Character Customization

Learn how to refine your AI character’s personality, appearance, knowledge, and behavior to create consistent and engaging interactions.

Introduction

The Character Customization section in Convai Playground is where you transform a basic AI character into a fully realized persona. Here, you’ll define how your character looks, speaks, thinks, remembers, and responds, ensuring a unique and immersive experience for your users. Each page in this section focuses on a specific customization area, allowing you to work step-by-step or revisit any aspect at any time.

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Core Customization Areas

1. Character Description Define your character’s backstory, personality, and speaking style — the foundation of its identity. Continue to: Character Description

2. Avatar Section Open Avatar Studio to design your character’s visual appearance and configure its Avatar Studio Experience, including environment, animations, outfits, lighting, camera angles, and more. Continue to: Avatar Section

3. Language And Speech Configure the language, voice, and tone your character uses for communication. Continue to: Language And Speech

4. Knowledge Bank Provide your character with information and reference materials to answer questions and maintain context. Continue to: Knowledge Bank

5. Personality Traits Adjust behavioral sliders to shape your character’s mannerisms, confidence, empathy, and other interaction styles. Continue to: Personality Traits

6. Core AI Settings Fine-tune advanced AI parameters to influence decision-making, creativity, and responsiveness. Continue to: Core AI Settings

7. State of Mind Define temporary or situational mindsets that influence how your character reacts in specific contexts. Continue to: State of Mind

8. Memory Review your character’s past conversations or enable Long Term Memory to allow recall across sessions. Continue to: Memory

9. Narrative Design Create structured narratives or guided interaction flows for your character to follow. Continue to: Narrative Design

10. External API Connect your character to external systems or APIs to retrieve live data or perform actions. Continue to: External API

11. Publish Share your character with others or embed it into your website. Continue to: Publish

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Best Practices

• Start with core identity settings (Character Description, Language and Speech) before moving to advanced customization.

• Use Update frequently to save progress and avoid losing changes.

• Test your character regularly to ensure each customization change has the desired effect.

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Next Step

Begin with Character Description to establish the personality and tone of your AI character before moving on to appearance, speech, and advanced behaviors.