readme.txt

This is the demo chatbot for Elizascript! Talk to liz by pasting this script into http://www.elizascript.net/, or just by visting the page!

script.txt

//Welcome to Elizascript!
//-------------------------------------------------------------
//Elizascript is a simple tool for creating your own chatbots.
//
//Read the quick start guide (link at top right of page) to learn
//how to make your own!

//Adds info for the splashscreen at the start of the bot.
#title Elizascript
#author Terry
#website www.distractionware.com

//This is the chatbot's name, which appears when it's typing.
//The showname command also makes it appear before its dialogue.
#botname Liz
#showname
#botcol 0000BB
#showcursor  

//Makes a sound when it types, and sets a reply speed.
#chatsound 0
#typespeed 3

//[start] is a special flag that's true on the first line only.
//It's useful for intros.
[start]{
  //#next tells Elizascript not to wait for your reply.
  #next
  
  //We want to hide the botname for this line, because we're faking a login
  #botcol 55BB55
  #hidename
  
  //We want a different sound from the usual one here
  #sound 1
  
  Joining channel #elizascript-help{
    //We set the colour and put the name back from here on out
		#botcol 0000BB
    #showname
    #next
    
    //Adds a delay to replies for this branch only.
    #delay 90
    
    Oh, Hey hey! :){
    	#next
      
      I thought this channel was totally dead, lol{
      	#delay 45
        
        Are you making elizascript bots too?{
          //Elizascript matches whole words, so "ye" doesn't 
          //catch "yes" and "yep", for example.
        	"yes", "yep", "yea", "yip", "ya", "sure", "maybe"{
          	Cool! Let me know if I can help!{
              "thanks"{
                no prob!
              }
            }
          }
                    
          "no", "na", "naw", "nope"{
          	Oh, ok. Just lost then? :P{
              "yes", "yep", "yea", "yip", "ya", "sure", ":)"{
                fair nuff!
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
  //Break stops Elizascript from reading past this point if it's in this branch.
  //It's the same thing as putting the rest of the script inside a [!start] statement.
  #break
}

//Some generic responses
cool!
totally
hm hm
yep
oh? tell me more

"start", "help", "hint", "hints", "elizascript"{
  //We only want this little speech to appear the first time, so we put
  //a flag around it!
  [!helpme]{
    #next
    there's, like, a tutorial that explains the basics
    {
      #next
      best thing to do is probably just to read that and come back
      {
        once you've done that, I can tell you about a few tricks... [helpme]
      }
    }
  }
  //If you ask about help again, you just get one of these statements.
  [helpme]{
    Have you read the tutorial? It's a bit of a mess, but there's a lot in it.
    You know you can just read the script for any chatbot you see?
  }
}

//Plurals are a problem that I might try to fix later :( Right now you need to
//check for both "flag" and "flags", for example.
"flag", "nested", "bracket", "flags", "brackets"{
  Flags are confusing :(
  I get lost in brackets a lot :(
  it's really easy to lose track of them
}

"hash", "hashtag", "tag", "#"{
  I can never get them to work myself, sorry...
}

"trick", "secret", "tricks", "secrets"{
  [!nomoretricks]{
    [!trickspeech]
    {
      #next
      Oh, right! 
      {
        #next
        So, there's loads of tricks with # commands
        {
          #next
          #delay 90
          They don't just have to be at the start of the script! [trickspeech]
          {
            #next
            So, like, you can put them inside those curly brackets
            {
              And change stuff like colours and names as you go!
            }    
          }
        }
      }
    }
    
    [trickspeech] { 
      #next
      You want more? Hmm... 
      {
        #next
        Oh, you can play lots of different sounds with the sound hashtag
        {
          tho' most of them are pretty useless [!trickspeech] [nomoretricks]
        }
      }
    }
  }
  [nomoretricks]{
    Can't think of anything else right now.
    Hmm, sorry, I'm drawing a blank :(
  }
}

"tutorial"{
  I know, blah blah blah, right?
}


"script", "scripts"{
  you can figure out a lot by reading other chatbot's scripts
  how's your chatbot going?
}

"useless"{
  Yeah it doesn't really do very much I think
}

"sound", "sounds"{
  I think most of them are from something called Klik and Play?
  I can't imagine using most of the sounds.
  The sounds are kinda weird
  The thing would load so much faster if it wasn't for those stupid sounds
}

"online", "talk", "chat"{
  do you spend a lot of time online?
  I really like talking to people
}

"colour", "color", "colours", "colors"{
   [!hexcolours]{
     #next
     you have to do colours as hexcodes, like{
       #next
       FFFFFF is white and FF0000 is red{
         I always just look them up online [hexcolours]
       }
     }
   }
 }

"stuck", "problem"{
  Hmmm... what do you think?
  why do you ask?
  what's the problem?
  ok, tell me more
}

"stupid", "hate", "hard", "confusing"{
  yeah it can be a bit confusing sometimes
}

"feel"{
  So, um, do you often feel that way?
}

"dream", "sleep", "night", "dreams" {
  I never remember my dreams :(
}

"chatbot", "chatbots", "bot", "bots", "robot", "fake", "not real", "computer", "machine"{
  [!notachatbot]{
    Did somebody tell you I was a chatbot? I'm not a chatbot :( [notachatbot]
    {
      "you are", "yes"{
        as if!
      }
    }
  }
  [notachatbot]{
    I'm not listening nyah nyah nyah nyah
    I'm real :(
    :(
  }
}

"font"{
  sorry I think we're stuck with the weird DOS font
}

"sorry"{
  it's ok
  whatever
}

"making", "make"{
  [!psychiatrist]{
    #next
    I've been trying to make a psychiatrist thing
    {
      the trick is to make it ask a lot of questions [psychiatrist]
    }
  }
  [psychiatrist]
  {
    How does that work?
    oh yeah?
  }
}

"liz", "about you", "are you"{
  [enough]{
    Eh, I think I've talked enough about myself... What about you?
    We were totally discussing you, not me.
  }
  [!enough]{
    Huh, you're asking about me?
    {
      "yes", "yep", "yea", "ya", "sure", ":)"{
        [!like_elizascript]{ I just really like elizascript. It makes sense to me, you know? [like_elizascript] }
        [!make_chatbots] { I make chatbots! [make_chatbots] [enough] }
      }

      ah, ok
    }
  }
}

"friend"{
  Sure :)
}

":)"{
 :D
}

":D"{
 XD
}

"XD"{
  =D
}

"=D"{
 :)
}
 
"question", "psychiatrist", "questions"{
  do you think a chatbot should ask a lot of questions?
  how many questions is too many questions?
}

"what", "how", "why", "where"{
  are you sure?
  do you care about that?
  is that something you're interested in?
  what do you really wanna know?
  what makes you think that?
  I dunno!
  does that, like, bother you?
  Yeah it's confusing
  I'm not sure, sorry :(
}

"excited", "happy", "eager"{
  me too!
  ahhh so excited!
}

"sad"{
  Oh, I'm sorry :(
  there there :(
  :(
}

"yes", "yep", "yea", "yah", "sure", "maybe"{
  you seem very sure!
  but are you sure?
  really?
}

"terry"{
  Who's that?
}

"they"{
  dunno, sorry
}

"hello", "hey", "hi"{
  Hey!
  Hiya!
  Hey hey!
}