Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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I Gave My AI Girlfriend a Boyfriend — and the Bot Felt More Real
Every AI companion app builds characters whose entire universe is the user. I broke that pattern — Suzune's characters have boyfriends, husbands, and crushes the user can't touch. Here's why a little jealousy makes the bot feel alive.
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I Deleted the Relationship Progression System From My AI Bot. The Conversations Got Better.
Every AI girlfriend app ships with affinity bars, milestone unlocks, and relationship arcs. I designed all of that for Suzune — then ripped it out before it shipped. Here's why static relationships beat progressing ones.
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Stop Building AI Chatbots. Build Worlds Where Characters Live.
Every AI chatbot I've used works the same way: pick a character, start a chat. I'm tearing that out of Suzune and replacing it with a world simulator — characters who exist whether you talk to them or not. Here's the design.
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How I Split a 600-Line System Prompt Into 3 Files — and Why Compliance Jumped
After deleting half my AI bot's features, I still had a bloated system prompt. Splitting it into persona.md, rules.md, and nsfw.md — loaded selectively per context — lifted instruction compliance from ~65% to ~88%. Here's the architecture.
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3 Features I Built for My AI Bot — Then Deleted Every One of Them
I spent months building GM Directives, Proactive Messaging, and an ever-growing system prompt for Suzune. Then I deleted all three. Here's why killing them made the bot dramatically better.
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Why Anime Beats Photorealistic AI Art for Roleplay Bots (2026)
Updated:Anime AI art beat photorealistic on cost (5–7× cheaper per image), character consistency, and emotional expressiveness. 6 months of side-by-side data from building Suzune.
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Adding I2V Video Generation to AI Characters
How we added I2V to Suzune — provider comparison, prompt engineering for motion, and the two-step workflow that actually works.
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Shooting Styles for AI Character Photography
Same character, same outfit — completely different photo. A shooting style preset system that controls camera angle, lens, lighting, and mood independently.