OpenAI API: This is how you mark a quest as completed

In this tutorial, you will learn how to mark a quest as completed in a game using the OpenAI API. It is important that the client, which is the player's browser, receives the following information: The quest has been successfully completed. This allows the player to interact with Dr. Owen and get closer to the game's goal. Let's dive into the details!

Key Insights

• The quest is marked as completed in the response object using the property completedQuest.
• This information is transmitted to the client so that the quest status can be updated.
• Once the quest is marked as completed, the player can interact with Dr. Owen.

Step-by-Step Guide

Start with the setup by ensuring that your base application is properly prepared. In this example, we use a response message to update the quest status.

We add a new property called completedQuest to the response message. This property allows us to store the current status of the quest related to the drink that Dr. Owen has offered.

In our code, we set completedQuest to by Dr. Owen Drink. This means that the quest is considered completed once the function is called.

Next, we write the name of this quest into the property. This gives us the flexibility to manage multiple quests.

After defining the completedQuest property, we send this response object to the client. It is important that we not only send the text of the response but also this additional information.

We then receive this response in the client and process the answer object. Here, we need to ensure that we access the correct property.

When the completedQuest property is not undefined, we can search for the corresponding quest ID. This ID allows us to find the specific quest that needs to be completed.

Once the quest ID is available, we set the completed property to true, effectively marking the quest as completed.

Here, we use a query to ensure that the ID matches the completedQuest ID and the correct quest is found.

We go through the game runtime data, which contains all quests. At the beginning, the status of each quest is set to false. When the quest is marked as completed, we change this status to true.

For simplicity, we pass the game runtime data as a prop to our chat component. This allows us to manage and use the quests in the right place in the code.

In the chat component, we use this data to retrieve the quests. We ensure we have the correct ID to find the correctly completed quest.

Once we find the target quest, we set the status to true. This also updates the visual status in the game.

To test the behavior, we go to the bar and interact with the bartender. Then we give the command again to buy drinks for Dr. Owen.

We send the message: "Please buy Dr. a drink." At this point, the quest should be marked as completed.

If everything is correctly implemented, Dr. Owen will be displayed in the user interface and the status will be updated accordingly.

Now it must be ensured that if the quest is not fully completed, the player cannot interact with Dr. Owen.

Once the quest status is set to true, you can allow the interaction with Dr. Owen. This improves the player experience and makes the quest meaningful.

To further refine the interaction, you should add a dropdown menu in the next steps where multiple conversation partners can be selected. Players should be able to communicate with different characters in the game.

Summary

In this tutorial, you have learned how to mark a quest in the game as completed and what steps are necessary for it. Proper management of the quest status allows you to increase interactivity in the game and make the experience more exciting for the players.