characterizer

Generate fictional characters with physical traits and personalities randomly selected according to user-specified templates. Exports directly to console in raw Markdown format.

Usage

• Choose an existing character archetype dictionary from archetypes.py (currently available options are 'standard' or 'antagonist')
• Open main.py
• Find the line: characterize('Example', 'Character', 'Female', archetype=arch.standard)
• Modify with desired first name, last name, gender and archetype name.
• Save changes and run main.py (python3 main.py)
• Copy raw Markdown output from console.

Notes / Future Plans

1. This is my first solo project after completing the Python course on Codecademy.com.
2. I'll make usage more user-friendly at some point in the near future. It definitely needs user-input to be done without editing files, and output should be in a file rather than console. One thing at a time!

Sample Output

Name

Example Character

Gender

Female

Physical Appearance

• The Rock: Built like a professional wrestler in their prime.

Personality Traits

• Joker: I have an endless supply of jokes. Good ones.
• Temperamental: I tend to lose my temper and fly off the handle.
• Flaky: I love trying new things but rarely see it through.
• Bad at Math: I'm laughably bad at math and embarassed by this fact.
• Not Handy: Not exactly handy with tools. In fact, I tend to make things worse when I try to fix them.
• Fear of Isolation: I can't stand being alone for long.
• Fear of Intimacy: I have intimacy issues.

Beliefs

• Agnostic: I don't believe in God, but I haven't ruled Him out.

Past

• Partner Died: My partner recently passed away, leaving me broken.
• Rejected in Love: We were so close, and then it was suddenly all over.
• Physically Abused: I bear the scars of physical abuse.
• Heartbreaker: I played fast and loose with someone's emotions and broke their heart.
• Disowned My Child: I disowned my child.
• High-school Dropout: High school sucked, so I dropped out.
• Divorced: I am currently divorced.
• No Children: I have no children.

Occupation

• Ex-Soldier: Formerly a member of the armed forces, this ex-soldier has been discharged. Perhaps honorably. Perhaps not.

Conflict

• Diagnosis: It's only been a couple days since the doctor handed me a troubling diagnosis.

Health

• Social Anxiety: Some social situations cause anxiety or panic attacks.