STEP 49 OF 67 · YOU ARE THE WRITER

Decide who speaks which language, and how

Keep the main story hand-written. Use AI for side characters, small talk and barks, each limited to what that character should know.

How to do it

1. Mark which characters use live AI and which use written lines.
2. Write each AI character's limits: what it knows and must never say.
3. Live AI conversation: Convai covers dialogue, voice and memory with an Unreal plugin.
4. Keep replies under about 0.8 seconds or they feel like a stall.

Before you move on

In Duke Forger, this step's gate checks:

• You write itWhich characters use live AI, which use written lines, and their limits

Words to know

Bark

A short line an NPC says on its own, like "Watch it!" or "Fresh bread here!"

Language model

The kind of AI that writes text and holds conversations (LLM), used here for NPC dialogue.

Latency

The delay between asking for something and getting it, such as an NPC answering you.