Last updated: May 2026 | Based on 30+ days of hands-on creative testing

How to Use OurDream AI 2026: Building Characters and Rich Stories

Imagine creating a character who knows exactly who they are — and then having a conversation with them. That's the promise OurDream AI makes, and this guide walks you through every step of making it real. OurDream AI is an AI companion platform built on artificial intelligence infrastructure that enables text conversation, image generation, video creation, and voice interaction with customizable characters.

The platform runs on DeepSeek V3 for conversation and Stable Diffusion 1.5 for images. After 30+ days of testing with a creator's eye, here's how to get the most out of every feature.

Full platform story: OurDream AI review.

Step 1 — Create Your Account

The story begins at ourdream.ai. Sign up using email, Google, or Discord OAuth. Verify your email. Confirm you're 18+ (required per KJM/ASACP certification).

The opening gift: 55 DreamCoins (OurDream AI's in-app virtual currency for creative content generation, ~$0.66 value) credit to your account immediately. No credit card required.

The whole account creation takes under 5 minutes. You're a creator with a blank canvas.

For mobile setup nuances: app download guide.

Step 2 — Choose or Create a Character

This is where the story possibilities truly begin. You have two paths:

Path A — Browse the community library: 7 million+ user-generated characters waiting to be discovered. Community favorites like Zoey, Mina Park, Serena, Violet, Jade, and Luna have been built and refined by other creators. Filter by personality, art style, and rating. Meet someone else's story first.

Path B — Create your own character:

This is where OurDream AI's deepest creative value lives. The creation workflow:

1. Choose art style: Photorealistic (Stable Diffusion 1.5) or Anime — choose with intention. This decision is locked after creation.
2. Design appearance: Continuous sliders across face, hair, eyes, skin tone, body type, outfit — every detail adjustable.
3. Set personality: 40+ presets as starting points, fine-tuned via sliders. Add 100+ occupation options, 100+ hobby categories, 60+ behavioral parameters.
4. Write backstory: 200-500 words — the most important creative decision you'll make. Your character's history, their way of speaking, what they care about.
5. Select voice: 19 profiles, independent of personality. The voice that fits the character.

For the deep-dive on creation: character creation guide.

Step 3 — Start Chatting

The conversation begins. OurDream AI's DeepSeek V3 has a 100-message, 30-day rolling memory — your character remembers your story. They build on what came before. Each conversation is a chapter, not a fresh start.

The lorebook: your world-building toolkit. Imagine being able to write your world's history and have your character reference it naturally in conversation. That's what lorebooks do — keyword-triggered lore entries inject world context when specific words appear. Your AI companion says your kingdom's name and suddenly knows its entire history.

Group chat: Multiple AI personas in a single thread. The story possibilities when your characters interact with each other.

Personality slider adjustments apply to the next message forward — you can shape your character's behavior in real time.

Step 4 — Generate Images and Videos

Bringing your character to life visually:

Images (the daily creative ritual):

• 5 free generations every day — no DreamCoins, no credit card. Reset at midnight UTC.
• Additional images: 10 DreamCoins each (~$0.12). Powered by Stable Diffusion 1.5.
• Describe the moment you want to capture. Your character's appearance — the face you built, the style you chose — anchors every image.

Video (your character in motion):

• OurDream AI generates 5-30 second lip-sync video clips — your character speaks, moves, exists in time.
• Cost: 100-300 DreamCoins per clip (~$1.20-$3.60).
• For storytellers, this is the feature that changes everything. Bringing characters to life in video is rare at this price point.

For free DreamCoin acquisition: free coins guide.

Step 5 — Try Voice Calls

Your character's voice, in real time. 50 DreamCoins per minute (~$0.60/min). 19 voice profiles to match the character you've built.

Try a short 1-minute call to find the right voice before committing to longer sessions. The right voice is the one that sounds like the character you imagined — and you won't know which profile that is until you hear it.

Voice messages (asynchronous, 5 DreamCoins each) are the economical option for back-and-forth that doesn't need to be real-time.

Pro Tips for Better Stories

Lessons from 30+ days of creative testing:

The backstory is the character. A 400-500 word backstory with specific history, motivations, and speech patterns produces approximately 40% more consistent character behavior than a generic or absent backstory. The story you write in the creation window shapes every conversation that follows.

Lorebooks multiply narrative depth. Most creators don't use them. The ones who do notice the difference immediately — world details stay consistent without repeating them in every conversation.

Use your 5 daily images first. That's $18/month in creative value that evaporates if you don't use it. Make it a daily habit.

Annual plan economics for committed creators: $9.99/month versus $19.99/month. If your character's story will last more than 6 months, the annual plan pays for itself. See pricing guide.

Frequently Asked Questions