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 Base game engine for the Notamon game project for the [Partisia Blockchain](https://github.com/partisiablockchain).
 
+The Notamon game project aims to show how Partisia Blockchain can be used for
+complex game systems, and show how Partisia Blockchain's unique feature set can
+enable new features that are impossible in traditional Blockchain or hybrid
+solutions.
+
 Current components:
 
 - Asset contract that stores game assets secret-shared.