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ai character and roleplay tools

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-27 → 2026-10-03), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

media · 151 members · Data as of 2026-10-06

These products allow creators, gamers, and developers to build, customize, and interact with autonomous NPCs, virtual avatars, and fictional personas. They serve indie game developers, interactive storytellers, and roleplay enthusiasts seeking richer character-driven interactions. Unlike general enterprise agent platforms, this cluster centers on emotional expression, gaming mods, and immersive persona experiences.

Metrics

Stage
forming
Recent count
124
Prior count
6
Total count
151
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.33
Crowding
0.63
Concentration
0.81
Opportunity
0.47

Opportunity components

Attention
0.33
Low crowding
0.37
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.19

Source split

github
8 (0.06)
hn
8 (0.06)
ph
107 (0.86)
yc
1 (0.01)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.85

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Unabyss PH 723 2026-05-25
Humalike x GTA RP PH 343 2026-09-27
Persona.js PH 295 2026-06-28
Kuku: open source PH 241 2026-05-08
Canva AI 2.0 PH 194 2026-04-17
Ithihāsas HN 176 2026-04-13
Paca HN 174 2026-06-13
Jango PH 84 2026-09-25
nuyoah-portrait-character-designer GITHUB 78 2026-09-11
StayCharted PH 68 2026-10-06
AI Class by Kanary PH 62 2026-09-18
Unvendor PH 56 2026-09-18
Yorishiro HN 42 2026-07-22
anime-vanguards-trait-reroll-macro GITHUB 41 2026-09-13
tekken3-expanded GITHUB 33 2026-09-27
hermes-bot-forge GITHUB 28 2026-09-17
agnes-manga-studio GITHUB 27 2026-09-16
Shadowlight, a voice-driven murder mystery and heist inside Minecraft HN 24 2025-12-31
Smriti-Setu GITHUB 16 2026-10-01
fanfic-roleplay-design GITHUB 15 2026-10-03
momo GITHUB 15 2026-10-02
agent-charm GITHUB 12 2026-10-03
YouArt - Patreon for AI originals YC 12 2026-05-14
Real-time avatars that change emotions as you talk HN 12 2026-07-14
Heirloom4Life Preserve Your Voice Foreve PH 10 2026-09-28
Roleplay-first chat UI for an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API HN 10 2026-01-08
Inkbound PH 9 2026-09-10
MVP.ai PH 8 2026-09-24
An MMORPG where you control your characters with an API HN 8 2026-06-29
vox-arcana GITHUB 8 2026-09-26
I asked Claude to write DDIA as a live comic HN 7 2026-08-13
Lunafic PH 7 2026-09-14
DungeonOne PH 7 2026-09-10
Town HN 6 2026-07-14
The Bones of PearlOS HN 6 2026-03-12
The Infinite Tolkien HN 5 2026-04-13
Yingma PH 5 2026-09-18
Built an Obsidian plugin that rephrases your writing without takin over HN 5 2026-06-24
BAIhAIs HN 5 2026-08-27
Syntfluence PH 3 2026-09-15
Coffeehouse Chess PH 3 2026-09-18
Forgeframe PH 2 2026-10-05
Amely PH 2 2026-09-17
Reimagine PH 2 2026-09-17
asocial PH 2 2026-09-09
Anva PH 2 2026-09-17
Emosion PH 2 2026-10-04
Forms — Build forms people love PH 2 2026-10-02
Bubblai PH 2 2026-09-22
Playworlds PH 2 2026-09-30