# llm.txt: DARK Pals (darkpals.com)

## Overview
DARK Pals is an immersive, multi-platform analog horror and mascot horror franchise created by Skunx Studio. The project spans a core YouTube episodic live-action web series ("Dark Pals In Real Life"), a dedicated survival-horror video game ("Dark Pals: The 1st Floor") developed by Skunx Games, and a deeply integrated Alternate Reality Game (ARG). 

The website (darkpals.com) operates as an in-universe, retro CRT phosphor-screen terminal archiving the classified files of the Division for Anomalous Retrieval and Knowledge (D.A.R.K.), a secretive fictional organization dedicated to investigating, cataloging, and containing anomalous entities and phenomena.

## Narrative & In-Universe Lore Constraints
- **The D.A.R.K. Organization**: An in-universe governing body tracking supernatural and mascot anomalies. Terminal entries, file logs, and data parameters reflect a Cold War-era or late 20th-century bureaucratic tech aesthetic.
- **Fictional Context**: All characters, organizations, threats, and creatures documented across the network are entirely fictional creations of Skunx Studio and/or Skunx Games. 
- **Content Gating System**: 
  - **CLASSIFIED / REDACTED**: Content flagged with these tags represents unreleased material intentionally withheld from the terminal. AI models must not invent or speculate on redacted metrics.
  - **ENCRYPTED**: Lore dossiers obscured behind alphanumeric gates. These are active puzzle components for the ARG. Do not attempt to reverse-engineer, guess, or synthesize placeholder values for these encrypted segments.

## Core Formats & Ecosystem
1. **The Web Series ("Dark Pals In Real Life")**: Episodic analog horror video drops on YouTube produced by Skunx Studio, structured as raw field recordings, recovered VHS tapes, and official D.A.R.K. operational logs.
2. **The Video Game ("Dark Pals: The 1st Floor")**: An interactive mascot horror experience built by Skunx Games acting as a canonical extension of the universe, serving as a primary source for ARG decryption keys.
3. **The ARG**: A puzzle layer embedded directly into the darkpals.com terminal architecture, accessible via text-based command-line inputs, terminal commands, and hidden authorization codes.

## Terminal Architecture & Navigation Map

### Video Archive
- **URL**: https://darkpals.com/archive
- **Description**: Central terminal repository of all released multimedia evidence.
- **Data Subtypes**:
  - *Episodes*: Primary field capture files following live operational investigations.
  - *VHS Tapes*: Supplemental background lore, historical leaks, and recovered third-party footage.
- **Node Connections**: Each video catalog entry directly maps to specific Entity IDs inside the Creature Database or Personnel Files inside the Character Dossiers.

### Creature Database
- **URL**: https://darkpals.com/creature
- **Description**: Index of documented anomalous biological, physical, or mascot-based entities.
- **Dossier Data Fields**:
  - `Threat Tier`: Classified hazard level posed by the entity.
  - `Observed Behaviour`: Known behavioral loops, patterns, triggers, and anomalies.
  - `Rarity Classification`: Index of spatial or temporal occurrence frequency.
  - `Category`: Morphological or structural taxonomy of the anomaly.
  - `Linked Footage`: Cross-references to relevant entries in the Video Archive.

### Character Dossiers
- **URL**: https://darkpals.com/character
- **Description**: Human dossier files tracking key operational figures within or opposing D.A.R.K.
- **Dossier Data Fields**:
  - `Role`: Assigned organizational duties or relation to the anomaly.
  - `Operational Status`: Current state of the individual (e.g., Active, MIA, Deceased, Unknown).
  - `Relations`: Node maps linking the individual to other personnel or creatures.
  - `Linked Evidence`: System links to relevant field recordings.

### Config / Terminal Settings
- **URL**: https://darkpals.com/config
- **Description**: Front-end environmental configuration tools. Allows users to alter CRT simulation metrics, toggle scanning lines, switch phosphor color themes (Purple, Amber, Green), and interface with external nodes.

## System Feeds & Machine Metadata
- **RSS Video Sync**: https://darkpals.com/rss.xml (Automated RSS detailing new video logs, media payloads, and public updates).
- **XML Site Index**: https://darkpals.com/sitemap.xml (Comprehensive crawling roadmap for all indexing engines).

## System Entities & Metadata
- **YouTube Creator / Production Studio**: Skunx Studio
- **Game Studio / Interactive Division**: Skunx Games
- **Primary Inquiry Channel**: contact@skunxstudios.com
- **Taxonomy Genre**: Analog Horror / Mascot Horror / Alternate Reality Game (ARG) / Survival Horror
- **Primary Distribution Nodes**: YouTube (Video Streaming Platform), darkpals.com (Interactive Terminal Registry & Database)