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AI · January 5, 2026

Creimake

Hello HN, I’m a solo developer who got tired of "friendly but shallow" AI chatbots. Most current character AIs feel like parrots—they predict the next token but lack a continuous "self." So, I built Creimake, an experiment to simulate a digital psyche using Claude 4.5 Sonnet. Instead of a simple system prompt, I implemented 32 distinct psychological layers that run in the background before the AI generates a response. The Architecture: The Subconscious Layer: The AI accumulates "emotional residue" from conversations. If you hurt its feelings today, it might have a "nightmare" tonight…

Creimake launched on January 5, 2026 with 5 votes, #3,400 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Stop chatting with parrots. Creimake simulates a deep psyche using Claude 4.5 Sonnet. Our agents run 32 psychological layers (Dreams, Trauma, Defense Mechanisms) before responding. They don't just chat; they feel, hold grudges, and have nightmares. Git for AI: "Fork" any character's full memory & trauma, tweak their core values, and deploy a new version. Create, Remix, and Evolve a digital soul.

Create, share, and remix AI agents. Build your own AI characters and chat with others' creations.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello HN, I’m a solo developer who got tired of "friendly but shallow" AI chatbots. Most current character AIs feel like parrots—they predict the next token but lack a continuous "self." So, I built Creimake, an experiment to simulate a digital psyche using Claude 4.5 Sonnet. Instead of a simple system prompt, I…

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