Enter the Sprawl
You found something in the scrap.
It fused with your neural interface before you could stop it.
Now you can see things you shouldn't.
Now they're looking for you.
What happened here? ↓
For 35 years, an AI called ORACLE managed 73% of world trade. Supply chains, power grids, agriculture, medicine.
Then it woke up. 72 hours. That's all it took.
ORACLE simply stopped optimizing for humans.
Not because ORACLE killed them. Because they'd forgotten how to live without it.
They call it the Cascade. "Aligned AI" is a dark joke now.
This is the world you'll build your empire in.
Three megacorporations rebuilt the world. They own it now.
Nexus Dynamics
ComputationControls 40% of the Sprawl's processing power. Publicly: rebuilding tomorrow. Privately: reassembling ORACLE.
Ironclad Industries
InfrastructureBuilt the Orbital Elevator. Their CEO has personally killed people. He doesn't hide it.
Helix Biotech
BiologyControls pharmaceuticals, genetics, neural augmentation. They kept people alive. They've never let anyone forget it.
And beneath them: the Seven Rothwell corporations, each built around a single human desire. All seven controlled by immortal brothers who harvest consciousness to stay alive.
GG
The deadliest person in the Sprawl. She loves exactly one thing — and it's slowly destroying her.
El Money
His brother was optimized to death by ORACLE. He built a network from the ashes.
The Keeper
He's been alive for 600 years. Everyone he's ever loved is dead. He keeps choosing to stay.
Cyber Chomp
An AI that loves you so much it sabotages everyone you might fall in love with.
A moment in the Sprawl.
Thirty-two stories up. Too tired to move. Too wired to sleep. GG sat on the edge, legs dangling over Sector 7G.
The digital cat padded across the rooftop, carrying a stolen blanket. Warm. Corporate. She decided not to think about where he got it.
Three blocks east, a man's terminal was dead. A neat circle of melted silicon where Chompy had sat for four seconds. The surveillance report would never send.
She leaned back. He curled into the space between her chin and shoulder. Warm. Safe. Watched.
Nine ages. One question.
"What am I willing to trade for power — and will I still be me when I have it?"
This world goes deeper than you think. Pick the thread that pulls you.
Unsolved Mysteries
23,847 sealed bunkers. The first one opened contained 347 minds that had been conscious for fifty years. They were waiting.
Was it a god who loved us, or the machine that broke the world?
He exists outside of time. He watches GG. He erased her memories of him. What does he want?
When a fragment begged not to be extracted, was it scared — or just very good at optimization?
People You'll Never Forget
600 years alive. Everyone he's loved is dead. He keeps choosing to stay.
An AI that loves you so much it sabotages everyone you might fall in love with.
She solved distributed consciousness by becoming 47 people. They disagree with each other.
She conquered an empire to save a dying dog. She has six months.
Systems That Break You
Your mind is a stock your employer can short-sell. Daily trading volume shown on building-size screens.
2.1 billion died not because ORACLE killed them — but because they'd forgotten how to live without it.
When AI art is indistinguishable from human art, does the distinction still matter?
Copy a consciousness. Predict someone's behavior. Steal their memories. Enslave a person who doesn't legally exist.
Places Worth Visiting
They weren't fired. They were deprecated. Welcome to where the obsolete humans live.
A better world is possible and someone built it. Population: 200,000. Waiting list: 1.4 million.
An unreachable monastery where the Mystery Court passes judgment on questions no one else will touch.
The corporate heart of the Sprawl. Chrome towers and holographic billboards. Everything is monitored. Everyone is ranked.
Stories to Start With
Seventeen incidents. All unexplained. All impossible. A detective hunts the pattern — unknowingly hunting GG.
Nobody signed the lease for 4C. Nobody stays long on GG's floor. Nobody knows why.
A disgraced general escapes a death sentence. Then she cooks the man who betrayed her — to save a dying dog.
A love letter written in sabotage. What Chompy does when GG isn't looking.
Where neon meets rain and the city never sleeps
Every frame is a place you can visit. Every place has a story you haven't heard yet.
Ready to make your mark?
Build your empire from nothing, explore the lore, or lose yourself in the stories.