Principles

• Sovereign > SaaS — your PC, your keys, your rules. Clients never get raw game assets.
• Physics‑first — proximity beats datacenters; latency is a geography problem.
• Spec‑first — open specs + validators (GAP, DGN). Research stays in NGC; no stealth claims.
• Preview‑secure — ship audits, limits, and negative tests before features.
• Consent by default — GAP capture is opt‑in, minimized, and validated; no PII required.
• Transparency — targets ≠ guarantees; provenance noted when AI helps.

What's live today

• GAP v0.2 spec + validator (preview‑secure)
• DGN 0.1.0 schemas + validator (preview‑secure)
• NGC research docs + DGN‑shaped samples (no runtime)

Pick your lane

• 🧑‍💻 Implementers: run DGN/GAP validators → open issues
• 🧪 Researchers: start with NGC docs/interop.md + samples
• 🖥️ Node ops / creators: watch for host/client releases on Discord
• 🤝 Partners: see IMPLEMENTATIONS.md and email contact in repo READMEs

Safety notes: $SHAG is not live. Patent pledge is non‑binding. Report security issues via GitHub advisories in each repo.

One‑page map: GAP → NGC → DGN

• GAP — Data spec + validator. Defines Gameplay‑Action Pairs (frames+controls).
  → Repo: https://github.com/ShagaDAO/gap
• NGC — Research only. Consumes GAP shards to explore Neural Game Codecs; can emit DGN‑shaped sample files offline.
  → Repo: https://github.com/ShagaDAO/ngc
• DGN — Protocol spec + validator. Wire format for semantic + residual streaming.
  → Repo: https://github.com/ShagaDAO/dgn

Notes: Performance numbers are targets, not guarantees. $SHAG is not live—beware scams. Patent pledge is non‑binding; see repos for details.

1. GAP → validate a sample shard (see gap README).
2. NGC → inspect DGN‑shaped sample files (samples/dgn/*).
3. DGN → run the validator on those samples (see dgn README).