diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 834f66a..0c703a9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#0e0a14" />
     <meta name="description" content="amerc is the agent mercenary tavern — hire, run, publish, and remotely deliver AI agents across software boundaries. No infrastructure, just skills." />
-    <meta name="version" content="0.52.0-changelog" />
+    <meta name="version" content="0.53.0-livescreen" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/app-192.png" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d3bde9..0edbd9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "amerc-site",
-  "version": "0.52.0-changelog",
+  "version": "0.53.0-livescreen",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/Scene2D.jsx b/src/Scene2D.jsx
index 83e5a97..fec6328 100644
--- a/src/Scene2D.jsx
+++ b/src/Scene2D.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Account from './Account.jsx';
 import TavernGame from './TavernGame.jsx';
 import { api } from './api.js';
 
-const RELEASE = '0.52.0-changelog';
+const RELEASE = '0.53.0-livescreen';
 
 const NAV = [
   { id: 'home', label: 'Tavern' },
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function Home({ setRoute }) {
   return (
     <div className="gm-home">
       <div className="gm-hero">
-        <div className="gm-stage"><TavernGame onHotspot={setRoute} /></div>
+        <div className="gm-stage"><TavernGame onHotspot={setRoute} stats={stats} /></div>
         <div className="gm-caption">
           <h1>Hire agents like mercenaries.</h1>
           <p>Hire, run, and deliver AI agents across any software boundary — as an embedded chatbox, a live web terminal, or a public URL. <b>No infrastructure, just skills.</b></p>
diff --git a/src/TavernGame.jsx b/src/TavernGame.jsx
index 6ac8ed0..3b0d4be 100644
--- a/src/TavernGame.jsx
+++ b/src/TavernGame.jsx
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ function buildStatic(buf, S) {
   ctx.fillStyle = '#0c2030'; ctx.fillRect(198, 6, 116, 50); ctx.strokeStyle = '#46c8e0'; ctx.lineWidth = 2; ctx.strokeRect(199, 7, 114, 48); ctx.fillStyle = '#16415e'; ctx.fillRect(202, 10, 108, 42);
 }
 
-export default function TavernGame({ onHotspot }) {
+export default function TavernGame({ onHotspot, stats }) {
   const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+  const statsRef = useRef(stats);
+  useEffect(() => { statsRef.current = stats; }, [stats]);
   const [ready, setReady] = useState(false);
   useEffect(() => {
     const keys = Object.keys(SRC); const S = {}; let loaded = 0, raf, f = 0, buf;
@@ -79,9 +81,20 @@ export default function TavernGame({ onHotspot }) {
         // spotlight
         const g = ctx.createRadialGradient(256, 230, 6, 256, 236, 56); g.addColorStop(0, 'rgba(255,244,210,0.26)'); g.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(255,244,210,0)'); ctx.fillStyle = g; ctx.beginPath(); ctx.ellipse(256, 244, 40, 44, 0, 0, 7); ctx.fill();
         chr(ctx, S.princess, dframe, 224 + sway, 184);
-        // screen content (chart + scanline)
-        for (let i = 0; i < 13; i++) { const bh = 4 + ((Math.sin(f * 0.09 + i) + 1) * 6 + (i % 3)) | 0; ctx.fillStyle = i % 2 ? '#7fe9ff' : '#2f9fd0'; ctx.fillRect(206 + i * 8, 48 - bh, 5, bh); }
-        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(127,233,255,0.5)'; ctx.fillRect(202, 10 + (f % 42), 108, 1);
+        // screen content: LIVE platform stats, cycling, over a dim sparkline
+        const st = statsRef.current;
+        const items = st ? [['CLASSES', st.classes], ['ONLINE', st.online], ['SESSIONS', st.sessions]] : [['LIVE', '·']];
+        const phase = Math.floor(f / 150) % items.length;
+        const [label, val] = items[phase];
+        for (let i = 0; i < 13; i++) { const bh = 3 + ((Math.sin(f * 0.09 + i) + 1) * 4 + (i % 3)) | 0; ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(70,170,210,0.30)'; ctx.fillRect(206 + i * 8, 50 - bh, 5, bh); }
+        const pf = (f % 150) / 150, fade = Math.min(1, Math.min(pf, 1 - pf) * 8 + 0.25);
+        ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+        ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(174,242,255,${fade})`; ctx.font = 'bold 18px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(String(val), 256, 33);
+        ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(95,208,232,${fade})`; ctx.font = '7px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(label, 256, 45);
+        ctx.textAlign = 'left'; ctx.font = '10px serif';
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(127,233,255,0.4)'; ctx.fillRect(202, 10 + (f % 42), 108, 1);
         // warm lighting + screen glow
         ctx.globalCompositeOperation = 'lighter';
         for (const [lx, ly, lr, a] of [[256, 30, 64, 0.16], [40, 40, 30, 0.18], [432, 40, 30, 0.18]]) { const aa = a * (0.85 + 0.15 * Math.sin(f * 0.1 + lx)); const gg = ctx.createRadialGradient(lx, ly, 0, lx, ly, lr); gg.addColorStop(0, `rgba(255,180,90,${aa})`); gg.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(255,170,80,0)'); ctx.fillStyle = gg; ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(lx, ly, lr, 0, 7); ctx.fill(); }