Unity Dialogue Workshop Featuring Owen Hellum

Descant (https://omch.tech/descant) is a Unity Dialogue System plugin designed to be easy to pick up and use, but with room for growth and customization. It was developed for a CART Independent Study, with the goal to address the missing niche for dialogue systems between ones that are enormous and expensive, and those that are tiny and un-featured. It uses a node-based dialogue creation system, and makes use of the Unity Component system concept for enhancing such nodes. The workshop will involve a simple introduction to the system and explanation of the Component framework, followed by a few hours for experimentation. It’ll function like a tutorial and something like a miniature game jam. At the end, some time will be reserved for feedback and improvement comments.