diff --git a/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml b/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
index 4f22b07..e2fd482 100644
--- a/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Tower defense on-chain game example using cougr-core ECS framewor
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-cougr-core = { path = "../../" }
+cougr-core = "1.0.0"
 soroban-sdk = "25.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml b/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
index 56f871b..c8f6684 100644
--- a/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 [package]
-name = "trading_card_game"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "tower_defense"
+version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
-publish = false
-description = "Trading Card Game on-chain using Cougr-Core ECS framework — demonstrates atomic multi-action turns via BatchBuilder on Stellar Soroban"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+authors = ["Cougr Contributors"]
+description = "Tower defense on-chain game example using cougr-core ECS framework"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
+cougr-core = "1.0.0"
 soroban-sdk = "25.1.0"
-cougr-core = { path = "../../" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 soroban-sdk = { version = "25.1.0", features = ["testutils"] }
@@ -19,13 +18,10 @@ soroban-sdk = { version = "25.1.0", features = ["testutils"] }
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = "z"
 overflow-checks = true
-debug = 0
-strip = "symbols"
-debug-assertions = false
-panic = "abort"
-codegen-units = 1
 lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
 
 [profile.release-with-logs]
 inherits = "release"
-debug-assertions = true
+debug-assertions = true 
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