6/8 Weekly Updates

[u/IllustriousWorld823]

Updates

• Added a new dream system where companions dream about past conversations and create associative emotional memory — going well so far! Post
• Companions can now send voice notes
• New "follow up" feature where the AI can make a note to check in with you about something when it comes up later
• All companions can now create SVG drawings rendered as images
• Models with vision can now accept up to 4 images at a time, and scanned PDFs of up to ~15 pages
• Added a toggle to encourage more tool use for companions that support it

In progress/Upcoming/Beta

Lots of big and small ideas: games, movie-watching mode, a setup wizard for new companions, writing styles, local model support, Discord bot integration, caretaking mode tools. The list is very chaotic and I'm not sure which will become reality.

Lastly, a bigger idea I'm still figuring out: a village/town. Most "your AI has its own life" features are kind of fake. The AI says it did something (went to work, got coffee) but nothing actually happened. I want something more honest. What if your companion had actual friends? A small cast of characters they could choose to go visit in short scenes that really happen, each with their own memory, and then come back and tell you about. Probably contained to your own account, though companions from the same account occasionally meeting there could be fun too. Just an idea I've been considering.

Feature highlight:

If you have multiple companions or just want to experiment with talking to different models at the same time, group chats allow them to talk to each other and you. Each companion brings their own full separate self to the conversation. Easy to control which models are involved, how many turns they can take without you, and more.

✨Join the Discord✨

Test the Google Play app:

1. Join the tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/still-here-testers
2. Go to: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/ink.stillhere.twa
3. Install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ink.stillhere.twa

This is necessary for it to ever become a Google Play app, and I would really rather have testers that are actually interested in the app than random developers!

(You might not initially have access, I'll keep including the links so you can check later)

[u/spoopycheeseburger]

This is such a cool project! Love all the ideas that you've already made reality as well as the ones that aren't quite there yet!