👥 PersonaForge

PersonaForge is a lightweight personality generator for The Sims 2. It balances randomness with user choice without complexity.

It helps if you want to:

• Have a specific Sim but aren’t sure how to fairly distribute leftover points.
• Need a fast and balanced Sims that still has a natural personality without min-maxing
• Are just tired of flying blind

💡 Why This Exists

Because The Sims 2 doesn’t have traits in the same way later installments do, you had to figure out what kind of Sim you wanted based on personality stats with a strict 25 point budget. Even if you knew what you wanted, you didn’t always know how to spend the rest. PersonaForge aimed to solve this problem.

🛣️ Project Roadmap

Phase	Goal	Status
v0.1	Core random point generator	✅
v0.2	PersonalityProfile class	✅
v0.3	Interactive JSON export	✅
v0.4	Archetypes with weighted biases	✅
v0.5 LTS	Command line tool	✅
v1.0	Stable "Release" version with documentation	🔜
v1.x	Profile import/load from JSON	🔜

📌 Stretch Goals

• Import The Sims' Zodiac signs
• Cross-platform dotnet tool. (e.g. dotnet tool install)

🧩 Tech Stack

• .NET 8.0
• C# (focused on clarity, safety, minimalism)
• System.Text.Json for serialization (no external libraries)
• Pure backend logic (no UI planned)

📐 Design Principles

• Simple with no bloat or feature creep
• Stay true to The Sims 2
• Respect randomness
• Futureproof for new archetypes, quirks, or expansions
• Portable and clean

📦 Example

personaforge --name "Max Casey" --archetype "Party Animal" (--export)

{
  "Name": "Max Casey",
  "Archetype": "Party Animal",
  "Qualities": {
    "Outgoing": 7,
    "Nice": 6,
    "Playful": 6,
    "Neat": 3,
    "Active": 3
  }
}

🚫 Not Planned

• No Sim 3-style traits.
• No UI. (Maybe a fork)
• No CAS-style tool.

🗓️ Update Cycle

Type	Frequency	Notes
Minor Update	Every 3–6 months	Small enhancements, non-breaking changes
Patch Update	As needed	Bug fixes, security updates
Major Update	As needed	Framework upgrades, major refactors

• Reserve months: June (Mid-Year Chill) & December (End-Year Freeze)

🛡️ Status

• Active Support
• Limited Support (Security patches only)
• Maintenance Mode (Dependency-only updates)
• Archived (No active work planned)

🎮 Relaxation Practices

• 20% creative/recovery space built into development
• Mandatory cooldowns after major launches (minimum 1 week)
• Crisis Mode Activates if:
  • Critical vulnerabilities
  • Framework-breaking issues

License

I license the source code under the BSD-3-Clause license - see LICENSE for details.