Ink Dialogue System in RMMV

[faolae]

Hello!

I'm trying to introduce a scripting language called ink—it's described as an interactive narrative engine, mainly used to write and create choose-your-own-adventure games—into RPG Maker MV. It's a great tool used to create dialogue-heavy, story-rich games. Paired with RMMV, I thought it might have incredible potential as a base to build off of. Imagine a CYOA game made in RMMV, but less time-consuming and with less eventing! All you'd need to do is build assets and string together some added functionality for a fully-fledged game.

I've been scouring the web for any plugins that might help with this endeavor, but so far I've only found a video of someone's successful(?) attempt of importing ink into RMMV and nothing else. When I looked up the dev, it seemed like he did not release any ink-related projects and was last active two years ago.

Good news: ink has a Javascript port that could be compatible with RMMV. The only problem is that I have no idea where to begin with converting the port as a plugin for RMMV.

The goal of the plugin would be to translate the .JSON file exported from ink as a game, more or less, within RMMV. It doesn't need added functionality, just that it can import .JSON files from ink with no difficulty.

 

[faolae]

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[Kvothe]

As I can see, you can use the runtime port for JavaScript, inkjs, then you get the data exported as .json... and just 'fetch'. The other step, is to configure the .json received from the file that you have exported to replace the messages of the your game... of course, there are a lot of step into this, but isn't hard.

1 - Export the data as .json using the port for Unity
2 - Use the runtime and learn their library for Javascript, inkjs
3 - Fetch the data .json that contains the message
4 - Choose your method to invoke the message... can be using ID <key>, or filtering and so on xD

 

[faolae]

I've roughly figured out steps 1 to 3 with my limited grasp on Javascript, but I'm not sure how to interpret the data from the exported .json file into messages within the game in RMMV. I want to try to achieve a similar effect from the video I linked.

Are there specific script calls for this? If so, how are they usually written in plugins?

 

[Kvothe]

Do you have a sample for me to give a look? (of .json file)

 

[faolae]

i uploaded a json file of my ink script, which is a wip, over here. fair warning for messy formatting

 

[Kvothe]

I have give a look 'n yes, I don't have understand anything on how it works, however... I'll download the app and use your .json as example to see how the Editor handles with it.

The thing is: understand the rules & business logic

 

[faolae]

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[faolae]

I dont know if I can bump this a second time..

 

[Touchfuzzy]

This thread is being closed, at the request of the OP. Thank you.