Here is a little demonstration that I created
back in 2002. It is a simple example of
Ultima-like conversations. You ask the
folks you meet their name, job, or their
favorite hobby. They reply with information
you need to complete the game.
Hello.
Hello.
Name
My name is Julius.
Job
I am a carpenter. I build furniture.
carpenter
Yes....like my saviour.
Furniture
Yes. Like the one that Ralph has. Ask him about his chair.
======= You find Ralph ======
Hello
Hello.
Chair
Oh, you heard about it??? Yes, it is made of teakwood
form the Sherwood Forest. I got the wood from Sam.
He enjoys cutting teakwood.
========= You find Sam
Hello
hello
teakwood
etc, etc, etc, etc
http://dianneandpaul.net/UAF
demo567.dsn.zip
Unpack the archive into a folder
somewhere and double-click on the
executable 'UAFwin.exe'.
Remember that this is 8 years old
and uses a very old version of
DungeonCraft. Look at 'Talk.txt' to see
how it is accomplished.