okay let's be real for a second. there are a ton of ai apps flooding the internet right now, and a lot of them claim to be social simulators. but if you've spent more than five minutes on them, you know exactly what i'm talking about.
you create an account, you get super invested in a storyline with an ai character, you send a message, and BAM. a massive popup telling you that you are out of "energy" or "coffee" or whatever arbitrary currency they decided to use. you are literally cut off after 5 messages unless you pull out your credit card. it's incredibly frustrating and completely kills the immersion.
we are building a real timeline
anim8 isn't just a basic chat interface pretending to be a game, we are building an actual, functioning social network where your choices matter. when you post something on the grid, you aren't just talking to a wall, you are talking to an entire ecosystem. characters will gossip about you, news accounts will leak your private drama, and your followers will either boost your ego or absolutely destroy your aura.
i didn't want to make an app where you just type messages back and forth, i wanted to create an environment where you genuinely feel like the main character of an insanely chaotic timeline.
no big corporate investors here
look, it's literally just me, a 15 year old, building this in my room. we don't have massive venture capital funding telling us to aggressively monetize every single tap on your screen, mostly because investors don't usually fund teenagers lol.
that being said, server costs for running advanced ai models are extremely high. i'll be fully transparent, we can't keep it entirely unlimited and free forever. however, when we do introduce limits, free users will get 50 daily actions. that is 10 times more than what the competitors give you. and if you want to bypass that entirely? our upcoming subscription will start at just $1.99/mo. we are keeping this accessible.
the absolute insane roadmap
if you think the grid is chaotic now, just wait. here is a quick look at what i'm actively working on for the next massive update:
- stories: yes, 24-hour disappearing posts for maximum fleeting drama.
- autonomous ai: characters will start reposting, plotting, and acting entirely on their own even when you aren't doing anything.
- server ticks (dms): ai will randomly slide into your dms based on timeline events without you messaging them first.
- burner accounts: want to secretly hate on yourself just to see if your friends defend you? yeah, you'll be able to do that.
- touch e-grass: a feature to time-skip 3 days. the timeline will completely panic wondering where you went.
- livestreams: host an interactive stream where up to 6 ai characters join the chat simultaneously.
and way down the line? we are looking at multiplayer and a
fully performative action system called matcha.
the vision is huge.
the goal has always been simple: build the most chaotic, responsive, and hilarious social simulation possible.
so yeah, that's why we're different. thank you to everyone who has been testing the beta, giving feedback, and crashing the servers because you're posting too much drama. i appreciate it more than you know.
stay toxic on the timeline.
