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Expedition 3: Dialogue Systems — Voyage phase, 12 days remaining Active

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Dialogue Systems Completed
Deep Dive: Dialogue Systems in Unreal Engine

An exploration of how dialogue trees, branching narratives, and character interaction systems work under the hood in Unreal Engine 5.

Squad: 5 members Feb 2026 12 min read
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// UDialogueComponent — manages active dialogue state
void UDialogueComponent::StartDialogue(
    UDialogueTree* Tree,
    AActor* Instigator)
{
    if (!Tree || bIsInDialogue) return;

    ActiveTree = Tree;
    CurrentNode = Tree->GetRootNode();
    bIsInDialogue = true;

    // Broadcast to UI and gameplay systems
    OnDialogueStarted.Broadcast(Tree, Instigator);
    AdvanceToNode(CurrentNode);
}
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Replay Systems Archived
Replay Systems: A Post-Mortem

We set out to understand UE5's replay system but hit complexity walls that exceeded our expedition timeline. Here's what we learned anyway.

Squad: 3 members Jan 2026 6 min read

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