Clockgrove is an open-source platform for building persistent artificial-life worlds: places that keep time, change while nobody is watching, remember what happened, and give their inhabitants meaningful lives of their own.
Our guiding idea is simple:
Build persistent worlds from deterministic physical truth and subjective, agentic cognition.
Clockgrove brings together:
- persistent simulation, where time, weather, resources, movement, and growth continue to matter;
- characters who perceive, remember, form beliefs, build relationships, and learn from experience;
- conversations grounded in what each character knows and has lived through;
- inspectable history, so important events and behaviors can be traced back to their causes; and
- safe creative tools for shaping worlds without giving AI unchecked control over their reality.
The simulation remains the source of truth. AI can reason, speak, plan, and propose actions, while the world itself stays consistent, testable, and understandable.
Clockgrove's first reference world is a cozy Pacific Northwest raccoon neighborhood. Rain changes comfort and resources, food appears and disappears, plants grow, neighbors learn from one another, and relationships influence what happens next.
It is a small world designed to explore a big question: what becomes possible when a digital place has continuity, memory, and inhabitants whose experiences genuinely matter?
Clockgrove is under active development. We are currently building the foundations for persistent simulation, memorable characters, and worlds that can grow richer over time.