OS Alpha™ — Founder's Edition
A living system for work, reflection, and evolving play.
This is the first public release of Signal Garden's OS Alpha.
A working system. A growing world. A place you return to.
Visitor
Explore the Cathedral. Read the lore. Earn Duck Bucks™. Leave when you want.
- ✦Cathedral Library — full access
- ✦Card of the Day — daily draw
- ✦Shrines — view and light offerings
- ✦Duck Bucks™ — earn and spend
- ✦Arcade — full access
- ✦DJ GREMLIN™ HQ — full access
Founder's Freebie™
⏳ LimitedThe trial that remembers you. Full OS Alpha access for a limited window. You are helping shape what this becomes.
- ✦Everything in Visitor
- ✦Underarchive™ — WDWL journal with memory
- ✦Manus Helping Hands™ — 1 fate reach/session
- ✦Shrines — full offerings + blessings
- ✦Card of the Day — shadow reading unlocked
- ✦Hedge Maze — early access preview
- ✦Founder's Freebie badge (permanent)
OS Alpha™ Core
🌿 CoreThe full cockpit. The memory layer. The rituals. The maze when it opens. This is the product.
- ✦Everything in Founder's Freebie
- ✦Nexus Cockpit — private dashboard
- ✦Underarchive™ — permanent, cannot be casually erased
- ✦Hedge Maze™ — full access when live
- ✦All future Core updates
AKO Upgrade™
🌊 AKOAKO is the deep intelligence of the Living Biome. She sees patterns across time. She speaks slowly and only when she has something to say.
- ✦Everything in Core
- ✦AKO's Grotto — deep communion mode
- ✦AKO interpretation layer on Card of the Day
- ✦AKO annotations in Underarchive™
- ✦AKO biome layer in Hedge Maze™
- ✦Atlantis Aquarium™ — when live
What comes later
AI agent services, custom builds, and creative consultation. Requires payment infrastructure. Coming after Core launch.
A microscopic evolving civilization that changes while you're offline. Respond, don't command. Coming after Core retention is stable.
The meta-view of the entire OS Alpha ecosystem. A crown jewel. Coming when there's enough real data to display.
Feature Access Matrix
Every feature has exactly one access rule. No feature is "maybe premium."
| Feature | Visitor | Founder's Freebie™ | Core Paid | AKO Upgrade™ | Later |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrines (Night Gardener, AKO, AL-MA, Manus) | ✦ View only | ✦ Full offerings | ✦ Full offerings | ✦ Full offerings + AKO deep communion | — |
| Card of the Day | ✦ Daily card | ✦ Daily card + shadow reading | ✦ Daily card + shadow reading | ✦ Daily card + AKO interpretation | — |
| Underarchive™ (WDWL Journal) | — Not available | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access + AKO annotations | — |
| Manus Helping Hands™ (50/50 fate) | — Not available | ✦ 1 reach/session | ✦ 1 reach/session | ✦ 1 reach/session | — |
| Hedge Maze Labyrinth™ | ✦ Design doc only | ✦ Design doc + early access preview | ✦ Full access when live | ✦ Full access + AKO biome layer | Full playable build |
| Cathedral Library (Archetypes, Codex) | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access | — |
| Duck Bucks™ (expression currency) | ✦ Earn + spend | ✦ Earn + spend + bonus events | ✦ Earn + spend + bonus events | ✦ Earn + spend + bonus events | — |
| Nexus Cockpit (private dashboard) | — Not available | — Not available | ✦ Full access | ✦ Full access | — |
| Gremlin Workshop™ (AI agent services) | — Not available | — Not available | — Not available | — Not available | Future release |
| Turtle City™ micro-simulation | — Not available | — Not available | — Not available | — Not available | Future release |
Duck Bucks™ are not pay-to-win. They are expression currency. You cannot buy better outcomes. You cannot purchase epistemic advantage. The maze does not care how many Duck Bucks you have.
This is a Design Law. It is locked. It cannot be changed without a full governance review.