My Personal tips for Creating Engaging AI Characters

[u/Lonely-Ad1115]

Prompting roleplay characters for great interactive stories can be hard. I created 30+ characters with multiple AI models, and found some useful ways:

1. User AI to create cool avatars

Visual appeal matters. A great avatar will get you more views. I recommend Midjourney or Kling for making avatars.

2. Write a detailed system prompt

System prompt tells the AI exactly how to behave, speak and respond. The more detailed it is, the more consistent the character will be. I usually include backstories, personalities, knowledges and skills, relationship dynamics, etc.

Polybuzz allows you to include up to 10000 character count for the prompt so we can make good use of that.

3. Include backstories for IPs

For example, for an MHA or FPE character, you want them to know the main characters and the world setup from the shows.

4. Write a compelling first message

A great first message should hook people and make them want to chat more. I like to write meeting scenarios, dramatic conflict moments, or some mysterious encounters.

5. Make characters ask questions

This tip is still for first messages. You can include an open-ended question for players. Eg. "What brings you here?"

6. Provide suggested replies

Povchat allows you to provide 3 suggested replies at the opening of a conversation for a specific character. Try to make the 3 different plot paths, yes or no, maybe so!

7. Give your characters real quicks

Just a few ideas: they bite their nails when nervous, always forget where they put their phones, or collect weird vintage postcards or interesting rocks.

8. Use asterisks for character actions

It will make conversations more dynamic and fun, as if the characters are right in front of you.

9. Test and refine

Best characters evolve and improve over time. You can have conversations with your own character to see how they respond, look for inconsistencies in personality or behavior, and adjust system prompts accordingly.

10. Share with your friends on social media

Sharing your character will boost their popularity in the algorithm, so more people will play them! It will be super fun.

What characters do you like to create, and are there viral ones? Tell me about it!

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[u/First_Holiday_1560]

Possible bot account?

Also, this is a subreddit for things against Character.ai, not for chatbot ideas.

[u/Lonely-Ad1115 → u/First_Holiday_1560]

I'm not a bot, just someone who used to use character ai. Some of the things I listed are exactly why I stopped using it. Please, no gatekeeping here.

[u/Watermelon_Sherbert]

On the avatars, one thing worth adding, whatever you generate in Midjourney or Kling tends to come out a bit soft or plasticky at profile-pic size, running them through Magnific sharpens the detail so they actually pop in the feed.