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Features, Orbs, and Loom+

Beyond typing messages, LoreLoom has a handful of tools that make longer stories easier to steer and keep track of. Here's what each one does and when it's worth reaching for.

The Action button and Quick Actions

Below the message box there's an Action button. It's a shortcut for dropping a physical action into your message without typing out the asterisks yourself. Hit the little arrow next to it and a Quick Actions menu opens, grouped into Expressions (smile, smirk, blush, wink…), Gestures (wave, shrug, hug, reach…), and Movement (step closer, look away, nod…).

Tap one and it inserts something like *(smiles warmly)* right into your message, ready to send or build on. It's the fastest way to keep your writing in the action/dialogue format the characters respond best to — handy on mobile especially. Next to it, Undo rewinds the last message if a reply went somewhere you didn't want.

The Memory Manager

As a roleplay grows, the AI keeps a structured picture of what's going on — not just the last few lines, but the state of the story. The Memory Manager is a window into that. Open it and you'll see the character's active memory sorted into tabs:

It's genuinely useful for long stories: if the character has drifted or forgotten something, you can see exactly what it's holding in each bucket and understand why it's responding the way it is. You can also add your own facts, edit or remove entries, and lock the ones that matter so they don't get trimmed as the story grows. The Memory Manager is a LoreLoom+ feature, though free users can unlock it temporarily from the Shop (see below).

The AI Diary

The Diary is a separate, private space from your character chats. You name a diary companion, set a 6-digit PIN, and write entries — and the companion reads them and responds, there for you through the highs and lows. The PIN locks it so only you can open it. It's meant as a quieter, more personal corner than the roleplay side.

Orbs — the in-app currency

Orbs are LoreLoom's currency. Their main job right now is keeping you in a story: when you run out of daily messages, you can spend a few Orbs to refill your allowance instead of waiting for the daily reset (watching a rewarded ad is the other way to top up). Your balance shows in the sidebar and on the Shop page.

There's also a Quests page — Daily Login, Chatterbox, Dear Diary — designed to hand out bonus Orbs for everyday activity. Those are still being built, so treat them as a preview for now; the page says as much when you open it. Once they're live, they'll be the easy way to keep your balance topped up.

The Shop

The Shop is where Orbs get spent. Everything there is a temporary one-hour boost, so you can dip into a premium feature for a session without a subscription:

Prices are shown in Orbs on each card and shift a little over time, so check the Shop for the current cost. The whole point is flexibility: earn Orbs by using the site, then spend them on the exact boost you want, when you want it.

LoreLoom+

If you find yourself reaching for those boosts often, LoreLoom+ is the subscription that bundles them permanently. Compared to a free account, Loom+ adds:

You can open the upgrade details any time from the Upgrade to Loom+ button at the bottom of the sidebar. Free accounts lose nothing — Orbs and the Shop mean you can taste every premium feature without committing. Loom+ is just the convenient, always-on version for people who live in their stories.

Where to go next

If you're still setting up your first character, the character fields guide walks through every box on the creation page. And the roleplay guide covers how to write messages that get good replies.