Terms of Use

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the developer of Block Puzzle Saga ("we", "us", "our") governing your access to and use of the game Block Puzzle Saga (the "Game"), including any updates, patches, additional content and related services.

By downloading, installing, accessing or playing the Game, you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any part of them, you must not install or use the Game.

These terms apply in addition to any terms imposed by the platform through which you obtained the Game, including the Google Play Terms of Service. Where those platform terms conflict with these terms, the platform terms prevail in respect of your relationship with that platform.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Game. If you are under 18, you represent that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed these terms and agreed to them on your behalf, and you confirm that they accept responsibility for your use of the Game.

You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a comprehensive trade embargo, and that you are not listed on any government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

If you access the Game on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these terms.

3. Your identity in the Game

The Game does not require registration. It does not ask for your name, an email address, a password or any social media account. Your play session is associated with an anonymous identifier generated on your device, as described in the Privacy Policy.

This has consequences you should understand. Your progress, your unlocked levels, your in-game gems and your leaderboard identity are tied to the installation of the Game on your device. If you uninstall the Game, clear its data, or move to a different device, that progress and identity are lost, and we are unable to restore them. Only a real sign-in service would allow identity to move between devices, and the Game deliberately does not offer one.

You are responsible for maintaining access to the device on which you play.

4. Licence granted to you

Subject to your compliance with these terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to install and use one copy of the Game on devices that you own or control, solely for your own private, non-commercial entertainment.

The Game is licensed to you, not sold to you. No title to or ownership of the Game is transferred to you. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in this section.

5. Restrictions on use

You agree that you will not, and will not permit or assist any other person to:

• Copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, transmit, sell, rent, lease, sublicense or otherwise commercially exploit the Game or any part of it
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, underlying algorithms, level generation logic or file formats of the Game, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this restriction
• Modify, adapt, translate, transform or create derivative works based on the Game
• Remove, obscure, deface or alter any copyright notice, trade mark, watermark, attribution or other proprietary notice in the Game
• Use cheats, automation, bots, scripts, modified or repackaged clients, memory editors, emulators used to gain an advantage, or any other method to alter gameplay, obtain an unfair advantage, unlock content without earning it, or submit scores that were not genuinely achieved through play
• Interfere with, disrupt, overload, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the leaderboard service, its underlying database, or the accounts of other players
• Submit a nickname that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, hateful, harassing, discriminatory, sexually explicit, or that impersonates another person or infringes the rights of any third party
• Use the Game in any manner that violates any applicable law or regulation, or that infringes the rights of any third party

We may remove any leaderboard entry, reset any score, and suspend or block access to online features, without notice, where we reasonably believe these restrictions have been breached. Where a breach is serious or repeated, we may terminate your licence under section 13.

6. Intellectual property

The Game, and all copyright, trade mark, trade dress, patent, database and other intellectual property rights in it, are and remain our property or the property of our licensors. This includes the source code, the object code, the visual design, the artwork and sprites, the audio and sound design, the level design and generation algorithms, the user interface, the name and the logo.

Nothing in these terms grants you any right to use our name, logo or trade marks for any purpose.

7. Virtual items and in-game currency

The Game includes an in-game currency ("gems") that you may earn by playing, for example through daily challenges, login streaks and completed quests. Gems and any other virtual item you may acquire are a limited licence to use a feature within the Game. They are not property, they have no monetary value, they cannot be exchanged for cash or anything of value outside the Game, and they are not transferable.

We may adjust how gems are earned, what they can be used for, and their balance, in order to keep the Game fair and enjoyable. We will not remove a feature you have paid money for without providing a reasonable alternative or a refund where required by law.

8. Purchases

The Game is free to play and supported by advertising. It offers a single optional one-time purchase, "Remove ads", which permanently disables advertising for the account that made the purchase.

• The purchase is processed by Google Play, not by us. Your payment is subject to Google Play's terms of service and refund policy
• The purchase is associated with the Google account used to make it. It may be restored on another device using the "Restore purchase" option within the Game, provided the same Google account is signed in
• It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Nothing renews automatically and no recurring charge is created
• We do not process payments and we do not have the ability to issue refunds. Refund requests must be directed to Google Play
• Uninstalling the Game does not forfeit the purchase. It can be restored at no additional cost

The Game does not sell coins, lives, energy, boosters, loot boxes, randomised rewards or any other consumable. There is nothing in the Game that can be purchased repeatedly, and no purchase is required in order to finish any level.

Where you have a statutory right of withdrawal in your country of residence, you acknowledge that by making a purchase and receiving the digital content immediately, you may lose that right once performance has begun. Nothing in this section limits any right that cannot lawfully be excluded.

9. Advertising

The Game displays advertising, as described in the Privacy Policy. Advertising is served by third parties, and we do not control and are not responsible for the content of any advertisement, the products or services advertised, or any website to which an advertisement may lead. Any dealings you have with an advertiser are solely between you and that advertiser.

You may disable advertising by purchasing the option described in section 8.

10. Third-party services

The Game relies on services provided by Google, including Google Play, Google Firebase and Google AdMob. Your use of those services is governed by Google's own terms and privacy policy. We are not responsible for the availability, performance, acts or omissions of Google or of any other third party.

We are not responsible for any loss arising from a failure of your network connection, your device, or a third-party service, including the temporary or permanent unavailability of the leaderboard.

11. Availability, updates and changes

We may update, modify, add to, remove or redesign any feature of the Game at any time, including levels, mechanics, the balance of the in-game currency and the leaderboard service. We may also discontinue the Game in whole or in part, including any online feature, at any time.

The Game works offline, but online features require a network connection and depend on third-party services outside our control. We do not guarantee that any online feature will be available at any particular time, in any particular region, or on any particular device.

We do not guarantee that the Game will be compatible with any future version of your device's operating system.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GAME IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that the Game will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, that the Game will be free of viruses or other harmful components, or that any information obtained through the Game will be accurate or reliable. You use the Game at your own risk and at your own discretion.

Nothing in these terms affects any statutory rights you may have as a consumer that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, PROGRESS, IN-GAME ITEMS OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE GAME, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE GAME SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) FIVE UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

The limitations in this section apply even if a limited remedy is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other matter for which it would be unlawful to exclude or limit liability. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the developer of the Game, its officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, licensors and suppliers from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your breach of these terms, your misuse of the Game, your violation of any applicable law or regulation, or your infringement of the rights of any third party.

15. Dispute resolution

Before commencing any formal proceeding, you agree to contact us at sagablockpuzzle@gmail.com and to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for a period of at least 30 days. Most concerns can be resolved this way.

If the dispute is not resolved within that period, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the dispute shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration rather than in court, before a single arbitrator, in accordance with the rules of a recognised arbitral body. The seat of arbitration shall be in Israel, and the language of the arbitration shall be English.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person.

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to the address in section 19 within 30 days of first accepting these terms. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the courts identified in section 16.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property or confidential information, or from bringing an individual claim in a small claims court where it qualifies.

16. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Subject to section 15 and to any mandatory consumer protection provisions of the law of your country of residence, you and we irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Israel.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another jurisdiction whose law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your local courts, nothing in this section deprives you of that right.

17. Termination

These terms remain in effect for as long as you use the Game. You may terminate them at any time by uninstalling the Game and ceasing all use of it.

We may suspend or terminate your licence, and your access to any online feature, at any time and without notice if you materially breach these terms, if we are required to do so by law, or if we discontinue the Game.

On termination, the licence granted in section 4 ends immediately. Sections concerning intellectual property, restrictions on use, disclaimers of warranty, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, governing law and general provisions survive termination.

18. General provisions

• Entire agreement — these terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning the Game, and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations and discussions, whether written or oral
• Severability — if any provision of these terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect
• No waiver — our failure to enforce any provision of these terms shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or of our right to enforce it later
• Assignment — you may not assign or transfer these terms or any rights under them. We may assign them without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets
• Force majeure — we shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labour disputes, network or utility failures, or the acts or omissions of third-party service providers
• Notices — we may provide notices to you within the Game or by updating these terms. You may provide notice to us at the address in section 19
• No third-party beneficiaries — nothing in these terms confers any right or remedy on any person other than you and us, save that our licensors may enforce their intellectual property rights
• Export compliance — you agree to comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws, and you represent that you are not located in, or a national of, any country subject to a comprehensive embargo
• Language — these terms are drafted in English. Any translation is provided for convenience only, and the English version prevails in the event of a conflict
• Survival — any provision that by its nature should survive termination shall do so

19. Copyright complaints

If you believe that any content within the Game infringes your copyright, please notify us at sagablockpuzzle@gmail.com with a description of the work concerned, the location of the allegedly infringing material within the Game, your contact details, a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorised, a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act on their behalf, and your physical or electronic signature.

We will review every notice and will remove or disable access to material where a valid claim is established.

20. Contact

Questions about these terms should be sent to sagablockpuzzle@gmail.com.