Make Your Characters Move
Video emotes are AI-generated animations that bring your characters to life. Instead of static images, your characters can blow kisses, look around in wonder, lean closer, or glance away shyly—all in smooth, expressive motion.
Getting to the Emote Section
- Go to any character's edit page
- Click the MEDIA tab
- Scroll down to the 🎬 Emote Packs section
That's where all the emote magic happens.
Two Ways to Generate Emotes
Emote Packs (Recommended for Starting Out)
The fastest way to build a versatile emote library. One click gets you 5 emotionally diverse emotes covering different moods and expressions.
How it works:
1. Click "Generate Emote Pack"
2. The AI creates 5 emotes with varied emotions (happy, thoughtful, playful, shy, etc.)
3. Wait a few minutes while they generate
4. Done! Your character now has a balanced expression library
Cost: Uses credits for 5 emote generations
Best for: Getting started quickly, building foundational expression sets
Single Emotes (For Custom Expressions)
Want something specific? Create exactly the emote you need with a custom prompt.
How it works:
1. Click "Generate Single Emote"
2. Type what you want your character to do (e.g., "waves enthusiastically", "looks away shyly then back", "blows a kiss")
3. The AI generates that exact expression
4. The emote is added to your library
Cost: Uses credits for 1 emote generation
Best for: Adding specific expressions, filling gaps in your library, creating unique signature moves
Understanding Avatar-Based Emotes
Here's something really important about how emotes work:
Emotes are tied to avatars. When you generate an emote, it's created from your character's current primary avatar at that moment.
When emotes are shown:
- ✓ When the avatar they were generated from is your character's primary avatar
- ✓ When an avatar with the same seed is your character's primary avatar
- ✗ When a different avatar (different seed) is primary
What's a seed? When the AI generates an avatar image, it uses a "seed" value that determines the character's appearance. Avatars generated with the same seed will look like the same person, even if the prompts are slightly different.
Why this matters:
If you generate 10 emotes with Avatar A as your primary, then switch to Avatar B (a completely different appearance), those 10 emotes won't show up during gameplay anymore. They're filtered out to maintain visual consistency—we don't want your character's emotes showing a different face than their avatar.
What you should do:
When you change your character's primary avatar to a visually different appearance, generate a fresh set of emotes from that new avatar. That way your emote library matches your character's current look.
Exception - Same Seed: If you have multiple avatars generated with the same seed (same character appearance, different outfits/poses/backgrounds), emotes will work across all of them because they're visually consistent.
How the AI Selects Emotes
During conversations (scenarios or 1:1 chat), the AI automatically picks the perfect emote from your available emote library:
- Context-aware - Analyzes what the character is saying and feeling
- Variety conscious - Tracks recent usage to avoid repetition
- Smart matching - Chooses emotes that fit the emotional tone
- Avatar-filtered - Only selects from emotes that match the current primary avatar
You don't do anything—it just works.
Enabling/Disabling Emotes
Not everyone wants video emotes all the time, so there's a toggle:
In Scenarios:
- Look for the emotes toggle in the scenario interface
- Turn it on/off anytime
- Setting saves to your browser
In 1:1 Chat:
- Same thing—toggle in the chat interface
- Your preference persists across sessions
The toggle affects whether emotes play during conversations. The character's emote library stays intact either way.
Building a Good Emote Library
Some tips for creating a useful set:
Start with an Emote Pack - Gets you foundational coverage across emotions
Add specific expressions as needed - Use single emotes for character-specific quirks or frequently needed expressions
Think about your character's personality - A shy character might need more nervous/bashful emotes. A confident character might need more bold/assertive ones.
Check variety - You want range. Too many similar emotes means the AI has less to work with.
Keep your avatar consistent - If you frequently change your character's appearance to completely different looks, you'll need to rebuild emote libraries for each look.
Managing Your Emotes
All your emotes live in the character's edit page under the MEDIA tab. You can:
- See all generated emotes
- Generate new ones anytime
- Review what's in your library
- See which avatar each emote was generated from (the "source image")
There's no limit to how many emotes you can create. Build as big or small a library as you want.
Cost & Credits
Each emote generation uses credits from your account. Emote packs generate 5 emotes, so they use credits for 5 generations.
The good news: Emotes are generated once and then reused intelligently forever. Build your library, and those emotes work across all scenarios and chats with that character (as long as the avatar matches).
Troubleshooting
"I don't see any emotes playing"
- Check that the emotes toggle is enabled
- Make sure your character has emotes in their library
- Verify the character has a primary avatar set
- Check if the primary avatar matches your emote library - if you recently changed to a different-looking avatar, you may need to generate new emotes
"I generated emotes but they disappeared"
- You probably changed the character's primary avatar to a different appearance
- The emotes still exist in your library, but they're filtered out
- Generate new emotes from the new avatar, OR switch back to the original avatar
"The same emote keeps repeating"
- You might have a limited library that matches your current avatar
- Generate more emotes for variety
- The AI needs options to choose from
"Some of my emotes show up, but not all of them"
- This is the avatar filtering at work
- Only emotes matching your current primary avatar (or same seed) are shown
- Check the "source image" for each emote to see which avatar it was generated from
Quick Start Checklist
- ✓ Go to character edit page → MEDIA tab
- ✓ Make sure your character has a primary avatar set
- ✓ Click "Generate Emote Pack"
- ✓ Wait for generation to complete
- ✓ Start a scenario or chat with that character
- ✓ Watch the emotes appear automatically
That's it. Your character is now animated and expressive.
Pro Tip: Multiple Looks
If you want your character to have multiple distinct looks (different outfits, time periods, styles), you can:
- Generate a primary avatar for Look A
- Generate emotes for Look A
- Switch to Look B (different avatar with different seed)
- Generate emotes for Look B
- Now both emote libraries exist, and the system automatically shows the right ones based on which avatar is primary
This way you can have the same character with completely different appearances, each with their own emote set.