Blabber

Are you a modpack maker who wants their players to talk to more than a quest book?
Are you a modded server owner who wants to sprinkle some ✨immersion✨ in their world?
Are you perhaps a modder who is looking for an easy-to-use dialogue library with expansive tooling?

Blabber is a mod and library for displaying interactive dialogues to your players. Just write your dialogue description files, then start them on demand!

How it looks

Like that:

Or like that:

You get to choose per-dialogue.

And here's a little video showcase too: https://youtu.be/Hm_bQlgqSCQ

How it works

Commands

Blabber adds the /blabber command, allowing server operators and mapmakers to interact with the mod through commands.

• /blabber dialogue
  • /blabber dialogue start <dialogue> [<targets>] [<interlocutor>] : Starts a dialogue for one or more players.
    • <dialogue> : the unique identifier for the dialogue
    • [<targets>] (optional) : If specified, must be either a player's username or a target selector. If unspecified, defaults to the player using the command. When used in a command block, [<targets>] is not optional.
    • [<interlocutor>] (optional) : If specified, must be a target selector for a single entity. If unspecified, defaults to no interlocutor.

Format

Blabber will automatically load all JSON files in the data/[namespace]/blabber/dialogues directory. Those can be provided either by mods, or by datapacks.

Each file describes the various states a dialogue can be in. You can find the full description on the website: https://ladysnake.org/wiki/blabber#format

Online Dialogue Maker

If you are allergic to code, try this online tool: blabber dialogue editor

Using Blabber (for developers)

You can find the instructions to add Blabber to your development environment on our website: https://ladysnake.org/wiki/blabber/#using-blabber-for-developers

JSON Schema

The schema for Blabber dialogue files is available here: dialogue.schema.json