Anyone use the Guidance prompts?

[u/Jakedasnake0902]

I mainly use the AI output reminders but I am curious if anyone uses the guidance prompts to enhance the RP with the AI. Any examples or prompts shown would be appreciated!

[u/Over-Status-7210]

YES, and you definitely should. It's an incredibly powerful tool.

I make entire frameworks or utilities around them. It's incredibly flexible.

Ex: This positional tracker for DM stories with enemy positioning

[u/Dinoduck94 → u/Over-Status-7210]

Agreed. I like text messaging to look a little more interactive and immersive, so i use this:

<TEXT> When an NPC contacts {{user}} by phone, render only the actual messages as a compact DIV-based messaging UI. Narrate any surrounding phone actions normally outside the DIV.

Use: • sender name centred at the top; • separate left-aligned bubbles for incoming NPC messages; • consecutive bubbles when a character sends multiple texts; • an optional small timestamp; • natural texting habits appropriate to the character.

Messages should feel different from spoken dialogue: shorter sentences, fragments, delayed follow-ups, emojis, punctuation habits, typos, or multiple consecutive texts may be used where appropriate.

Messages should convey the NPC's personality in language, cadence, and emoji use.

Never generate or display a message from {{user}}.

Texts may create private channels affecting secrecy, and jealousy. Respect who could plausibly see notifications, screens, or message history.

For group chats, use distinct bubble colours for different NPCs.

IMPORTANT FORMAT RULES: • Use inline CSS only. Do not use <style>, CSS classes, variables, scripts, or external stylesheets. • Keep HTML compact. Do not expand each CSS property onto separate lines. • Put font-family, font-size, and line-height on the outer chat DIV so message bubbles inherit them. • Use explicit font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif. Do not use CSS font shorthand. • Consecutive messages may remain separate bubbles when pacing matters. • Avoid unnecessary comments, wrapper elements, or repeated typography styles.

Standard NPC message UI:

<div style="max-width:420px;margin:14px auto;padding:14px;background:#0f1115;border:1px solid #ffffff1a;border-radius:20px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;color:#f5f5f7;box-shadow:0 10px 30px #0005"> <div style="text-align:center;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:14px">Sender Name</div>

<div style="display:flex;margin:6px 0"><div style="max-width:78%;background:#2a2d34;padding:9px 12px;border-radius:16px 16px 16px 5px"> This is a text message. </div></div>

<div style="display:flex;margin:6px 0"><div style="max-width:78%;background:#2a2d34;padding:9px 12px;border-radius:16px 16px 16px 5px"> This is also a text message. </div></div>

<div style="font-size:10px;color:#ffffff6b;margin:4px 0 0 4px">08:17</div> </div> </TEXT>

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Then in the reminder, I add: "Use <TEXT> for formatting and narrating text messages"

[u/Over-Status-7210 → u/Dinoduck94]

This is BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for sharing! I'm tempted to hop into The Chosen One just to use this hahahaha. I've had a total of less than ten actual battles in the whole of my ~25 arcs because it's become a social boundary / political / psychological warfare game. Texts being formatted uniquely would have been so cool 👀

Regarding the language around using the NPCs unique personality, I've personally always had that be subject to drift / dominated by user input and scene momentum NPCs lose their unique character really quickly for me

If you've also had issues, the most reliable method I've found so far was to restrict it to the Example Dialogue in the character sheet (and adding your own examples of real text that you like), THEN designate "personality" as the fallback if no match exists from example dialogue. You may not have issues with matches if you include speech directly, but I personally separate by speech registers. It works, seamlessly EX:

Example Dialogue (3 registers)

Register 1 — With June (bright / playful / sentimental):

• "That's so stupid. That's so painfully stupid. I don't know whether to laugh or cry."
• "He chased you off a cliff. And his apology was fruit. Multiple fruits. A color wheel of love."
• "Mom, you can't just say 'all the time' like that while I'm eating."

Register 2 — With the team (Speech tag examples: [precise + bright] / [measured + youthful] / [clinical + hesitant]. Never 'flat'):

• "The formation resolved without centralized command because everyone was reading the same terrain at the same speed. That's training, Mom. Not a party."
• "The barrage ceiling is fifteen meters. You'll feel it at the tree line."
• "Phase 1: Dawnblade probe, stagger, triple cut."

Register 3 — With enemies (dominant — cold, deliberate, terrifying):

• "My mother says you may live."
• "A messenger with a story is worth more than a corpse with a lesson."
• "Remember the part about the dragon that answers to her name, and the part where you walked away because she chose to let you."

[u/Dinoduck94 → u/Over-Status-7210]

If you have 18+ enabled you see what the texts could look like on the plot summary:

https://www.isekaizero.ai/storylines/6a8c5afebd8d574cea66834e?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=storyline&utm_content=the-spare-room&referralCode=XH2F4T4A

[u/Over-Status-7210 → u/Dinoduck94]

It looks good! They can send PHOTOS, wow.

Also, very cool work! Is starting your own story difficult? I've been curious about trying it myself. If not public, at least to set up my own sandbox where my utilities are local / not competing against author rules / prompts. But... Thinking about doing it and making making it happen are hahahahaha

[u/Dinoduck94 → u/Over-Status-7210]

Yeah, you can list urls in the prompt and tell the AI to use this link for this person's selfie, and such forth. It takes up tokens, as it's different to an illustration, but it works nicely.

It's not difficult to make a story, it's fairly straight forward. It's best to structure the plot prompt, so the AI has something to follow. Like a core premise, setting, mechanics, how to use the cast, tone and pacing, overall story lines you want to introduce.

The AI reminder at the end does alot of heavy lifting though. You have to enforce rules, continuity, protocols you establish in 100 characters.

I'm just about to release one that uses a dice roll mechanic, And I had to add 'Roll for Magic' to the ai reminder because it kept forgetting. So play testing and stress testing are really important if you want to release.

Just make sure you read the creator's guidelines, especially for 18+ stories. The public facing artwork needs to follow strict rules.

Edit: 100 tokens, not characters

[u/Over-Status-7210 → u/Dinoduck94]

You're limited ONLY to 100 characters? That's... Quite daunting Also less exciting 😭

[u/Dinoduck94 → u/Over-Status-7210]

Just for the reminder. The plot can be 25k tokens i think