Scripting
Scripting is a way for characters to behave in-game. You can even script yourself!
Introduction
Scripting. What is it, anyways? Well, think of a movie script - you read it from top to bottom to check what you have to do or say next. In this case, the Kemoverse Online character script (which I call Action Script) directs what characters do, including your own. So by scripting yourself, you can make your character do stuff, and start acting without your control. A script is actually quite simple, it's just a text file that you write in the editor in-game.
To explain how it works, first know that every character has two scripts - a "life script" and an "interaction script". Life script runs automatically at random, so basically, it has a life on its own. It's used to make characters automatically do stuff, like walking around, sitting down, think for themselves and generally act like an NPC. An interaction script is the script that does stuff in response to interaction, so when you (or someone else) walk up to an NPC (or you) and click, the interaction script will be shown.
Script files are divided in to options, basically sub-sections of both life and interaction scripts. When you click on someone and want to interact with them, it will list all the options. When the life script is running, it decides things based on the option titles. It's just a handy way to slice up the script and provide some more flexibility rather than creating a bunch of different files.
It's pretty interesting to make yourself "become"/"act" like an NPC. Since it's a rather fresh concept, I named it SPC (for Scripted Playable Character). By default, the interaction/life scripts won't bother you as you play, but you can enable SPC mode by pressing Alt+V (or the bottom right icon), in which case, your scripts will start to run automatically. So, by enabling SPC mode, you basically start acting like an NPC.
Anyways, I've tried to make Action scripts be as simple/intuitive as possible. Let's check out an example!
Example
= Say Hello t t + Hello there. l left l right l l - I'll tell you a secret. + What? - I have a snail in my pocket.
Here's a short example. It presents and option to interact ("say hello"), and clicking on it, starts the script. Both players turn to each others, exchange dialog, and the script player looks left, right, then continues the dialog. As you can see, it's very easy to make a simple conversation. But there's way more than that! You can make your character walk around, animate, do facial expression... and such.
See the first letter that starts each line? It's the command - this determines what you want the character to do. After that first letter, you type in parameters to specify even more. Let's have a look of all the commands you can do.