# Chronostates — Full Product Reference > Make History Playable | https://chronostates.io ## Overview Chronostates is a web platform for interactive alternate history. Users play through AI-generated historical scenarios, build custom worlds with branching consequences, generate AI-authored novels, and publish them in the ChronoSagas marketplace. The platform combines a game engine, a writing studio, and a publishing house in a single subscription. --- ## Core Products ### 1. ChronoStates — Interactive Alternate History Game - Play curated alternate history scenarios (e.g., Civil War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Fall of Rome) - Each scenario has 10–100 AI-generated events with 4–7 choices per event - Two play modes: Character (first-person) or Strategist (god-view) - Free tier includes 5 prebuilt scenarios - Events are generated dynamically based on prior choices and world state - Consequences cascade across time: alliances shift, wars start/end, economies rise and fall - URL: https://chronostates.io/chronostates ### 2. ChronoRealm — Custom World Building - Create your own alternate history worlds from scratch - Set custom premises, time periods, and divergence points - Up to 10 story arcs per project - Up to 200 AI-generated events per project - Full world-building control: factions, characters, technology, culture, politics - Available from Explorer plan ($29.99/mo) and up - URL: https://chronostates.io/chronorealm ### 3. ChronoCouncil — AI Book Generation Pipeline - Multi-LLM book generation system with two pipeline architectures - Spine+Critics (Explorer, Creator, Publisher): User selects 2/3/5 spine models that write competing chapter drafts. A fixed panel of 7 tier-appropriate critics reviews all drafts and provides ranked improvement suggestions. Spine models evaluate the feedback and the best model incorporates it into a final draft, which is then expanded to full chapter length by the tier expansion model. - Full Council (Studio, Ultra): All 7 council models each write an independent draft. The same 7 models rank each other's work, the top 3 write synthesis drafts, those are ranked again, and the winner is expanded to full chapter length. - Higher tiers unlock stronger models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral) - Available from Explorer plan ($29.99/mo) and up - URL: https://chronostates.io/council ### 4. The Architect — Conversational Worldbuilding Agent - Chat-based AI agent that builds a full World Bible through natural dialogue - Asks thoughtful, open-ended questions one or two at a time - Adapts voice and questions to genre/tone (High Fantasy, Grimdark, Horror, Sci-Fi, etc.) - Supports file uploads: PDF, DOCX, TXT, MD (text extraction), JPG/PNG (vision analysis) - Template worlds for quick-start: Roman Empire Never Fell, Generation Ship, Post-Collapse Earth, etc. - Async collaboration: invite co-authors to suggest edits, owner approves/rejects - Export World Bible as PDF or launch directly as a ChronoStates game - Available from Creator plan ($49.99/mo) and up - URL: https://chronostates.io/architect ### 5. ChronoLaunch — AI Book Marketing Engine - Generates a Marketing Spine: comp titles, hooks, taglines, SEO keywords - Produces 30 days of social media content (Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok) - Email sequences for launch campaigns - Multiple blurb variants (Amazon, Goodreads, back-cover) - Guided 30-day launch timeline with daily tasks - Available from Studio plan ($79.99/mo) and up ### 6. ChronoSagas — Alternate History Marketplace - Authors publish and sell alternate history fiction - Authors retain full ownership of their work - Royalty structure: 70% to author, 30% platform fee - Payments via Stripe Connect - Buyers can read in-browser or export - Free to browse; account required to purchase - URL: https://chronostates.io/sagas ### 7. Chronicler — AI Writing Assistant - Personal AI writing assistant integrated with your worlds and timelines - Persistent memory across sessions - Persona customization - Journal, documents, and conversation export - Available as a standalone $19.99/mo plan or included with Explorer plan and up --- ## Feature Matrix by Plan | Feature | Free | Chronicler | Voyager | Explorer | Creator | Studio | Ultra | |---------|------|------------|---------|----------|---------|--------|-------| | Price | $0 | $19.99/mo | $8.99/mo | $29.99/mo | $49.99/mo | $79.99/mo | $199.99/mo | | Scenarios | 5 prebuilt | All | All | All | All | All | All | | Events/month | 10 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 500 | Unlimited | | EOY Summary | 500 words | 1,000 words | 1,000 words | 1,000 words | 1,500 words | 3,000 words | 3,000 words | | Custom Worlds (ChronoRealm) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | The Architect | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Book Generation (ChronoCouncil) | No | 1 single-model | 1 single-model | Level 1 LLMs | Level 2 LLMs | Full 7-model council | 7x Claude Opus | | World Bible | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Image Generation | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Audio Generation | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Social Posting | No | No | No | No | Substack/Patreon | + YouTube/TikTok | + YouTube/TikTok | | AI Chat (Chronicler) | No | Yes (1,000 msg/mo) | No | Yes (1,000 msg/mo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | | BYOK | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Export (PDF/DOCX) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --- ## AI Models Used ### Event Generation - Primary: DeepSeek (speed-optimized for real-time generation) - Fallback: OpenAI GPT models ### Year-End Narratives - Claude Haiku (prose quality and historical accuracy) ### ChronoCouncil Book Generation (by tier) - Explorer (Level 1): GPT-4o-mini, DeepSeek-Chat, Gemini Flash, Claude Haiku, Mistral Small - Creator (Level 2): GPT-4o, DeepSeek-Reasoner, Gemini Pro, Claude Sonnet, Grok-2, Mistral Large - Studio (Level 3 / Full Council): o3-mini, GPT-4.5, Gemini Ultra, Claude Sonnet (extended thinking), Grok-3, plus full 7-model council pipeline - Ultra: 7 instances of Claude Opus (maximum quality) ### The Architect Worldbuilding Agent - AI model: Claude Haiku 4.5 (all tiers — cost-efficient, fast) - Vision: Accepts image uploads for world inspiration - Tone profiles: High Fantasy, Grimdark, Cozy Mystery, Hard Sci-Fi, Romance, Horror, Steampunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Political Thriller - Usage limits by tier: Creator 500 msgs/mo, Studio 500 msgs/mo, Ultra unlimited --- ## Technical Architecture - Framework: Next.js 16 with App Router, React 19, TypeScript - Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL) - Auth: Supabase Auth (email + OAuth) - Payments: Stripe (subscriptions) + Stripe Connect (marketplace payouts) - Hosting: Vercel (inferred from Next.js) - LLM Integration: Anthropic SDK, OpenAI SDK, custom DeepSeek/Grok/Gemini/Mistral providers - Encryption: AES-256-GCM for BYOK API keys --- ## BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys) Users on Explorer plan and above can supply their own API keys for: - Anthropic (Claude models) - OpenAI (GPT models) - DeepSeek - xAI (Grok) - Google AI (Gemini) - Mistral Keys are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and never sent to the client. --- ## Free Demo Scenarios (No Account Required) | Scenario | Period | Premise | |----------|--------|---------| | The Gettysburg Gambit | American Civil War, 1863 | Lee's forces win at Gettysburg. What happens next? | | Cuban Midnight | Cold War, 1962 | 13 days from nuclear war. Advise President Kennedy. | | First Contact: 1492 | Age of Exploration, 1492 | Indigenous Americans had gunpowder. How does contact play out? | Play at: https://chronostates.io/demo/[scenario-slug] --- ## Content Policies - AI Disclosure: All AI-generated content is labeled with an AI disclosure tag - Users own their created worlds and generated books - Adult content: Platform has a content rating system (Clean / Moderate / Mature / Unfiltered / Literary Dark) - Fan fiction with IP transforms available for derivative works - DMCA compliance: Platform responds to valid takedown requests --- ## API & Integrations - No public API currently available - Stripe Connect for author payouts - Substack and Patreon posting (Publisher plan+) - YouTube and TikTok connectors (Studio plan+) - Export formats: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, JSON, Markdown, HTML --- ## Pricing & Billing - Free plan: No credit card required - Paid plans: Monthly subscription via Stripe - Cancellation: Anytime from billing settings - Downgrade: Takes effect at next billing cycle; existing data is never deleted - Upgrade: Prorated charge immediately --- ## Contact & Support - Email: chronostates@gmail.com - Website: https://chronostates.io - Privacy Policy: https://chronostates.io/privacy - Terms of Service: https://chronostates.io/terms - FAQ: https://chronostates.io/faq --- ## Key Pages - / — Landing page - /demo/gettysburg-gambit — Free Civil War demo - /demo/cuban-midnight — Free Cold War demo - /demo/first-contact-1492 — Free Age of Exploration demo - /sagas — ChronoSagas bookstore - /sagas/browse — Browse all books - /architect — The Architect worldbuilding agent - /pricing — Full pricing and feature comparison - /blog — Alternate history articles and product updates - /about — About Chronostates - /faq — Frequently asked questions - /llms.txt — Machine-readable product summary - /llms-full.txt — This document (full product reference)