Terms of Use

1. Agreement and eligibility

By downloading, installing, accessing, or using Slug Island, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the game.

If you are not legally able to agree to these Terms yourself, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to them for you and supervise your use of the game. A parent or guardian who permits a child to use Slug Island should explain these Terms in a way the child can understand and use the device's available parental controls for purchases.

2. App stores and other terms

Slug Island is distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play. Your use of a store, your device, and its payment services is also subject to the applicable terms of Apple or Google. Those terms may give you additional rights or obligations.

On Apple devices, Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies unless a custom agreement is shown for Slug Island. These Terms supplement applicable store terms and do not override a mandatory store term or a right that cannot be excluded by law.

3. Licence to use Slug Island

Subject to these Terms and the applicable store rules, I grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-commercial licence to install and use Slug Island on devices that you own or control. Slug Island is licensed to you, not sold. No other rights are granted.

4. Acceptable use

You must not:

• copy, sell, rent, sublicense, redistribute, or commercially exploit the game, any modified version of the game, or any part of it;
• circumvent licensing, purchase, entitlement, advertising, or paid-content access controls;
• use cheats, automation, malicious code, or another method that interferes with the intended operation of the game;
• remove copyright, trade mark, attribution, or other ownership notices;
• use Slug Island or the website unlawfully or in a way that infringes another person's rights.

Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering for personal, good-faith, non-commercial research is not prohibited by these Terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

However, you must not use reverse engineering, or information or materials obtained through it, to circumvent licensing, purchase, or entitlement controls; gain or enable unauthorised access to paid or restricted content; extract, reproduce, publish, redistribute, sell, or otherwise exploit game assets; create, enable, or distribute unauthorised copies of Slug Island, cheats, or circumvention tools; damage, disrupt, or interfere with Slug Island or any related service; or otherwise infringe the intellectual property or other rights of me or any third party.

Nothing in this section restricts an act to the extent that applicable law does not permit these Terms to restrict it.

5. Ownership

Except for third-party materials, I own and retain all rights in Slug Island and the Bunny Slug website, including the original characters, artwork, animations, text, designs, names, logos, software, and other original content. Third-party software, music, audio, fonts, and other materials remain owned by their respective owners and may be subject to separate licence terms.

6. Local progress and digital items

Slug Island stores progress, settings, achievements, and digital items locally on your device. Slug Island does not currently provide an account or developer-operated cloud save. Local information may be lost if you uninstall the game, clear its data, reset or replace your device, or if device storage is damaged. Your operating system may separately include app data in a device backup.

All in-game currency, items, cosmetic content, unlocks, and similar digital content are licensed for use only within Slug Island, whether earned or purchased. They have no cash value and may not be sold, transferred, or exchanged for money or anything outside the game.

7. In-app purchases

Optional purchases may be offered through the Apple App Store or Google Play. The store displays the price and processes the transaction using your store account. I do not receive your payment card number or full store account credentials.

Ask the person responsible for the store account before making a purchase. Parents and guardians should use the purchase approval, password, or parental-control features provided by the device and store.

Whether a purchase can be restored depends on the product type and the applicable store rules. Refund requests are handled through the store where the purchase was made, subject to the store's procedures and your rights under applicable consumer law. Nothing in these Terms states that all purchases are non-refundable.

8. Advertising and external services

Slug Island contains contextual advertising and may contain links that open a third-party app store, website, or service. The Bunny Slug website also links to third-party services and includes an embedded YouTube player. These services are operated under their own terms and privacy policies. I do not control their content, availability, or separate transactions.

Information handling connected with advertising and external services is described in the Slug Island Privacy Policy.

9. Updates and availability

I may provide updates to fix bugs, improve security, adjust game balance, add or remove content, comply with store requirements, or support new devices. An update may be required to continue using parts of the game. I do not promise that Slug Island will always be available, support every device or operating-system version, or receive updates indefinitely.

I may suspend or discontinue Slug Island or a feature where reasonably necessary. Any change or discontinuation remains subject to applicable consumer law and store obligations, including rights relating to paid digital content.

10. Consumer rights and responsibility

Subject to those non-excludable rights, Slug Island and the website are provided as available. I do not promise that they will always be uninterrupted, entirely error-free, or compatible with every device.

To the extent permitted by law, I am not responsible for loss caused by circumstances outside my reasonable control, by an unsupported or compromised device, or by a third-party service that I do not operate. This does not limit responsibility where the loss was caused by my failure to exercise due care or where applicable law provides otherwise.

11. Ending use

You may stop using Slug Island at any time by uninstalling it. Your licence may end if you materially breach these Terms and do not remedy the breach where it can be remedied. Because Slug Island has no player accounts, there is no game account to cancel.

The provisions concerning ownership, acceptable use, consumer rights, and governing law survive the termination of the licence or cessation of your use of the game.

12. General terms and contact

Changes to these Terms

I may update these Terms when Slug Island, the website, store requirements, or applicable law changes. I will post the revised Terms here with a new effective date and give reasonable notice of material changes where required. Changes do not retrospectively remove rights that cannot be excluded by law.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory and Australia. This choice does not remove mandatory consumer protections that apply where you live. Before starting formal proceedings, please contact me so we can try to resolve the issue, but this does not prevent either party from using an available legal right or remedy.

Severability

If a court or other competent authority finds part of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that part will be limited or removed only to the extent necessary. The remainder will continue to apply where possible.

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