I'm always messing around with apps to see if any of them are helpful to me, wherever I may be in the process, and I found this interesting one.
It's called Auctor in my app list, but the name in the app store is Character Generator: Develop your Story Characters.
Now, new stories can seem daunting. You've got a lot to come up with, especially if you're making a world from scratch! Well, this helps by urging you to focus on characters first. Like, we'll create a new story, including the genre and a short description...
Alright, we're here! Yes, there are ads in the free version, and yes, there is a paid option to remove them. Anywho, it wants us to get started right away making characters, so let's do that!
Oh my, there's a lot to fill out for this character template! Sometimes this is fun for me and sometimes it's just overwhelming, so let's take the easy route and click that dice button...
Oh my! A muscular sixty-six year old sailor named Beverly! We'll tweak her location and background info to fit magic land, and...
She has a little bio already! Sometimes the wording can end up less than perfect here, but it's all for our benefit, so no worries from me.
She's still far from developed, but the characterization doesn't stop there. Oh no. Far from it.
Challenges! Challenges galore! They're like templates to fill out about how your character acted or would act in a situation. Like if we look at Challenge 2...
And there's so much more! It's not 100% perfect, but the developer seems to be pretty active and I've found it to be a lifesaver for my creativity lately!
