Announcement - Bot Updates Inbound

I have come to make an announcement!

Hi.

It's been about 10 months since I released my first bot. Sakura - I Want To Be Your Doll.

What started as 'I wonder if the LLM can actually handle this' has bloomed into infrequent and spontaneous creation fits that has led to my current library of 11 bots. Weird ideas. A pair of 'collections' that I still plan some day to finish. Experiments in "Can the LLM do 'x'?". Inexperienced, experimental, built on the foundation of tips and tricks given to me by more experienced creators who were eager to help me build out my bizarre concepts.

Now, I've started utilizing new tools to point out flaws in my old projects and help me develop new ones. I've started learning comfy-ui for image generation. I've started consulting friends and LLM's to find weak points and underdeveloped or unrealized areas in my prompts. Things that give me the potential to deliver better and more varied experiences.

As a result, I've grown displeased with my current bots. Not that they aren't fun! I've been blown away by the reception most of them have received!

But they could be BETTER, and y'all deserve that as much as I want to play that.

None of them are going away, but most if not all of them are due for a revision with both the knowledge and tools I've accumulated over my time doing this.

More intros, better intro messages, better character prompts, learning to use lorebooks on projects that should have them.

Atzi's first on the list, probably followed by Mimi, with the others to follow. Probably out of order but I'm hoping to get to everyone eventually. If you have a favorite you want to see given priority, let me know!

Token counts are going to go up, I won't sugar coat it. The end result however, I hope, will be worth it.

So expect a slow drip (probably) of bot updates. I've also got a new bot in the pipeline, but she needs a lot more work. Teaser: She's sweet, bee-eautiful, regal and intends to keep you bzzzy and all to herself whether you like it or not.

If you have any thoughts, suggestions, opinions or complaints about either my intentions, or about my existing catalogue, please reach out. Comments on this announcement, comments on the original bot, track me down on discord, whatever. I welcome feedback, whether it's praise, criticism or whatever else.

Thank you for your time, your attention, your follows and your likes. I build mostly because I either want to play something, or want to realize a concept. I'm not here for fame, or numbers, or metrics, but I look at and appreciate it very much all the same. I didn't expect to get the numbers I'm currently getting, but it makes me want to do better for y'all.

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