redo actions
• adding more nodes
• rework UI design

Controls explained

Toolbar

• Origin button - Reset view to Origin
• Save button - Save dialogue as JSON file for loading it again later
• Export button - Export optimized JSON dialogue for engines

Mouse:

• mouse wheel - Zoom in and out
• click mouse wheel - Pan viewport
• mouse right click - Open context menu
• hover + double click on connections - Delete connections

Using dialogue JSON files

• files created via save button are used for loading inside the editor (example file)

• files created via export button can be used inside your engine. The are easier to traverse and contain only necessary data (example C# setup for Unity, example JSON file for import)