DialogueCraft

A node-based dialogue system for Unity with built-in AI writing and translation tools.

What's in the Box

• Visual graph editor — Create dialogues with nodes, not code.
• 23 node types — Text, choices, branches, cinematics, audio, and more.
• Characters & Variables — Per-character fields, global state, and scoped variables.
• Localization — Built-in, LocalizeCraft, or Unity Localization backends.
• Audio — Unity audio and FMOD, with four channels and typewriter sounds.
• Triggers & Barks — Start dialogues from colliders, clicks, or proximity.
• AI-assisted writing — Draft dialogue and translate it without leaving the editor.

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Start Here

New to DialogueCraft? Follow these in order:

1. Installation — Add DialogueCraft to your Unity project.
2. Your First Dialogue — Build and play a full dialogue in 5 minutes.
3. Dialogue Editor — Learn the graph editor interface.

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Guides

Deep dives on each feature area.

Guide	Covers
Dialogue Editor	Editor layout, nodes, inspector, preview, validation, search
Writing Dialogues	Text, choices, branching patterns, flow control
Characters & Actors	Character database, portraits, custom fields, scene integration
Variables & Conditions	Global / actor / local scopes, operations, conditions
Save & Load	Save slots, auto-save, mid-dialogue snapshots
Localization	Languages, translation workflow, CSV import/export
Audio	Four channels, Unity + FMOD, voice lines, typewriter sounds
Barks	Ambient NPC lines with collections and pooling
UI Customization	RPG template, custom UIs via DialogueUIBase
AI Features	Writing assistant, AI translation, pipeline
Triggers & Interaction	DialogueTrigger, Interactable, InteractionDetector, input

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Reference

• Node Reference — Every node type with fields and runtime behavior.
• API Reference — DialogueRunner and key classes.
• Text Substitution — {Variable} patterns in dialogue text.
• Settings — All project settings.
• Changelog — Version history.