Dystopian character app
Dystopian character app for rebellion, survival, and moral pressure
Dystopian characters become interesting when the system makes every decent choice expensive. StoryDev helps map the regime pressure, survival strategy, breaking point, and public consequence of change.
Start a free StoryDev projectUse the canvas to connect character arc to surveillance, scarcity, propaganda, and resistance.
Dystopian character card
- System role: citizen, worker, official, informant, rebel, exile, or beneficiary.
- Survival lie: what they tell themselves to keep going.
- Pressure point: family, ration access, status, medicine, secrets, or punishment.
- Compromise: the thing they did that makes rebellion morally complicated.
- Arc proof: the public choice that costs them safety.
Example
A census clerk who helps disappear names from official records starts hiding one child at a time. The arc turns on whether he protects his family by obeying or protects them by making obedience impossible.
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