Why Early Access?

“Let's make AI Pals Engine the go-to app for engaging AI chat experiences and AI-powered assistants. Let's explore this exciting future together!
Early Access allows to adapt technology's rapid advancements into new features, simplifications, and improvements while aligning with your needs. What features do you need and what do you expect from your ideal AI assistant? Your feedback will guide the development in various directions and ensure it stays on track to meet your expectations.”

Approximately how long will this software be in Early Access?

“The plan is to release the full version one year after the Early Access launch. This timeline allows for delivering a polished and feature-rich experience that meets both standards and community expectations, while also providing time to continue refining the AI and ensure it remains state-of-the-art upon release. This timeline can be extended according to the needs of the user base.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“AI Pals Engine is planned to expand beyond its current state in several exciting ways:

• Expanded Customization: Add new widget types to give users even more control and faster ways to interact with the AI.
  
• Community Collaboration: Enable players to share widget themes and AI personalities through the Steam Workshop.
  
• Deeper Extensibility: Create hooks that allow external applications to interact with the app or providing dynamic information
  
• Better Usability: Improve the user interface to make it easier to enter the private LLM world once the technology is more stable.
  
• Documentation: Develop more text content that delves deeper into the apps capabilities, providing examples and inspiring creative uses.
  
• Integration of Cutting-Edge Technologies: Further integration of state-of-the-art technologies and better multi-modal capabilities.
  
• Cloud- and Custom Hosted Models: Further exploration of OAI TTS and Text endpoint integration, including a convenient cloud model integration via Steam Microservices (if the community votes for a convenient way to use cloud models)

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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version includes all the features described in the 'About This Software' section, with the exception of the planned workshop support, which will be phased in over the course of the Early Access period.
Please note that you may encounter some bugs or incompatibilities during this development phase. Your reports will help to make the experience even better!”

Will this software be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price may increase slightly as new features are added during Early Access. The final price is expected to be no more than 1.5 times the original Early Access price.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Join the Discord server to chat directly or post on the Community Hub to share your ideas and feedback! AI Pals Engine aims to address issues promptly and to add new features based on requests/Community Hub Feature Vote results. By getting involved, you'll have a the chance to get the features you need and want. You'll help shape the best virtual assistant possible!”