# ourdream User Guide

> Learn how to create characters, shape chats, generate better images, and publish to the ourdream community.

## Docs

- [Referral codes](https://guide.ourdream.ai/account/referrals.md): Apply a referral code, share your own link, and understand when bonus dreamcoins are awarded.
- [Step 1: Plan the concept](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/concept-and-brief.md): Turn a loose idea into a clear conflict, user role, opening hook, and working brief.
- [Image consistency and editing](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/consistent-images.md): Use a clean base image and the editing models to preserve the features that matter.
- [Step 2: Build the appearance](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/creation-workflow.md): Create a stable visual identity by separating permanent traits from temporary scenes.
- [Image prompting reference](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/image-prompting.md): Write focused visual prompts, use weights carefully, and tune results one change at a time.
- [Create a character](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/overview.md): Follow one organized path from the first idea to a tested character.
- [Step 5: Create the gallery](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/photo-shoot-and-gallery.md): Create scene prompts that show the character's range and build a strong four-item gallery.
- [Step 4: Add progression](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/progression-and-systems.md): Build phased relationships, live meters, environmental cues, and reliable behavioral rules.
- [Step 3: Write the character](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/story-and-personality.md): Write character fields that give the chat model a clear identity, situation, and reason to keep the story moving.
- [Step 6: Test the character](https://guide.ourdream.ai/characters/test-and-release.md): Stress-test the opening, behavior, progression, and visual identity before sharing.
- [Chat controls](https://guide.ourdream.ai/chat/chat-controls.md): Choose a model, tune reply style, and use slash commands to inspect or steer a scene.
- [Memory](https://guide.ourdream.ai/chat/memory.md): Give Auto Memory, Pinned Memories, Custom Instructions, and Persona separate jobs.
- [Personas and instructions](https://guide.ourdream.ai/chat/personas-and-instructions.md): Define who you are, how the AI should write, and which temporary directions belong in the current scene.
- [Community credits](https://guide.ourdream.ai/credits.md): The community knowledge that helped shape the first version of this guide.
- [Example: Chloe Monroe](https://guide.ourdream.ai/examples/chloe-monroe.md): Follow a slow-burn bartender concept from its first sentence through fields, phases, images, and testing.
- [Quickstart](https://guide.ourdream.ai/getting-started/quickstart.md): Choose a character, start a chat, create your own, and generate an image.
- [Get more from ourdream](https://guide.ourdream.ai/introduction.md): The practical guide to creating characters, shaping conversations, generating better images, and sharing your work.
- [Background presets](https://guide.ourdream.ai/presets/background-presets.md): Create atmospheric, recognizable settings that remain flexible across characters, outfits, and poses.
- [Outfit presets](https://guide.ourdream.ai/presets/outfit-presets.md): Create complete, broadly wearable looks without locking in a pose, scene, or character anatomy.
- [Community Presets](https://guide.ourdream.ai/presets/overview.md): Create reusable pose, outfit, and background prompts for the public preset library.
- [Pose presets](https://guide.ourdream.ai/presets/pose-presets.md): Define position, stance, gesture, or movement without forcing the outfit or environment.
- [Preset submission checklist](https://guide.ourdream.ai/presets/submission-checklist.md): Run this final review before sending a Community Preset to moderation.
- [Content review](https://guide.ourdream.ai/publishing/content-review.md): Understand hard rejection categories, profile-image checks, and the consent test used in case-by-case review.
- [Publish a public character](https://guide.ourdream.ai/publishing/public-characters.md): Prepare a complete, accurate character submission for the curated public catalog.
- [Approval, rejection, and resubmission](https://guide.ourdream.ai/publishing/rejections.md): Read a moderation result, make a meaningful revision, and use the appeal path when the decision appears incorrect.
- [Troubleshooting](https://guide.ourdream.ai/troubleshooting.md): Reset to a clean baseline, identify the layer causing the issue, and make one targeted change.