improve behaviour scripting language

[stolsky]

Adventure Game Instructions Language (AGIL)

• simple language describing the scene, the elements in it and how to interact with them

Commands

• structure: <command> = <operation> <parameter> or <operation> <parameter1> <parameter2>
• "objectID" can always be replaced by "SELF" to indicate the element that was clicked on
• "dictionaryID" can be chained: TEXT <dictionaryID1+dictionaryID2>
• "personID" can always be replaced by "HERO" to indicate the active character
• [ ] TEXT <dictionaryID> - display text inside the current state`s ui
• [ ] CHAR <dictionaryID> - sets the narrator for the text if required
  • possible after "TEXT" command:
• [ ] STYLE <styleID> - sets a specified style to the displayed text
  • possible after "TEXT" command:
• [ ] move all "text" attributes to the command section/string
• [ ] changing the state: <objectID> <number>
  • number represents the state id
  • all state ids have to be positive numbers
  • if the number is "0" the object will be removed from the scene
• [ ] change the value of a flag: <flagID> <value>, value = string | number | boolean
• [ ] INFO <objectID> <dictionaryID> - change the information attribute of the object
• [ ] LOST <dictionaryID> - open game over screen with a description associated with the dictionaryID
• [ ] SHOW <objectID> - display object
• [ ] HIDE <objectID> - remove from visuals object
• [ ] INCRIGHT <objectID> - increment index of the right action stack
• [ ] INCLEFT <objectID> - increment index of the left action stack
• [ ] TAKE <personID> <itemID> - add a item to the inventory of the character associated with the personID
• [ ] ENTER <sceneID> - move the active character from one scene to another
• [ ] DIALOG <dialogID> - start dialog with the associated id

conditions

• [ ] you can put a condition before every command in the form <condition>:<command>
• [ ] <condition> = <identifier> <value>
• [ ] continue to process the command if the condition was validated

how to initialize an object

• specify how to initialize an object and then:
• [ ] move all "info" attributes to the command section/string
• [ ] move all "visible" attributes to the command section/string