Ideal Dragon shared a couple of videos on the Ultima 8: Exult project discussion channel at the Ultima Dragons Discord server recently, demonstrating a new feature that he and another team member, Stardrop, have been working on: Elder Scrolls-style generative dialogue between NPCs:

Our team member Stardrop devised the idea, which I have now implemented in a working fashion.

Elder Scrolls-style radiant dialog. Yes, that’s right. In Ultima 7. NPCs can now notice if there’s other NPCs nearby, say hello, chat a bit, then say goodbye.

I implemented it in Black Gate to play around with it just to test it out, so that’s why the videos are in Britannia.

Yes, videos

You can see one example video above; the other can be seen on the project’s Discord channel.