Communication with in-game characters

A system coordinating reactions of a virtual character with script spoken by a player in any one of a video game or VR presentation, comprising:

• an internet-connected server executing software and streaming video games or presentations;
• an internet-connected computerized platform used by a player, the platform having a display, a command input interface, and a microphone;
• a player script and specific virtual character actions and responses on the computerized platform used by the player;
• a corresponding timeline for speaking the player script,
• wherein the specific virtual character actions and responses are associated with specific points in the timeline, the specific actions and responses of the virtual character are programmed to occur at the associated specific points in the timeline, the player script is displayed on the display of the computerized platform, the player is prompted to speak the player script, start and progress of a live audio stream of the player script is tracked through the timeline by at least one of starting a timer and monitoring the live audio stream of the spoken script, and the specific actions and responses of the virtual character are caused according to their programmed association with the specific points in the timeline.