Beta. This feature is experimental. The AI's choices about when to illustrate a turn, and the images themselves, will get better as we tune the prompts and model. Feedback is welcome.
Some worlds opt in to turn images: an illustration generated alongside a turn when the AI thinks that turn has a strong visual beat worth picturing, such as a first meeting with a character, a dramatic reveal, or a transition to a new location.
Turn images are off by default for every world. They only run when three conditions are all met:
Each generated image costs about 7 credits, charged on top of the turn that triggered it. Images fail silently if your credit balance runs low, if the generator is unavailable, or if the content is refused; the turn itself is never affected.
The AI is instructed to use images sparingly, and a per-journey cooldown prevents more than roughly one image every two turns. A typical journey on a turn-images world will have only a handful of illustrated moments, not one per turn.
Two layouts, picked automatically from what the AI asked for:
Both render with a subtle fade-in. Images are high-resolution WebP and tap to expand in your browser.
You have two kill switches, at different scopes.
Go to your Profile page and find the AI Images card. Flip the switch off to stop any journey on your account from generating images, even if the world allows them. Flip it back on to re-enable.
While playing, open Settings (top-right gear) and scroll to Scene images. The toggle there disables images for this journey only, without touching your other journeys. If the current world has not opted into turn images, the toggle still appears but is greyed out (there's nothing to disable). The setting is saved to your account and follows you across devices.
When either switch is off, the AI is instructed not to request an image for the turn in the first place, so no output tokens or image-generation credits are spent. You'll always save credits by disabling, never waste them.
If you're authoring a world and want it to use turn images, open the editor and look under Advanced Features → Turn Images. Flip the Enable AI-generated scene images switch and save.
First pick an Art style: Anime (stylised illustration) or Realistic (photorealistic). The choice sets which image model the AI's prompts are sent to, so pick the one that fits your world's tone before you generate anything.
Right under that you'll find an Image guidance textarea. Anything you put there is a short hint to the AI about what to illustrate and how. It shapes both sides of the decision: which turns the AI chooses to illustrate and what booru tags it ends up writing. Keep it to one phrase (100 characters max). Useful examples:
ghibli-inspired watercolordark fantasy oil paintingcyberpunk neon, focus on charactersonly illustrate combat and revealsLeave the field empty if you want the AI to pick its own rhythm and style.
Two more things to know: