I've been taking a good look at the various dialog systems available here, and many of them are really good, but none of them does what I want. So I'm writing my own. What this does is: * branching dialog system * audio, animation and subtitles * can execute arbitrary actions at any step in the dialog * most importantly: cinematic camera controls This is greatly inspired by the first Vampire game, which had such a feature. What it means is that for each part of the conversation, you can specify a camera perspective. There is a good assortment available, from profiles to side-shot or the classic "over the shoulder" shot. Here are two screenshots and a shot of the editor interface. I still have a few things to sort out, especially interface controls. Right now, everything just runs on auto-pilot with no way to speed up or slow down by the player.
Yes, I will publish it. No, it probably won't be free, but I will very likely be using the "pick your own price" model again that I've used for my Terrain Tools.
Great idea, I look forward to seeing the finished product. I just bought one of your sky packs yesterday and this conversation system looks like it will be on my list as well.