2026 is halfway over! If there’s a story in your head that you want to make into a game in the second half, the Dialogue System for Unity is 50% off on the #UnityAssetStore. Here are some Dialogue System-powered games to inspire you. assetstore.unity.com/publishers/4... #unity #gamedev

Quest Machine tip: One menu click migrates a quest's text into a text table where you can add translations using CSV (Excel/Google Sheets), Localization Package or i2 Localization. (Quest Machine is 50% off but Unity's Spring Sale ends soon: u3d.as/hgM) #unity #gamedev

Dialogue System tip: Recording voice actors? Database Stats shows how many conversations & words each actor has in each language. Very useful for budgeting & planning! (The Dialogue System is 50% off for a few more days: u3d.as/5C5) #unity

Dialogue System tip: Want to test the flow of a conversation without having to enter play mode? Use the Dialogue Editor's edit-time Play feature. (The Dialogue System for Unity is 50% off in the #Unity Asset Store Spring Sale: u3d.as/5C5) #gamedev

Quest Machine tip: Want different quest giver NPCs to use different UIs? Assign an override UI to the Quest Dialogue UI field. u3d.as/hgM #unity #gamedev

Quest Machine tip: You don't have to waste time playing through early quest nodes to test later nodes. Right-click at runtime and set whatever states you want to test. Quest Machine is 50% off in the #Unity Spring Sale: u3d.as/hgM #gamedev

You can also alternate speakers:

Dialogue System tip: Don't want to create nodes manually? Use pipe characters in your text & auto split into nodes. Or import from 10+ formats (articy, Arcweave, Yarn, etc). Reminder: 50% off in the #UnityAssetStore Sale. u3d.as/5C5 #unity

Looking forward to the IGDA Game Writing SIG's Write Club tomorrow at GDC! Pixel Crushers is a sponsor! #gdc #gamedev

Pixel Crushers is a sponsor of the IGDA Game Writing SIG's Write Club at GDC! Info about Write Club and other Writing SIG @ GDC events here: www.game-writing.com/posts/gdc-20... #gamedev #GDC2026

Happy Holidays! Pixel Crushers assets including the Dialogue System for Unity, Quest Machine & Love/Hate are 50% off in the Unity Asset Store New Year Sale! assetstore.unity.com/publishers/4... #unity #gamedev

Had a great time at Game Your Future 2025! Here's a pre-opening (pre-crowd crush) pic of the booth plus Michaela Frank on storyboarding, Rich Dansky on game writing & Far Owl Studios at the pitch competition. It was great to chat with so many studios using Pixel Crushers assets, too!

Pixel Crushers is at Game Your Future 2025 this weekend! Managed to snap a pre-open pic (currently showing Secret of Weepstone in showcase reel!) before crowds got insane. Passes are available at the door, great speakers lined up today & tomorrow. www.game4good.gg/game-your-fu... #indiedev #gamedev

Visit the Pixel Crushers booth at the Game Your Future Conference next week! GDC 2026's base pass is $649 (early bird price!). A Game Your Future Conference pass is only $39 with code IMWITHTHESPEAKER. Check out the talks here: www.game4good.gg/conference-s... #gamedev

Love/Hate (on sale on the Unity Asset Store) provides detailed visibility to let you know what's going on in your NPCs' heads. assetstore.unity.com/packages/too... #unity #gamedev

I’m speaking at #GameYourFuture 2025! Join me Nov 14–16 at the Baltimore Convention Center for roundtables "Tools Dev for Indie Games" & "Freelancing for Indies". 🎟️ Tickets → game4good.gg/game-your-future-conference #Game4Good #GamingConference #Esports #GameDev

Tip: Use Outline Mode to quickly reorder/rename/mass delete conversations or see/edit lines in compact Bioware-style outline format. The Dialogue System for Unity is 50% off in the #UnityAssetStore Summer Sale. u3d.as/5C5 #gamedev

Tip: Make any type of quest you can imagine in Quest Machine's node editor. But you don't have to manually create every node. The Wizard menu has shortcuts to automatically set up parts of quests. 50% off in the #UnityAssetStore Summer Sale. u3d.as/hgM #gamedev

The Database Stats section is neat to look at, too. Get word counts, quest counts & more.

Random useful tip time! The Dialogue System for Unity's Check For Issues section can report missing voiceover audio, orphan nodes that aren't linked from anywhere & more useful info. 50% off in the #UnityAssetStore Summer Sale. u3d.as/5C5 #unity #unity3d #AssetStore

Last few hours of the Pixel Crushers Publisher of the Week sale on the #UnityAssetStore! Dialogue System, Quest Machine & all other assets are 50% off. Remember to use code PIXELCRUSHERS to get Love/Hate for free. assetstore.unity.com/publisher-sale #unity #gamedev

Some of the many games made with Pixel Crushers assets such as the Dialogue System for Unity & Quest Machine. Both are 50% off in the #UnityAssetStore sale as well as the DS OpenAI/Ollama Addon. u3d.as/5C5 u3d.as/hgM #unity #unity3d #AssetStore

Use Dialogue System Events or the corresponding script methods to do things when conversations start, show a line, end, etc. Useful for debugging (see ConversationLogger.cs) & for extra text processing before showing a line of dialogue. The Dialogue System is 50% off. u3d.as/5C5 #unity #gamedev

The Dialogue System provides lots of debugging help. Conversation not starting? Triggers show the result of the last Conditions check. Reminder: Dialogue System & Quest Machine are 50% off on the #UnityAssetStore. u3d.as/5C5 #gamedev

Tip: Right-click on a node at runtime to change its state.

Quest Machine also has lots of ways to test/debug quests. One is the live runtime node view. I'll cover others over the next few days. Quest Machine & the Dialogue System for Unity are 50% off on the #UnityAssetStore u3d.as/hgM #unity #gamedev

The Dialogue System for Unity has lots of ways to test/debug dialogue. One is the live runtime node view. I'll cover others over the next few days. The Dialogue System & Quest Machine are 50% off on the #UnityAssetStore. u3d.as/5C5 #unity #gamedev

Advanced Tip 1: Export Language Text for a list of characters your fonts need to support in each language. Tip 2: Use the Check For Issues section to ensure all lines have voiceover audio, there are no orphan nodes, etc.

Intermediate Tip: Use the Templates section to add custom fields to different asset types in your dialogue database. You can even define your own field types.

Final round of daily Dialogue System for Unity tips for now. New User Tip: Select Play... in the Dialogue Editor window to quickly get a feeling for how your dialogue reads.