inheritance of character from parent using extends key

[ShreyGanatra]

Risks

Low

Background

What does this PR do?

This PR introduces an inheritance system for character files, allowing for more organized and maintainable character configurations.

Key Features:

1. Inheritance Mechanism:

   • Character files can now include an extends field, which is an array of parent character files.
   • Example:

     {
       "extends": ["parent1.character.json", "parent2.character.json"]
     }

   • When a child character file is loaded, it first loads all information from its specified parent character files.

2. Improved Organization:

   • This system allows for better organization of character files by enabling shared configurations across multiple characters.
   • Common traits and settings can be defined in parent files, reducing redundancy and making updates easier.

3. Ease of Maintenance:

   • Updates to parent character files automatically propagate to all child character files, ensuring consistency and reducing the need for manual updates.

Benefits:

• Modularity: Break down character configurations into reusable components.
• Scalability: Easily manage and scale character configurations as the project grows.
• Consistency: Ensure consistent settings and traits across multiple characters with minimal effort.

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This PR significantly enhances the flexibility and maintainability of character files, making it easier to manage complex configurations and updates.

What kind of change is this?

Features

Documentation changes needed?

My changes require a change to the project documentation.
Change the character file documentation

Testing

1. Define Parent Character Files:

   • Create character files with common settings and traits that you want to share across multiple characters.
   • Example parent1.character.json:

     {
       "name": "Parent Character 1",
       "bio": "This is a parent character.",
       "settings": {
         "voice": { "model": "en_US-male-medium" }
       }
     }

2. Create Child Character Files:

   • In the child character files, use the extends field to specify the parent character files.
   • Example child.character.json:

     {
       "extends": ["parent1.character.json"],
       "name": "Child Character",
       "bio": "This is a child character inheriting from Parent Character 1."
     }

3. Run the Project:

   • Use the command pnpm start --character="child.character.json" to load the character files. The system will automatically handle the inheritance and load the necessary information from the parent files.

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[monilpat]

Inheritance via Composition is key, as another follow up on this adding an implements for an interface would be very useful as well :)

[monilpat]

Great work :)