The Current Cycle
The Current Cycle is the live and recorded video arc of CranioDad; strategy and survival game playthroughs streamed live on Twitch and archived on YouTube. Each series runs to completion before the next begins, with community voting determining the next deployment. While the blog explores ideas and reflection in writing, this page follows the games unfolding in real time.
Current Deployment
Active
A survival and narrative strategy game where a stranded worker creates alternate versions of himself to survive and escape a hostile world.
Slate Alpha - Active Deployment
A story-driven action RPG set in a sprawling futuristic city where players navigate dangerous factions, advanced technology, and choices that shape their future.
An open-world survival adventure where a drifter battles massive hordes, hostile survivors, and the dangers of a world devastated by a deadly outbreak.
A survival strategy game where players build communities, manage scarce resources, and fight to endure in a world overrun by the undead.
A cinematic adventure where players traverse a fractured world, reconnect isolated communities, and uncover the mysteries behind a collapsing civilization.
Slate Bravo - Community & Special Operations
A cooperative survival adventure inspired by Norse mythology where players explore, build, craft, and battle powerful foes in a vast procedural world. Designated for future Special Operations deployment upon the release of Valheim 1.0 and potential community server activation..
A high-stakes MMORPG challenge where a single death ends the journey, forcing players to rely on preparation, skill, and teamwork to survive. Special Operations deployment with RaleMaximus and Megdromeda, where failure is permanent and every victory is earned.
A shared community world focused on creativity, collaboration, exploration, and ambitious projects built together over time. Maintained as a standing Special Operations candidate whenever the right community, server, or long-term project presents itself.
Slate Charlie - Under Review
Completed Operations
🟢 Frostpunk 2
Completed June 2026
11 Streams
21:19:38 Broadcast Time
46 Published Parts