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# [Designing a Branching Boss Encounter: Combat vs. Real-Time Negotiation Against Voldrak in V.E.T.O.R — A Ruptura](https://vetorgames.hashnode.dev/designing-a-branching-boss-encounter-combat-vs-real-time-negotiation-against-voldrak-in-v-e-t-o-r-a-ruptura?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In most action-RPG boss encounters, talking to an enemy is a pre-fight cutscene. In V.E.T.O.R — A Ruptura, we wanted dialogue and combat to share the same live state machine. Watch the full unscripted

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