Programming a system for storing dialogue and structuring your game's narrative can seem difficult, but using JuJu Adams' Chatterbox library, we can develop a complete visual novel demo in under 15 minutes.

In this tutorial we will learn: use a node-based dialogue editor to create branching conversations, use libraries in GameMaker, and create a visual novel style display.

A big thank you to Jordan Guillou for creating this tutorial for us 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/@jordanguillou

All assets (GameMaker project, character and background sprites) can be downloaded here:

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lf644fi7axyck/Chatterbox_Tutorial_-_Assets

Links to download the library and access the dialog editor:

https://github.com/JujuAdams/Chatterbox
https://faultyfunctions.github.io/Crochet/

Time stamp:

00:00 Introduction
00:29 What is Chatterbox?
01:29 Edit dialogue
03:11 Import Chatterbox
04:14 Help functions
05:39 Create event
06:37 Step event
08:19 Draw
11:40 Conclusion and result

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