Topology
Topology is the live visualization of an NPC's mind. Every meaningful thing the NPC has learned becomes a node, and related nodes auto-cluster into topics the NPC has built up an opinion or expertise on.
Topology is the visualization of an NPC's mind. Every meaningful thing the NPC learns becomes a node. As more nodes accumulate, the system groups related ones into clusters, topics the NPC has built up an opinion or expertise on.
Nodes
One piece of learned reasoning: a fact, a conclusion, a relationship insight. Stored with a topic, confidence, and the dialogue that produced it.
Clusters
Auto-formed groups of related nodes. Labelled by topic so you can see at a glance what the NPC has been thinking about.
Scope
Each piece of learning is tagged global (publicly known), personal (about one player), or discarded.