Ardarium is a casual world simulation and sandbox game in which weather, natural disasters, ​plants, and humans interact on a 2D, grid-based map while the player intervenes as much or as little as they want.
People go about living their simulated lives automatically. They gather food, avoid danger, fight or run from enemies, build settlements, start farming, mate and have kids who then grow up and live their own lives. A settlement might thrive due to an abundance of food and then decline because of starvation and disease caused by overpopulation.
The world constantly changes. Land deforms slowly because of erosion and tectonic uplift, or quickly because of volcanos and meteors. Elevation changes cause coastlines to shift and alter weather patterns. These in turn impact where forests and crops can grow and ultimately where people can live. One volcanic eruption could spell doom for a nation even if they survive the explosion simply because it...
