Strata — calm liquid layers

Strata stacks six soft horizontal bands of colored liquid. The boundaries between them ripple under a continuous 1D wave simulation — every disturbance you make travels left and right, bounces softly off the edges, and slowly settles back to perfectly flat. The colors come from chosen palettes: sunset, ocean, forest, dusk.

How to play

Tap or drag anywhere — the nearest layer's surface pushes up where your finger touched, and the wave propagates. Pick a palette to recolor everything instantly. Calm stops all motion; the layers settle perfectly flat.

Why it's satisfying

Liquid in slow motion is one of the most universally calming visuals. Strata strips the metaphor down — no fish, no decoration, just pure colored matter responding to your touch with the gentlest physics. Five quiet minutes here lower the heart rate.

About

Strata is part of Alcy, free contemplative micro-games. For more soft fluids: Ripple, Ink, Snow.