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Create and publish character cards

Use Roleva Studio to draft a character card — story background, characters, scenes, opening messages — and publish it for players.

Updated July 6, 2026 · View as Markdown

Anyone can become a Roleva creator. Character cards are built in Roleva Studio, the dedicated creator workspace.

What a character card contains

A card is more than a single prompt. The draft editor covers:

  • Summary and story background: the public description players read on the card page.
  • Author's note: a short note to players, shown on the card detail page.
  • Characters: one or more characters with names and personalities.
  • Script outline: chapters and scenes — each scene has a type (explore, dialogue, combat, cutscene), narrative content, and optional scene conditions that control when it triggers.
  • Opening messages: how the story greets the player.
  • Recommended masks: suggested player identities that fit the story.
  • Hooks and prompts: the writing that keeps the AI in role.
  • Catalog tags, card language, and slug: how players find the card.

Drafts autosave while you edit.

Publishing flow

  1. Finish your draft in the studio.
  2. Submit it for review. You can cancel the review while it is pending.
  3. Once approved, the card is published and appears in the catalog. Review results arrive in your notifications.
  4. Publishing again after edits creates a new version — already published versions keep working for players mid-story.

You can archive or delete cards from your works list; deleting a card does not break versions that are already published.

Translation

Enable Allow translation on a draft and the card's title and summary are auto-translated into Roleva's other interface languages at publish time, making your card discoverable to players in six languages.

Tips for cards players love

  • Open with a scene, not a setup dump — put the world details in the story background field.
  • Give the opening message a hook: a question, a tension, a choice.
  • Recommend two or three masks with different relationships to the main character; players who see themselves in a mask start chatting sooner.
  • Use scene conditions to pace big reveals instead of front-loading them.

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