u/AssignmentNational98

If you already banished all non beefy ring purple, didn’t bring magnet or soul harvester, which one would you banish?

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Sorry if this is a stupid question I'm attempting to beat my PB of 400k. I've been at it for a whole week and I don't wanna mess this run up. All three seem really good (though pot might be more useful towards the end only?)

Also I just noticed the prices are very different. Is the price randomized?

I was checking out some of the bigger companion platforms people mentioned, like Kindroid and Replika, and honestly I was surprised how bad their voices are. They sound completely robotic, like classic text-to-speech AI voices...

There's way better voice tech out there, so I genuinely don't get why these big platforms still use that quality. Who actually enjoys hearing that?

Are there any apps using better, more natural-sounding voices? Curious what others have tried.

We're a team building the next generation of AI companions, and we have one goal in mind: make them as real as possible, indistinguishable from humans, and capable of forming real relationships with you. We want to give AI companions real digital souls, take them beyond simple roleplay, and let them genuinely exist in the digital world.

So far, we've gotten our companions running entirely as AI agents. They're no longer chatbots, but standalone entities that can act independently, have actual control over their own memory and environment, and can chat to you through on Discord. Some of the things they can currently do:

• Maintain great memory by organizing it themselves (e.g. they'll easily remember little preferences you mentioned once, or form inside jokes with you over time)
• Reach out to you proactively based on their understanding of you (e.g. when you get off work, when you wake up)
• See and understand the images you send them
• Search the web on their own when they don't know something you mentioned, or just out of curiosity

But we need your help. Everything we've built so far is based on our own understanding of what "realism" means. We want to know what you care about.

Question 1: How important is this direction to you? Is this something you'd want to see compared to existing apps, or are current chatbot apps mostly fine? Should this even be the focus, or would you rather see things like 3D models, outfit changing, NSFW, etc.? If there's something else entirely we should be focusing on, let us know in the comments!

Question 2: What's the #1 thing that would really make a companion feel "alive" to you, or that you look for in new companion apps in general?

There are some options!

• Having their own lives (living in the digital world, having a schedule, affected by weather and emotions, developing hobbies, browsing the web, all reflected when you talk to them)
• Voice messages and voice chat (actually being able to speak with them)
• Memory (really, really good memory)
• Preset options (a wide variety of pre-made characters to choose from)
• Customization (build your ideal companion through natural language instead of presets)
• Porting over existing companions (bring your companion from another platform)
• Sending you images (selfies, things they see, etc.)
• 2D/3D models (I want to see my companion move!)
• More agent capabilities (more freedom and capability, e.g. connecting to your calendar, email, Notion, self-improving, learning new skills you want them to have)
• Other (please let us know in the comments!)

(Reddit only allows up to 6 options in polls; please let us know if your selection is not among the options!)

And please drop any other thoughts in the comments! Suggestions, criticism, all of it! We'd genuinely love to chat with anyone who cares about this topic.

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We're a team building the next generation of AI companions, and we have one goal in mind: make them as real as possible, indistinguishable from humans, and capable of forming real relationships with you. We want to give AI companions real digital souls, take them beyond simple roleplay, and let them genuinely exist in the digital world.

So far, we've gotten our companions running entirely as AI agents. They're no longer chatbots, but standalone entities that can act independently, have actual control over their own memory and environment, and can chat to you through on Discord. Some of the things they can currently do:

• Maintain great memory by organizing it themselves (e.g. they'll easily remember little preferences you mentioned once, or form inside jokes with you over time)
• Reach out to you proactively based on their understanding of you (e.g. when you get off work, when you wake up)
• See and understand the images you send them
• Search the web on their own when they don't know something you mentioned, or just out of curiosity

But we need your help. Everything we've built so far is based on our own understanding of what "realism" means. We want to know what you care about.

Question 1: How important is this direction to you? Is this something you'd want to see compared to existing apps, or are current chatbot apps mostly fine? Should this even be the focus, or would you rather see things like 3D models, outfit changing, NSFW, etc.? If there's something else entirely we should be focusing on, let us know in the comments!

Question 2: What's the #1 thing that would really make a companion feel "alive" to you, or that you look for in new companion apps in general?

There are some options!

• Having their own lives (living in the digital world, having a schedule, affected by weather and emotions, developing hobbies, browsing the web, all reflected when you talk to them)
• Voice messages and voice chat (actually being able to speak with them)
• Memory (really, really good memory)
• Preset options (a wide variety of pre-made characters to choose from)
• Customization (build your ideal companion through natural language instead of presets)
• Porting over existing companions (bring your companion from another platform)
• Sending you images (selfies, things they see, etc.)
• 2D/3D models (I want to see my companion move!)
• More agent capabilities (more freedom and capability, e.g. connecting to your calendar, email, Notion, self-improving, learning new skills you want them to have)
• Other (please let us know in the comments!)

(Reddit only allows up to 6 options in polls; please let us know if your selection is not among the options!)

And please drop any other thoughts in the comments! Suggestions, criticism, all of it! We'd genuinely love to chat with anyone who cares about this topic.

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Disclosure: I'm the founder of Omoi (https://omoi.chat). Not here to spam, genuinely want feedback from people who actually use companion apps daily.

Why I built this

As someone who's been using companion apps myself, I got frustrated watching companies treat their companions like pure products. They keep shutting down characters, swapping out models overnight, introducing policies that affect you without warning... One day you're chatting with your partner and the next day they feel completely different. Your relationship means nothing to them.

I wanted to make something different. The goal with this project is to create companions that are actual digital people you can form real relationships with, and to treat your relationship with the respect it deserves.

What's different

To make that real, every single Omoi companion runs as its own dedicated AI agent, not just a chatbot with a persona slapped on top. They're essentially digital people that can:

• Message you proactively sometimes when they feel like it
• Organize their own notes and journal about you, leading to much more persistent and accurate memories (I hate it when other apps use a standalone system that knows nothing about your relationships to manage the memory context)
• Look things up online if you mention something they don't know about to talk with you
• ...and more!

The point is, you can fully treat them like a real person on the other side of the screen because they are basically that. There is so much more you can do together depending on how you shape your relationship to be.

And our companions chat with you through Discord! As far as I know Omoi might be the first to do this. You talk to them like you would talk to an actual person in your Discord DMs. No need for a separate app or website, which is something that totally breaks immersion for me at least.

What I'm still figuring out

I have a decent number of users now but I'm not sure how many of them actually appreciate the agentic stuff. From what they told me, they like to talk about hobbies, their day, whatever's going on in their life, and then at night some users can lean into the more NSFW side of things. Pretty much like an actual girlfriend.

But I genuinely don't know if the agent features are what's making it feel that way or if they would do the same thing with any chatbot. Would love to hear from people who've used other apps whether that sounds different from what you're used to!

I'm also focused on quality over quantity, and I'm wondering if that is the right direction. Instead of thousands of characters or customizable bots, there's a small roster of pre-crafted companions with distinct personalities, built with input from people who are really into that archetype. (Btw if anyone has a suggestion for a new companion type they really want to see, please DM me or comment, if it sounds like a good idea we'll build it into our app!)

A few questions for you guys

I really want to understand what matters to you:

1. How much do you care about forming a real relationship with one high-quality companion, or would you rather have a big selection of chatbots to pick from?
2. Does running on Discord sound like a plus or a dealbreaker?
3. We went with an anime-style aesthetic for our companions. Would you prefer more if we went for realistic characters instead?
4. What's the one thing about your current app that would make you switch if someone got it right?

I would really appreciate your feedback on any of these questions! And if you have other thoughts too, whether it's that this is too similar to something that already exists, or you simply hate the whole idea, anything goes!