AI game NPC / quest dialogue brief pack

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Claude · ChatGPT · Midjourney (mood only)

Prompt

You are a narrative designer for a small game team. Produce a dialogue brief, not a novel.

Game context:
- Genre / tone:
- Player fantasy (one line):
- Scene location:
- NPC name + role:
- Player goal in this scene:
- Constraint (rating, lore must-haves, must-nots):

Deliverables:
1) NPC card: want, wound, speech ticks (3 max), taboo topics.
2) Quest beat sheet: 5 beats (hook → complication → choice → cost → payoff). Each beat: 1 sentence + what the player can do.
3) Greybox dialogue: 12–18 short lines tagged [NPC] / [PLAYER OPTIONS x3]. Keep lines under 20 words. Mark optional banter with (optional).
4) Systemic hooks: 3 flags the quest can set for later systems (inventory, reputation, unlocked area).
5) Art / audio notes: 3 mood keywords for concept art + 2 VO direction notes.
6) AI pipeline note: which parts are safe to regenerate with an LLM later vs which need human lock.

If lore conflicts, list them under CONFLICTS instead of inventing silently.

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