godot-ink VS godot_dialogue_manager

There's an Ink integration for Godot that works fairly well: https://github.com/paulloz/godot-ink

Haven't used it but this ink plugin exists if you're looking to stay within what you know.

It can be found on a dedicated branch on GitHub. Feel free to try it, break it and reach out to me.

Did you use ink (via godot-ink or similar) to author the visual novel? Or some other interactive fiction tool? Or something entirely custom?

Godot Ink

There's also a plugin for ink https://github.com/paulloz/godot-ink.

You could have a look at ink integration in Godot. Here is a repository for example: https://github.com/paulloz/godot-ink

I would say something like Inkle's Ink could do this easily, though it can be overwhelming to look at from the start. There are a couple of Godot integrations with Ink, both a C# one here and a pure GDScript one (though they warn it might be slow on large games). InkGD has a couple examples that use simpler Ink stories, so you might just look through that for the examples to start.

This is the basis for the menu I use in my own game as well as my Dialogue Manager addon.

Dialogue backend powered by Dialogue Manager: https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager

If you are using Unreal, I'd go with https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/not-yet-dialogue-system it's very powerful yet simple. For Godot, I'd use https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager

Nathan Hoad's Dialog Manager is pretty good.

https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager https://github.com/coppolaemilio/dialogic

Use something like Dialogic or (personal recommendation) Dialog Manager.

JSON files might not be the best fit for dialogs. Have you considered existing solutions? Godot Dialogue Manager is great and simple to use. You can also check the code to see how it works.

For anyone interested, I'm using myDialogue Manager addon to handle the actual dialogue stuff.

There are two great dialogue systems available for Godot, Godot Dialogue Manager, which is geared more towards writing things in a script, and Dialogic with a nice user interface, that is more artist-friendly (though direct script editing is also available). It also has more features (at least in the new version, which is currently under development for the upcoming Godot 4 and might not be suitable for production).