Posted April 27, 2024 by Hacktop Studios
#Zombies #Lore
Create a new Lore System. It's basically a system similar to Google Forms with some complex inter-dependency settings. There is an editor to create the widgets for the questions you want and a renderer that handles the display and logic associated with those widgets. The Editor is not yet ready for public release but the first sample lore for Zombies has been released in the latest version (0.7).
Here are the widgets and how they work:
2 - Regenerate (Motivation)
1 - Can not hear
1 - Extra Slow / Dumb
2 - Horder Master / Controls Packs
After that you see there are two Types (Type 1 and Type 2 zombies) The following question about what Locals call them is a linked Option widget. Locals call type 2 Outcasts which have the ability to regenerate and control hordes and Type 1 Groaners can't hear and and a bit slow and dumb. Later in the form there is a TextArea where you can add clarifying remarks at which I also added that Outcasts need Groaners around them to heal.
How this affects the AI
The AI system (if enabled) can automatically take the results of the Lore and make sense of them and use it to influence AI answers and results based on your specific lore for your game.
Future Lore Work
I am working on a more generic system to allow people to support their own RPG games/systems. Eventually this Lore system and possible the whole content editor will become a tool that you can use yourself.