SGDK Dialogue

Keep authored conversation data, progression and VDP drawing separate. SGDK provides tile, sprite, input and audio APIs; it does not provide this dialogue format or a built-in rich-text system. Adapt the included patterns to the project rather than imposing a new game framework.

• Authoring and branching: graph schema, flags, paging, text timing and the optional JSON-to-C helper.
• Rendering and budgets: nine-slice panels, resident font styles, animated portraits, split panes and DMA ownership.
• Validation: executable checks and playtesting.
• Dialogue Lab: a self-contained example with three conversations, portraits, choices and a quiet looping soundtrack.