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Lua for Game Development — Chapter 12: Quests, Missions, Dialogue Trees & Story Progression

Modern games rely heavily on structured progression systems:

  • Main story quests
  • Side quests
  • Dynamic missions
  • Dialogue trees
  • NPC interactions
  • World state & flags
  • Branching narrative
  • Story checkpoints
  • Rewards

Lua is ideal for this:

  • Data-driven quest definitions
  • Easy branching logic
  • Hot reload for dialogue systems
  • Clean JSON-like scripting
  • Integrates perfectly with triggers, inventory, UI, and levels

This chapter introduces a complete quest system used in RPGs, action games, and open-world titles.

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