Tutorial · Task guide
Write Your First Character Card from Scratch—and Make It Fun to Chat With
Before you start
- Foreverse installed; fully manual creation needs no network and no model.
- A rough idea of the character: who they are, where they are right now, and what they want—one or two sentences is enough.
- For the test chat, a working text model (official sign-in or your own key).
Where to find it
Home > Characters > Create > Write it yourselfHome > + > Create characterCharacters > Character detail > Edit characterCharacters > Character detail > Start chat
Step-by-step
Start from the source panel
Open Characters → Create (or Home → + → Create character) and pick Write it yourself—local, free, works without a model. AI-assisted and from-novel options exist too, but writing the first card by hand teaches you what each field does. Drafts save automatically; tapping Create again resumes the last unfinished one.
Fill basics that anchor the character
Only the name is required. In the intro, skip adjective piles and write concrete facts: who they are, where they are right now, how they relate to you, what they currently want. 'A mysterious cold beauty' gives the model nothing; 'the night-shift clerk who noticed you buy the same oden at 2 a.m.' starts scenes on its own. Avatar is optional and stays on your device.
Write personality and relationships as facts, not vibes
State personality and scenario as observable facts. Speech habits—catchphrases, how they address people, sentence length—are better taught later through example dialogue than described here. Use {{user}} for the player and {{char}} for the character instead of hard-coding names.
Give the greeting a hook
A good first message is a scene already underway: a specific time and place, something the character is doing, and one detail the user can react to—a question, an object handed over, a sentence cut off. An empty greeting only triggers a warning and can still be saved, but the first chat will feel flat.
✓ Reading the greeting, you immediately know what to reply.
Lock the voice with example dialogue, then test and iterate
Write one to three {{user}}/{{char}} exchange pairs at the length and tone you want; the model imitates them without repeating them verbatim. Save—this creates the library master without starting a chat—then Start chat and send three to five varied messages: ask about their background, small-talk, push the plot. When something drifts, open Character detail → Edit character and change that one field. Edits to the library card only affect chats you start afterwards.
✓ The first replies keep the tone and length your examples demonstrated.
How to know it worked
- The card saves and shows real fields on the Characters page, not an empty shell.
- The greeting reads as a scene in progress with an obvious thing to respond to.
- The first few replies match the tone and length of your example dialogue.
- After editing a field, a freshly started chat clearly reflects the change.
Cost, data, and irreversible-risk notes
- Manual writing, avatar upload, and saving are free and need no network; the card stays on your device unless you explicitly publish it.
- AI suggestion (per field) and AI portrait are optional and bill per explicit tap—one text call for a suggestion or description expansion, one image call per portrait generation, with the cost shown near the button. Results only fill the editor; nothing is written until you save.
- Each test message is one text-model call: once sent, it is billed and the reply stays in the session. Deleting the card later does not refund calls. Iterate by editing fields, not by re-rolling the same reply—every regeneration bills again.
- The free tier caps how many character cards you can keep; deleting unused cards frees slots.
Troubleshooting
Replies are generic—every character sounds the same
Likely cause: The intro is adjective soup, so the model has no concrete facts to hold onto.
What to do: Replace 'gentle and mysterious' with three specific facts: their situation, their relationship to you, what they want right now. Rules that must hold every single turn belong in Advanced settings → System prompt.
The character speaks for you, or answers in walls of text
Likely cause: No example dialogue taught the format, or your examples are themselves long monologues.
What to do: Write examples at the exact length you want, with {{user}} and {{char}} each speaking only their own lines. In chat, the AI writing style setting can adjust length per session.
The character forgets its own settings after a few turns
Likely cause: A card carries identity and stable traits; new facts that emerge in play do not write themselves back into the card.
What to do: Move recurring facts into a worldbook entry. Trigger diagnosis lives in the fix-memory-and-worldbook guide; keep the card itself for what never changes.
Edited the card but the current chat did not change
Likely cause: Starting a chat copies the card into that chat world; library edits only affect chats started afterwards.
What to do: To change the ongoing chat, tap the avatar in the chat's top bar and edit that world's copy—or start a new session so the fresh copy picks up your edits.
Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum card that is worth saving?
A name, a few concrete sentences of intro, and one greeting with a hook. Save it, test it, and grow it from what the chat reveals—that beats polishing every field up front.
Should I write a worldbook first?
No. Start card-only. When a setting keeps coming up and deserves long-term memory, add a lorebook entry for it then.
Can I share the finished card?
Yes. Card detail exports a tavern-compatible PNG (avatar plus embedded data) or JSON, and you can publish to the Community after signing in—check the content rules first. The community guide covers how cards are reviewed on the other side.
Sources and verification
- Character Card Import spec · Foreverse · Verified
- Roleplay Chat guide · Foreverse · Verified
- Worldbook Runtime spec · Foreverse · Verified
- Task guide: import a character card and start chat · Foreverse · Verified
- Task guide: find, review, and import a community card · Foreverse · Verified
- Task guide: fix memory and worldbook · Foreverse · Verified
Coverage and verification
| Platform | Android roleplay |
|---|---|
| App version | v76+ |
| Path verified |