# See your life as a video game character screen

> Make one now and again in five years, and you get a time capsule of how your life changed.

Describe your everyday gear, apps and goals. ChatGPT draws you as a game character, with your phone and car as equipment, your apps as spells and your goals as quests.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/your-life-as-a-game-character-screen/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: ChatGPT, Gemini
- Time: About 5 minutes
- Effort: Just copy and paste
- Note: The source attached a photo for a likeness. This version works from a written description, so no photo is needed.
- Published: 2026-10-24

## How can I turn my life into a video game character screen with AI?

Ask an AI image tool for a game-style equipment screen, then describe your everyday gear, the apps you use, your pet and your current goals. ChatGPT and Gemini can both draw it from a written description. Pick a cozy style for a fun share, or a classic fantasy look for a time capsule you redo every few years. If labels come out garbled, ask for fewer slots and shorter labels.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Create a 16:9 image styled as a modern video game character equipment screen, for an ordinary person's real life.

In the center, draw my character full-body as an illustrated game avatar: [DESCRIBE YOURSELF, e.g. woman, 50s, short gray hair, glasses].
Character name and level: [NAME AND LEVEL, e.g. Dana, level 54].

Equipment slots around the character, each with a small icon and label:
- Phone, computer, vehicle: [YOUR GEAR, e.g. old iPhone, laptop, blue hatchback]
- Outfit and favorite store: [OUTFIT AND STORE, e.g. fleece vest, garden center]
- Companion: [PET OR COMPANION, e.g. a scruffy terrier]

Spells panel: [APPS YOU USE, e.g. maps, banking app, recipe site]
Stats bars: energy, patience, coffee, focus, with honest values.
Active quests panel: [CURRENT GOALS, e.g. finish the deck, learn Spanish]

Style: [GAME STYLE, e.g. cozy fantasy RPG]. Clean panels, readable labels, warm and funny, no real brand logos.
```

## Step by step

1. Open a new chat in ChatGPT
2. Paste the prompt and fill in your gear, apps and goals
3. Ask for a second version in another game style if you like
4. Save the image to compare with next year's

## What you'll get

A finished game-style character screen of your life, with gear, spells, stats and quests you can share or save as a time capsule.

## Good to know

**How can I turn my life into a video game character screen with AI?** Ask an AI image tool for a game-style equipment screen, then describe your everyday gear, the apps you use, your pet and your current goals. ChatGPT and Gemini can both draw it from a written description. Pick a cozy style for a fun share, or a classic fantasy look for a time capsule you redo every few years. If labels come out garbled, ask for fewer slots and shorter labels.

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in ChatGPT and Gemini. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. The source attached a photo for a likeness. This version works from a written description, so no photo is needed.

**How long does it take?** About 5 minutes. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 8 blanks: describe yourself, name and level, your gear, outfit and store, pet or companion, apps you use, current goals and game style. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A finished game-style character screen of your life, with gear, spells, stats and quests you can share or save as a time capsule.

Idea spotted on Reddit, shared by u/rigermortistortoise: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1xdr8y3/i_turned_my_life_into_an_rpg_character_screen/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.