All About Story Cards

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What Are Story Cards?

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The AI only consults Story Cards when they become relevant. Their relevance is determined by keywords called Triggers. Story Cards only go into context when their Triggers occur in the input or output, and they stay activated for a variable period depending on your context size.

Story cards also used to be called ‘World Info’.

When Should I Use Story Cards?

You don't have to use Story Cards to enjoy AI Dungeon; they're optional. But if you're willing to take the time to add Story Cards to your Scenarios and Adventures, they can help the AI maintain consistency and add depth to your story. How you use this powerful tool is up to you, but here are some suggestions:

Capturing Elements

As you play, you might encounter something intriguing in your story: a character, a place, an idea. If you want the AI to remember everything about this element after it scrolls out of the context window, you can create a Story Card for it, manually entering what you think is important for the AI to know the next time it comes up.

Fleshing Out Elements

The AI might mention a person or place without providing much detail. If you want to expand on this element, one way is to create a Story Card for it. You can either write the details yourself or use the Story Card Generator to help you. That way, the AI will have more to go on when writing about the newly detailed element.

Preliminary World-Building

Before you start playing, you might want to set up a story world filled with places, people, things, and concepts to use in your Adventure. Story Cards allow you to create this framework, ensuring the AI has access to your custom world-building.

By using Story Cards effectively, you can create more immersive and coherent narratives in which the AI can call up information at just the right time. However, while using Story Cards at a basic level is easy, mastering them takes time.

How Story Cards Work

Anatomy of a Story Card

Story Card Management

Best Practices for Using Story Cards

How to Generate Story Cards

Best Practices for Story Card Generation

Troubleshooting and FAQs

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