Varian

Project Verity || Development Log 📂

[Status: Early Architecture/ UI Design]

Welcome to the official Devlog for Project Verity.

The Mission

Project Verity is a clinical-first mobile application designed for high-volume tracking of dissociative states, complex symptoms, and identity data. I’m building this app to fill gaps left by Simply Plural and Octocon shutting down.

The system community is currently stuck with tools that are either Discord bots, entirely offline, and/or restricted to specific devices (like Android-only). Project Verity aims to be the cross-platform middle ground.

First and foremost, this is a replacement for the tools the DID/OSDD community is losing. Secondarily, but with equal importance, it is built as a general symptom tracker for those with Chronic Illnesses, acknowledging the massive overlap between these communities.

Project Verity is also explicitly Anti-Endogenic in stance, and recovery-oriented. Endogenic systems are not backed by medical science and they have their own apps. Whilst I cannot control who uses my app and I do not particularly care if any Endogenic system uses it; Endos, please do not expect to find validation of your existence either on this blog or on the app itself when finished enough to release. I am filling the need for a dedicated space that prioritises medical accuracy and clinical standards where other tools do not. This is not an invite to debate or to send threats/harassment in my ask box. This is simply the statement of a fact: the traumagenic system community and the chronically ill community, and especially those that sit in the middle, need a space that prioritises medical accuracy and care where other spaces cater to those that may not need that.

Meet The Developer

Helloooo tumblr. I’m Varian (He/They), a 20 year old no-code beginner developer living with disabilities and chronic illnesses, navigating my own complex health journey. I’m building this app as I saw a vacuum in the community for a reliable symptom/state tracker.

Whilst not a system myself, I spent a lot of time in the DID community as a teenager when figuring out my own mental health, and still do today due to having system friends. I also have disabilities/conditions such as BPD, Diabetes, AuDHD, and other physical disabilities that would benefit me to track.

The recent shutdowns of Simply Plural and Octocon and concerns I have seen online have made me realise how little resources there are for systems to track alters, especially so in a medical-first space. Additionally, I myself prefer the tools Simply Plural and Octocon provided me, as someone with chronic disabilities and illnesses, to inform my friends and family about what physical and mental state I am in; but using these tools often felt like intrusion into spaces not meant for me. By building my own app that is meant to serve both purposes, I seek to eliminate the feeling of intrusion into spaces not meant for non-systems and provide an inclusive space for those that need clinical aid.

One thing I will warn about: this is a potential project. I am the only dev, and ADHD and my other issues means work happens in bursts when my health, focus, and personal life allow. The goal is a finished app, but please view this as a “live build”. It may take a long time, and I’m learning as I go, and working with what Flutterflow has to offer. Comments, suggestions, and feedback help keep my ADHD brain engaged, focused, and keep the momentum moving. Don’t be afraid to say hi or drop some suggestions/feedback in my ask box! In fact, dropping some suggestions about what you might have liked from Simply Plural/Octocon, or wanted but they didn’t have, would be great for me to build off of! :)

I will add to this post in the future when I am certain of more aspects of my app!

Not an app update, but I have a new DNI banner 💙

I kept being followed by Radqueers, Trans-ID people, Proshippers and Pro-/Endos who took the stance of “the future is plural” or who think that it’s okay to harass trauma survivors. Not people I want following my blog!

I’m well aware it was partly my own fault- apart from saying that Project Verity is Anti-Endo, I didn’t mention a DNI at all. I wanted to be as open as possible whilst still holding my stances personally, since Project Verity is a medical aid, but the increasing numbers of unsafe people trying to follow me has come to a point where I fear the worst every time I get a follow. I know this won’t STOP people who I don’t want here from following me, but it’ll hopefully dissuade a few folks and the rest know that I do keep an eye on my followers as best as I can and will block if need be.

Like the banner says: the app (when released) is open for all. EVERYONE deserves to be able to utilise a medical tool and track symptoms and heal if they need to. But my devlog is not the app. This community is something I want to keep safe, for the sake of my followers AND myself.

It’s been a hot minute since my last update, so I wanted to touch base! I had been chipping away at the core of Project Verity—specifically the navigation, menus, and resource gathering—but progress has become slower than I’d hoped, due to recent struggles.

I want to be transparent: I’m currently in the middle of a particularly difficult health episode, both physically and mentally. From my very first post, I’ve shared that work on this project would happen in bursts whenever my health allows, and right now, my capacity is mostly focused on just getting through the day.

I’m not on hiatus, but I am at a point where I can only manage small tweaks here and there rather than major leaps. I love this project too much to rush it and risk burnout or resentment; I want to ensure that when I work on Verity, it’s with the passion it deserves.

I want to include as many people as I possibly can who might need to track complex medical symptoms :) I won’t lie, I don’t know a heck of a lot about DPDR, but if you have any suggestions on feature you would like in the app to track your symptoms (as well as any resources on DPDR if you want!! No pressure! I just like being as educated as I can!), drop it in the ask box and I’ll see what I can do! /g

For now I can confidently say that at least for now my idea is to have two “menus” as such, “Parts” and “Symptoms”. Parts will be able to be more fleshed out (name, pronouns, picture, description and custom fields) and will be available to system accounts. Symptoms will be less fleshed out (name, picture, and description) but will be available to everyone whether system or not. Both can be logged as active or inactive and analytics will show times at which these were logged to show when a symptom was experienced and for systems, who experienced what. I’m also including things like action plans, an encrypted journal system, and resources for grounding through dissociation and crisis.

(Sysblog is @ashenbladesystem )