WanderSea

Inspiration

The inspiration is a series of dreams I've been having over the past few weeks, coupled with the fact that every personality quiz I've ever taken has involved self-description instead of action. So I thought that by having your actions influence the test itself, it'd be a far more engaging experience than a standard self-descriptive quiz.

What it does

It's an interactive story where you provide your details and make choices that affect the storyline. As you work through the story, your decisions help provide information for a Myers-Briggs framework that runs in the background and at the end, it will analyze and provide an answer for your Myers-Briggs type, in addition to imparting a valuable theme depending on your actions.

How I built it

I built it using Python. I started off by creating the framework for the Myers-Briggs test by setting certain values to trigger at certain points based on certain dilemmas. Every dilemma was based on scenarios from a Myers-Briggs test I found. I changed the situations from theoretical self-description to active situational decision-making to ensure a more accurate reading. People are notoriously bad at self-description and very good at taking action.

Challenges I ran into

Issues with integrating integer and string inputs into my existing framework for processing inputs. There was also the slight issue that I have basically no experience coding so I had to learn a bunch of stuff on the fly, so I improved my protocols for handling decision-making events over the course of the programming experience. I also found that my grammatical abilities degraded as my programming abilities improved, so I required playtesting to catch issues with my writing.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Teaching myself Python. Teaching myself time. Teaching myself while-loops. Writing the story. Managing to finish my first independent Python project.

What I learned

Importing and using time in Python. Using loops. Handling integers and strings. Handling variables. Using multiple pathways and breaking them efficiently.

What's next for WanderSea

I want to write more chapters for the middle parts to get a more accurate Myers-Briggs test reading so I prevent any cases where the program can't figure out a player's Myers-Briggs designation. I also want to add more morality and subjective readings so that way people get more details beyond Myers-Briggs. Descriptors like sympathetic or utilitarian would help people feel that it reads them better, and I want to make a title generator based on their actions and achievements.

Built With

• python