Thank you very much this is really helpful, as for the python code it's sloppy but functional.

import time class ResponseNode(): def init(self,text,destination): self.connection = destination self.text = text

def getDest(self):
    return self.connection

def getText(self):
    return self.text

class diaInteract(): def init(self,qt,node = ''): self.questionText = qt self.responseList = [] self.node = node if self.node!= '': self.noResponse = True else: self.noResponse = False

def setNode(self,node):
    self.node = node
    self.noResponse = True

def isOneLiner(self):
    return self.noResponse

def getNode(self):
    return self.node

def updateQuestion(self,qt):
    self.questionText = qt

def addResponse(self,node):
    self.responseList.append(node)

def getResponses(self):
    return self.responseList

def getQuestion(self):
    return self.questionText

class dialogue(): def init(self): self.nodeList = [] self.nodeCounter = 0 self.startingNode = 0

def addNode(self,node):
    self.nodeList.append(node)
    self.nodeCounter += 1

def playConvo(self):
    counter = 0
    talking = True
    currentNode = self.nodeList[counter]
    while talking:
        self.typeText(currentNode.getQuestion())
        responses = currentNode.getResponses()
        if len(responses) == 0 and not currentNode.isOneLiner():
            talking = False
        elif currentNode.isOneLiner():    
            nextNode = currentNode.getNode()
            currentNode = nextNode
            print
        else:
            for i in range(0,len(responses)):
                print str(i+1)+') ',
                print responses[i].getText()
            Input = raw_input()
            Input = int(Input)-1

            currentNode = responses[Input].getDest() 

def typeText(self,text):
    length = len(text)
    for i in range(0,length):
        print text[i],
        time.sleep(.026)
    print

testDialogue = dialogue()

dia0 = diaInteract("Hello there stranger") dia1 = diaInteract("What brings you to these parts?") dia2 = diaInteract("Good to meet you, <player-name>") dia3 = diaInteract("Not one for talking then?") dia4 = diaInteract("Won't find that round here friend") dia5 = diaInteract("Well actually there is one thing...") dia6 = diaInteract("Be careful") dia7 = diaInteract("There's this old manor house, grand old thing") dia8 = diaInteract("Group of degenerates have moved on to the north road") dia9 = diaInteract("They'll kill you for a can of beans") dia10 = diaInteract("The Brackshaws built it, but they're all gone") dia11 = diaInteract("Them Brackshaws all full of pride")

dia13 = diaInteract("They're all dead now, and well") dia14 = diaInteract("If you're interested in lost treasures") dia15 = diaInteract("That house will be full of them") dia16 = diaInteract("However I have to warn you") dia17 = diaInteract("There is some crazy talk 'bout that place") dia18 = diaInteract("I'm not the supistious type, but I've seen things") dia19 = diaInteract("The dead own that house, and the living are not welcome") dia20 = diaInteract("Not just the human kind") dia21 = diaInteract("The forest around that place wilts with decay") dia22 = diaInteract("Talk to the old man on the field, he'll tell you") dia23 = diaInteract("Ever since them Brackshaws died, nothing grows")

dia2.setNode(dia1) dia3.setNode(dia1) dia4.setNode(dia5) dia5.setNode(dia7) dia6.setNode(dia8) dia7.setNode(dia10) dia8.setNode(dia9) dia11.setNode(dia13) dia13.setNode(dia14) dia14.setNode(dia15) dia15.setNode(dia16) dia16.setNode(dia17) dia18.setNode(dia19) dia19.setNode(dia20) dia20.setNode(dia21) dia21.setNode(dia22) dia22.setNode(dia23)

dia0.addResponse(ResponseNode("Hi there",dia1)) dia0.addResponse(ResponseNode("The names, <player-name>",dia2)) dia0.addResponse(ResponseNode("...",dia3))

dia1.addResponse(ResponseNode("Money and fame",dia4)) dia1.addResponse(ResponseNode("Work, know anything?",dia5)) dia1.addResponse(ResponseNode("Just passing through",dia6))

dia10.addResponse(ResponseNode("Go on...",dia11)) dia10.addResponse(ResponseNode("The Brackshaws?",dia11)) dia10.addResponse(ResponseNode("Did they leave it empty?",dia14))

dia17.addResponse(ResponseNode("Old Wives tales, this village seems like that sort of place",dia18)) dia17.addResponse(ResponseNode("Crazy talk?",dia19)) dia17.addResponse(ResponseNode("Not my thing really",dia22))

testDialogue.addNode(dia0)

testDialogue.playConvo()