Dealing with dialog actions in LUA

controls_dialog

local ActionKey =	display.newRect(controlGroup, DpadBack.x + 750, DpadBack.y - 37, 100, 100)

local function move( event )
	if event.phase == "ended" or event.phase == "cancelled" then
		movement = nil
    elseif player.talking then
    	return false;
	elseif event.target.id then
		movement = event.target.id
		player.lastMovement = event.target.id
	end
	return true
end

local function actionkey( event )
  
	if event.phase == "ended" then


		if player.talking then
			print('shutting player up')
			activeDialog.alpha		=	0
			activeDialog.isVisibile = 	false
			player.talking			=	false
			return true
		end

		local offsets = {}
		offsets.up 		=	{ x = 0, y = -1}
		offsets.down 	=	{ x = 0, y = 1}
		offsets.right 	=	{ x = 1, y = 0}
		offsets.left 	=	{ x = -1, y = 0}

		-- Check the block ahead of what our target is looking at (lastMovement)
		local tile_desciption = {
			level 	=	player.level, 
			locX 	= 	player.locX + offsets[player.lastMovement].x, 
			locY 	= 	player.locY + offsets[player.lastMovement].y
		}

		local objects = mte.getObject(tile_desciption)

		if objects then

			for key,value in pairs(objects[1].properties) do
				print('current')
				if key == "dialog" and not player.talking then
					print(serpent.block(value))
					activeDialog 			= 	display.newText(value, 200, 200, native.systemFont, 24)
					activeDialog.alpha		=	1
					player.talking 			= 	true
				end 

				if key == "rand_dialog" then
					local dialogs		=	json.decode(value)
					local randomIndex	=	math.random(1, #dialogs)

					activeDialog 			= 	display.newText(dialogs[randomIndex], 200, 200, native.systemFont, 24)
					activeDialog.alpha		=	1
					player.talking 			= 	true
					
					print(serpent.block(value))

				end
			end
		end
	end
end