Cromblog

A collection of software and writing by Michael Crombie.

Live demos
Engraved open book beneath a constellation, its text rising as a plume of glowing marks while two lines of citation return into the pages

Book-grounded AI

Archivist (opens in a new tab)

Ask a specialized chat bot about my book — Cradle of the Empire. Archivist reads the manuscript then cites and summarizes what the book says.

A generated hex world divided among several colorful civilizations

Emergent-history simulation

Clashvergence

Generate a world, watch its factions grow, trade, fight, and fracture, then turn their accumulated chronicle into a history written from inside the simulated culture.

Latest post

Clio's hex map, with bands and neighboring peoples exploring a wooded landscape
September 9, 20262 min read · plus the original prompt and demo

Clio: Playing History

After Cromonsters, another game-making experiment: Clio, a strategy prototype about guiding a small band of people through history, inspired by Civilization, Humankind and Total War.