AI has come a long way, but it still isn't perfect. For our use case, it may never be. Our game works by converting your natural text into game state. Natural text is not exact, and the outputs from AI are not either. On top of that, your expectations of what Franz should do might be different from someone else. We will continue to work hard towards making the experience as immersive and magical as we can, but you may still run into situations where Franz does not do what you expect. This guide will take you through some tips and tricks to make Franz work for you.

1. Be Specific

When talking about NPCs, POIs, and other things, be specific! If you're meaning to go to Grimelda's Potion Shop, Franz will have a much easier time retrieving information about Grimelda's Potion Shop if you say "Grimelda's Potion Shop" instead of "the shop". The latter may work if there is enough context in the recent chat history, but you'll have better results if you are specific.

Things you should always try to be specific about:

• The names of locations, NPCs, and items

• The quantity of items you are purchasing or consuming

• The name of a location you are traveling to, or amount of time + direction you are traveling in

2. Custom Instructions

If you want Franz to act in a particular way, you can use custom instructions. For example, if you want Franz to talk like a pirate, you can add an instruction "Always talk like a pirate". Custom instructions are set within your campaign settings.

3. Making sure Game State is accurate

Franz does his best to get game state updated correctly, but he might get confused occasionally and get something wrong. In situations like that, you should try to correct the game state, because it affects the context we give to Franz. For example, if he puts you at the wrong location, he may see a different set of NPCs than the ones that are at the location you should actually be at.

You can update game state

• When an update happens and we surface it in chat, there is an update button

• The info panel will allow you to update things on the fly, such as your location or stats

• There are specific pages for game state that you can use to modify your campaign in the lefthand sidebar