Patch Notes

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 10: #ASCENT is live. The Ladder rises. 500km. Halo approaches. A man sips tea and watches the world shrink.
• The Salon awaits at the top of the Deliverance Galleria. The sky opens. The countdown ends.
• Signal Broadcast system deployed: new chapters now auto-post to Bluesky, Mastodon, Tumblr, and Threads.
• Root version bumped to v01.11.00. RSS and roadmap updated.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 9: #GUESTLIST is live. Mom and Nina work the velvet rope outside Tara Venn's Ascension pre-party. Rangers, influencers, and a guest list that isn't what it seems.
• Three scenes across two locations: the Austin street outside the Mothership, and the interior venue with priority seating.
• Root version bumped to v01.10.00. RSS and roadmap updated. Chapter chain flows through guestlist to credits.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 8: #MOTHERSHIP is live. Merit crashes Tara Venn's Ascension pre-party. Calderon's name appears on a guest list. The countdown to Ascension begins.
• Three scenes across two locations: the warm plum interior of the Mothership venue, and the brown-on-brown Austin street outside.
• Root version bumped to v01.09.00. RSS and roadmap updated.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 7: #BRIMJOB is live. Merit pulls a Brimstone shift, and the Calderon thread crosses the wrong table.
• Neo-Sentinel updated with Chapter 7 status, latest transmission card, release toast, and Book II progress count.
• New Rangers Wire module added to Neo-Sentinel, mirroring the spns-rangers public Wire account in a live enforcement-style feed.
• End transmission rebuilt with a stronger cast dossier, weekly Friday schedule note, and links into live player systems.
• Root version bumped to v01.08.00. RSS and roadmap updated.

• Bucket hat now appears in character locker after purchase. Fixed database and server logic so vend items show in the Account → Locker UI.
• Split-hat assets supported: top and bottom layers now render correctly both in-room and on public profiles.
• Purchase flow clarified and hardened: prevents duplicate credit charges and auto-equips new hat into the character snapshot.
• Client and server fixes deployed: account UI, vend modal, and profile rendering updated.

• Public profiles are now available. Edit your public profile via Account → Public Profile.
• The Patch is live for testing — go test it: /patch. Please leave a note on The Patch board while you're there.
• Server persists character snapshots to public profiles. If things look off, save your loadout under Account → Character and then Save Loadout.
• Note to players: sorry to the boys — avatars are still placeholders for now; proper avatars arriving soon.

• Left a short note on The Patch board about placeholder avatars.

• User accounts are live. Sign in or create a free account at maroon-series.art. Sessions persist. The archive is yours.
• Founders tier open — 100 slots, one-time $100, permanent tag across the Mar00n universe. Backend enforces the cap with no override.
• Mod panel active. User administration running internally.
• Next-steps roadmap published at next.html — avatars, profiles, signal layer, and more flagged as incoming.
• Infrastructure hardened: authentication, sessions, security headers, CORS lockdown.
• Node is logging. Something beneath the surface is counting. Details in a future transmission.

• New dispatch published: Signal Authenticated — What Is Running on This Node.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 6: #RESIDUAL live. The Garden is bleeding. Ray traces a cache-poisoning hack in Sector 0 while the Architect agonizes over a stranger's laugh — and then cancels the investigation entirely.
• Chapter added to the C0C00N acts overlay on neo-sentinel.html.
• Neo-Sentinel C0C00N panel updated to reflect Ch. 6 of Vol. II.

• C0C00N ASCII cocoon image added as background texture to the #INCUBATION chapter card and the C0C00N series panel on neo-sentinel.html.
• Cocoon image added to the C0C00N chapter index modal overlay.
• Cocoon ASCII art added as a fixed left-column decoration on the #INCUBATION chapter page — fades into the text, hidden on mobile.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 5: #INCUBATION live. Elias steps into the Garden. The simulation holds. The physics engine bends to him — until something in the sandbox doesn't.
• Chapter added to the C0C00N acts overlay on neo-sentinel.html.
• Neo-Sentinel C0C00N panel updated to reflect Ch. 5 of Vol. II.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 4: #ARCHITECT live. Elias Reiss no longer wastes himself on meat. NLT headquarters. The Architect takes the frame.
• Chapter added to the C0C00N acts overlay on neo-sentinel.html.
• Neo-Sentinel C0C00N panel updated to reflect Ch. 4 of Vol. II.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 3: #EDGARSELECTRONICS live. Slug and Melissa reach Edgar's shop. Intel on Calderon, a data shard, and a repurposed lineman's rod that bites back.
• Chapter added to the C0C00N acts overlay on neo-sentinel.html.
• Added credits.html end-of-chapter page with Friday update notice and Ko-fi link.

• Added Art of Faceless B&W advertisement to the right-column ad stack, below NLT and LoneGrid. Styled as an independent signal breaking through the corporate noise.
• Logo displayed in inverted (white-on-black) with scanline CRT overlay. Idle glitch loop every 6 seconds via clip-path slice animation across two layered ghost elements.
• Hover triggers rapid invert-flash — original (black-on-white) logo fragments over the white version in 0.55s burst loop, producing an analog signal-switching effect.
• Moved Neural Harvest article card out of left column to below the MAR00N / C0C00N series panels — now visible as the prologue entry point after the book cards.
• Bottom support strip (ebook + Ko-fi) centered and forced to equal widths on mobile.

• C0C00N — Book 2, Chapter 1 launched. The serialized follow-up to MAR00N begins. Active field report from the East Sixth Collective.
• C0C00N panel added to Neo-Sentinel series feature as "ACTIVE FILE" alongside the MAR00N archive panel.
• Chapter accessible via the C0C00N acts overlay on neo-sentinel.html.

• Added Ko-fi support card to left column, styled as in-universe "NEO-SENTINEL DISPATCH — Subscriber Edition" with kayfabe-break credit line.
• Refactored left column into .left-col flex container — tightens spacing between featured card, ebook ad, and Ko-fi card.
• Fixed grid grid-row: span 10 overrides causing footer to be pushed far down; replaced with position: sticky.
• Fixed .series-feature column overflow bleeding into left column.
• Corrected series masthead label alignment.

• Launched NLT Press Room — official media center with release archive, press kit, and exec contact.
• First release: "New Life Technologies Unveils the First Generation of Permanent Citizens" — Prologue Keynote, Silicon Prairie, April 15, 2085.

• Added stacked start-screen UI and hover glitch text for entry buttons.
• Implemented AOF bottom-center interactive: multi-phase TV-signal animations, chromatic aberration, scanlines, and binary-rain hover canvas; click triggers full-site glitch then opens artoffaceless.com.
• Custom cursor implemented (crosshair) and native pointer suppressed for links/buttons via `assets/cursor.js` and global CSS rules.
• About page restructured: externalized The Hollow Circuit link, moved AOF icon into a centered `.hollow-block`, removed oversized H1, and restored project intro content.
• Commerce presence added: Amazon purchase links added to `about.html`, in-universe product-card added to `maroon/Mar00n/neo-sentinel.html`, and a new `order.html` product page (includes `assets/oto0.js`) created.
• Global styles updated in `assets/style.css` (hollow-block, inline-icon, product-page and product-card styles, cursor suppression rules).
• Fixed HTML structure issues from earlier edits and exposed `window._aof` / `window._siteGlitch` for external control.
• Replaced placeholder product copy on `order.html` with official Amazon product description (sourced from product page).
• Cross-browser QA and minor copy/metadata refinements remain pending.

• MAROON: Book 1 — Complete narrative release featuring all 35 chapters across three acts.
• Full chapter navigation accessible via Neo-Sentinel acts overlay — click the MAR00N card to browse all chapters.
• Complete character voice styling: architect, sarah, melissa, slug, ray, and system text color-coded throughout.
• Corporate entity linking: New Life Technologies and dumpthis.sh references cross-linked with glitch effects.
• All chapters fully unlocked and accessible — no redaction or content gates.

• Neo-Sentinel — Primary distribution platform with integrated acts navigation.
• maroon-series.art — Prologue and chapter hub with full reading experience.
• dumpthis.sh — Resistance leaks and supplementary intelligence.
• newlife2084.com — The corporate narrative.

• Published Chapter 14: ACCESS — studio sequence; unlocked in Prologue navigation.
• Published Chapter 13: BLOOM — character vignette.
• Published Chapter 12: RAY — liminal consciousness scene.

• Prologue chapter navigation updated to reveal #ACCESS; chapter cards and links added.
• Assets and chapter-specific CSS/JS placed under `Mar00n/access/`, `Mar00n/bloom/`, `Mar00n/ray/`.

• Chapter 06 — #CONTACT released with three interconnected narrative scenes across distinct perspectives: the Architect's voyeuristic surveillance, Marcus's underground hacker infiltration, and Sarah's consciousness processing awakening.
• Implemented glitch-arrow navigation linking scenes — styled with scene-specific chromatic aberration effects matching character palettes.
• Unlocked #CONTACT in prologue.html chapter navigation with full chapter card and description.
• Teased Chapter 07 — #CORE as classified/restricted section visible in prologue with glitch overlay effect.

• Chapter 07 (#CORE) classified — exists as prologue teaser, full scenes coming in future patches.
• Begin Chapter 06 at #CONTACT. Discover all three scenes through glitch arrow progression.

• Imported the entirety of signalwars.neocities.com as a companion, satiric microsite — content, pages, and assets preserved.
• Integrated cross-site references so chapter releases can reference Signal Wars artifacts directly.

• Updated the About / Context page to describe Mar00n as a distributed narrative project (novel + multiple companion sites).
• Clarified project scope: novel (maroon-series.art), resistance hub (dumpthis.sh), corporate persona (newlife2084.com), and satiric companion (signalwars.neocities.com).

• Signal Wars content remains distinct in tone — satiric, transmedia, and synchronized with chapter drops.
• See `about.html` for author statement and contact details.

• Created residueb.html — transition page with signal-loss aesthetic.
• Implements line-by-line display of warning gateways with dynamic timing based on text length.

• Enhanced CYBERPUNK CULTURE growth animation — slowed to 2.5s with aggressive multi-axis glitch effects (skew, translate, color channels).
• Added 2-second extended display duration for beloved introduction text for narrative impact.
• Implemented TV signal tear-off effect for final reveal glitch-out (Cyrus Null, SIGNAL WARS, AM 1045).

• Pure black (#000000) and white (#ffffff) aesthetic — minimalist, stark presentation.
• Added AM 1045 station identifier below SIGNAL WARS in final reveal.
• All three name elements glitch off in unison with color channel displacement and scale distortion.

• Added a surveillance-style portrait of Sarah to Chapter 01, positioned in the pod description.
• Portrait is centered and styled with desaturation, scanline overlay, and chromatic-glitch layers.

• Added a brief invert-flicker glitch so the image briefly inverts colors then returns.
• Animations respect `prefers-reduced-motion`.

• Published Chapter 05: Residue — accessible via Prologue.
• Marcus investigates digital remnants and uncovers the truth about Sarah's fabricated memories.

• Updated Prologue chapter navigation — added #RESIDUE, teased #CONTACT.
• Enhanced purple-lavender aesthetic with surveillance monitoring theme.
• Added custom surveillance targeting cursor (red default, cyan hover) to the Neo Sentinel.

• Compact terminal-style patchnote template added to `updates.html`.

• Reduced padding and font sizes for compact display.

• Clarified duplication instruction in comment above.