V-Chatter

[In the process of making this comply with Steam's regulations. If you would like to use this app now, feel free to search up V-Chatter on itch.io for download!]

V-Chatter is an AI-driven desktop pet application where users can upload custom character models (VRM files only currently) and interact with them in various ways. App is in early development and does not come close to the final end product

Current features

Text and voice chat with user customized AI

Importing/replacing character model

Full animation support for non standard vrm models

"Vtuber" mode, which is a compact, resizable display window of the model

Toggle to prevent intercepting inputs when playing games or doing other stuff
Underlying gameplay is from Osu!(lazer). Dean "peppy" Herbert

Music and video detection

Other features

- State animations
- Dance and pose selector
- Multi-language support (English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean)
- "Mimic" feature where the user can upload audio and select the corresponding sentiment for the character model to say expressively

More about the AI chat feature

Note: there is a full tutorial in the app!

When the user submits a text or voice message, they will get an audio response if enabled. The character model will also pose and have a facial expression that corresponds to the underlying sentiment of the response.

There are two options for the AI feature. You can either use the built-in AI or a fully custom AI server. I created a template for the server that is publicly available to download from the GitHub repo attached to the manual link. I made this server an option for the AI so users can further customize the personality of the AI, extend the AI's functionality and integrate preferred AI technologies. Additional info and support can be found in the official Discord server

Future Plans

I have plans to implement a lot more features that will improve everyone's experience with V-Chatter. If you wish to keep up to date with the latest developments or give suggestions of features you would like to see in the app, feel free to join the Discord Server