Self-Cartography Framework
Interactive Human State Mapping & Psychological Visual Interfaces
Exploring interaction, behavioral mapping, narrative structure, and new ways of making complex personal and interpersonal dynamics navigable.
What was difficult, fragmented, or broken?
Self-reflection and behavioral diagnosis are often trapped in either clinical jargon or static PDF workbooks that users abandon after page two.
Why the obvious solution wasn't enough
Passive text documents do not provide immediate visual feedback or preserve state as users explore contradictory internal motivations.
My Role
What I Built
- An interactive canvas allowing users to plot behavioral boundaries and emotional weather patterns.
- A multi-step state-preserving assessment module with local persistence.
- SVG dynamic visual feedback reflecting user inputs in real time.
How I Approached It
Bridged literary metaphor with structured cognitive architecture to create a tactile diagnostic experience.
AI is an instrument, not an authority.
Synthesized psychological archetypes and mapped narrative branching logic.
Key Decisions & Tradeoffs
Kept data completely local to ensure total user vulnerability without surveillance anxiety.
The Result
High-engagement interactive experience deployed as part of the Wolves narrative universe.