Lecture “How to write interactive dialogues?”.
Writing interactive dialogues seems to be impossible. How can a conversation contain numerous possibilities without being arbitrary at the same time? In the interactive dialogue scenes the CD-ROM “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story” the characters in many scenes speak only when instructed by a mouse click, the user can even decide who, when and how often the character speaks. Despite these options, the talking animals have themes and thoughts supporting both the personality of each character while advancing the story. With a budget of 5 million Austrian Schillings “Robbi - a CD-ROM adventure story”is one of the most elaborate multimedia products ever made in Austria. Over 120 graphic designers, technicians and animators worked for one year on this production. For “Robbi”, Virgil Widrich was scriptwriter and production manager.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, January 9th, 10th and 16th, 1998, July 2nd and 4th, 1998