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Dating for people who build their own characters

Your fandom depth, your crafting skills, your convention schedule, and that armour build you have been working on for six months are not just hobbies - they are identity. And Affinity Atlas captures the full picture.

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How it works for cosplayers

Powered by Interest Q&A. hierarchical There is no cosplay API - so Affinity Atlas collects structured data through branching questions that adapt based on your answers. Your fandom depth, crafting skills, and con habits feed directly into the same Affinity model that powers Spotify and Steam matching.

Do you cosplay? Actively / Casually / Interested in starting
Primary fandoms? Anime, gaming, comics, film, original designs...
How many costumes per year? 1-2 / 3-5 / 6+
Craft skills? Sewing, armour/foam, wig styling, electronics, props
Convention frequency? Monthly / Quarterly / 1-2 per year
Build complexity? Closet cosplay / Mid-tier / Competition-grade
Social aspect? Solo / Group cosplay / Couples cosplay important

Niche overlap > mainstream overlap

Both cosplaying from anime? That is broad. Both building competition-grade armour from the same niche JRPG? That is compatibility data you cannot get from a checkbox.

Mainstream
"I cosplay from anime"
Frequency 60% → NicheWeight 0.40
Niche
"Armour builds from Xenoblade"
Frequency 2% → NicheWeight 0.98

What gets scored

Fandom overlap - shared source material weighted by niche popularity among cosplayers
Craft skill alignment - both doing armour work, both wig styling, both electronics/LEDs
Build complexity - competition-grade builders have different expectations than closet cosplayers
Convention frequency - monthly con-goers vs once-a-year attendees as engagement depth
Social style - interest in couples cosplay or group cosplay is a direct compatibility signal
Investment level - budget range and time commitment per build as lifestyle signals

Example match

"You both cosplay from JRPG and anime fandoms with 4+ builds per year. Shared craft skills: armour fabrication, wig styling. Both attend conventions quarterly. Build complexity: both competition-grade. Fandom overlap: 3 shared niche series (combined NicheWeight 2.7). Both interested in couples cosplay."

Not "you both cosplay." The actual fandoms. The actual craft. The actual lifestyle.

No API needed - and that is the point

Cosplay has no central platform with an API. Instead, Affinity Atlas uses Interest Q&A - hierarchical branching questions that collect structured, scorable data through natural conversation. The result is Tier 1-equivalent scoring (presence, engagement, sentiment) achieved through UX rather than OAuth.

Affinity Atlas is in development

No real matching is live yet. If you want to find someone who will help you hot-glue EVA foam at 2am before a convention - get in touch.

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