STRATA 0.9 — POLIS DEV.13.7

STRATA

Civilizations rise. Empires fall. History doesn't end—it gets buried.

What if you could watch an entire world live, die, and become history?

STRATA is a living artificial-history simulator where civilizations emerge, cities grow, nations wage wars, populations migrate, and entire societies disappear into the past.

Generate a world. Set time in motion. Watch thousands of years unfold.

Every civilization has a story. Every city has a past. Every ruin was once something more.

There is no predetermined history. No scripted rise or fall. The world develops through interconnected simulations of population, geography, politics, economics, conflict, infrastructure, and human settlement.

And when a civilization disappears, its history doesn't simply vanish.

It leaves something behind.

A WORLD THAT LIVES WITHOUT YOU

STRATA isn't a traditional strategy game where you control an empire and conquer the map.

You're an observer of history itself.

Watch civilizations establish settlements, develop political identities, build infrastructure, form relationships, compete for resources, and struggle to survive.

Some societies will prosper for millennia.

Others will collapse before their stories have truly begun.

Time continues regardless.

HISTORY YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPLORE

In STRATA, history is more than a list of randomly generated events.

Cities develop physical layouts. Roads connect regions. Households inhabit settlements. Wars can damage infrastructure and destroy parts of cities.

Centuries later, those same places can become archaeological sites, preserving evidence of the societies that once occupied them.

Examine ruins, investigate historical records, trace discoveries back to their origins, and uncover the stories buried beneath the present.

The world remembers what happened.

FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS TO THE DISTANT FUTURE

Begin thousands of years in the past and accelerate through history.

Watch early settlements develop into powerful civilizations, follow the evolution of technology and society, and explore what might happen far beyond the present day.

Create branching timelines and investigate alternate histories. A civilization that collapsed in one future might survive in another.

Every timeline becomes another possibility.

FEATURES

• Autonomous civilizations — Watch societies emerge, expand, compete, evolve, and collapse.
• Living populations — Simulated population growth, migration, households, and settlement development.
• Persistent cities — Explore urban districts, streets, structures, and the physical consequences of history.
• Warfare and politics — Wars, sieges, political unrest, territorial change, and shifting relationships.
• Infrastructure and trade — Evolving road networks, maritime routes, ports, and regional economies.
• Archaeology — Investigate historical evidence, ancient structures, destruction, and forgotten settlements.
• Expansive worlds — Generate Standard, Expanse, or Colossal worlds with distinct geographical possibilities.
• Terrain visualization — Explore landscapes through a traditional 2D atlas or an angled, raised-terrain 3D view.
• Historical records — Follow events, rulers, civilizations, and discoveries across thousands of years.
• Branching timelines — Preserve and explore multiple versions of a world's history.
• Time acceleration — Watch centuries and millennia unfold at adjustable simulation speeds.
• An evolving simulation — New systems, improvements, and deeper historical interactions throughout development.

EVERY WORLD HAS A HISTORY.

Somewhere in your world, a small settlement may eventually become the capital of an empire.

Its roads may connect distant civilizations. Its people may survive wars, revolutions, and centuries of change.

Then, thousands of years later, someone may discover what remains of its streets.

They may never know what it was like to live there.

But you will.

Because you watched it happen.

EARLY ACCESS

STRATA is an independently developed simulation project in active development.

Its systems are continually expanding, and some mechanics, visualizations, and simulation behaviors remain experimental.

This is a game about observing an evolving world, exploring its history, and discovering the unexpected consequences of time.

Generate a world. Let history happen. See what remains.