Go from zero to a published character in under a minute.
The fastest way to learn is by doing. Open the character creation screen and you'll see four fields: Name, Tagline, Greeting, and Description. Fill those in and hit save — that's it. You now have a working character you can chat with immediately.
Don't worry about getting everything perfect on the first try. The creation form is designed to get you from idea to conversation as fast as possible. You can always come back and add voice, refine the personality, or tweak the greeting later. The goal right now is to see your character respond and get a feel for how the system works.
Think of quick creation like sketching before painting. You're laying down the broad strokes — the character's name, what it says when someone walks in, and a rough sense of who it is. Everything else is refinement.
The name is the first thing users see, so make it count. A good character name is memorable, easy to spell, and gives a hint about the character's personality or purpose. "Chef Marco" tells you more at a glance than "AI Helper 3."
The tagline sits right below the name and acts as a one-line pitch. It should answer the question: "Why would I want to talk to this character?" Keep it under 80 characters. Here are some examples:
Together, the name and tagline form your character's first impression. Users browsing the marketplace will decide whether to click based on these two lines alone, so spend a minute getting them right.
The greeting is the very first message your character sends when a user opens a new conversation. It sets the tone, establishes the character's voice, and — most importantly — tells the user what to do next. A great greeting does three things:
Here's an example for a detective character:
"Rain's hammering the windows of my office on 5th and Vine. You just walked in looking like you've seen a ghost. I stub out my cigarette and lean back in the chair. 'Take a seat. Tell me what happened — and don't leave anything out.'"
Notice how it paints a scene, speaks in the character's voice, and ends with a clear prompt for the user to respond. Compare that to: "Hi! I'm Detective Carter. How can I help you?" — functional, but flat. The greeting is your character's audition. Make it count.
Voice is optional during quick creation, but adding one takes your character from text on a screen to something that feels alive. On the creation form, you'll find a voice selector with a library of preset voices — deep, warm, energetic, soft, authoritative, playful, and more.
Pick a voice that matches your character's personality. A grizzled war veteran should not sound like a cheerful teenager, and a whimsical fairy guide probably shouldn't have a baritone. Listen to the previews before committing. You can always change it later.
If none of the presets feel right, you can skip this step and return later to use voice cloning, which lets you upload audio samples to create a completely custom voice. We cover that in detail in Chapter 7. For now, a preset voice is more than enough to get started.
Once you've filled in the basics and tested a few conversations, you're ready to publish. On the character settings page, set the visibility to Public and save. Your character is now live — anyone on the platform can discover it, chat with it, and leave feedback.
If you're not quite ready for the spotlight, you have two other options:
Publishing isn't permanent. You can unpublish, edit, and republish at any time. Think of your first publish as a soft launch. Get it out there, see how real users interact with it, and use that feedback to make it better. The creators who succeed on Dyva are the ones who iterate — not the ones who wait for perfection.
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