Terms of Service

Draft for review — replace the [bracketed] details and have a lawyer check these terms before launch, especially if the game sells diamonds or passes.

Last updated: [date]. These terms are an agreement between you and [Operator name / company] ("we") about the Tail Crew game, website and community ("Tail Crew").

1. Your account

• You must be 13 or older (or the minimum age in your country) to create an account. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must agree to these terms.
• Give a real e-mail address, keep your password secret and don't share or sell your account. You are responsible for what happens on it.
• Each account may hold up to 3 characters.

2. Fair play

• No cheating: no hacks, bots, modified clients, exploiting bugs, speed or save editing, or automating play.
• No harassment, hate speech, threats, sharing personal information, scams or real-money trading of accounts or items.
• We monitor gameplay automatically to detect cheating and may review chat, reports and game data.
• Breaking these rules can lead to warnings, mutes, removal of items or progress, rollbacks, suspension or permanent bans, including of the network you connect from.

3. Diamonds, passes and virtual items

• Diamonds, passes, cosmetics and other virtual items are a limited licence to use inside Tail Crew. They have no cash value, can't be exchanged for money and can't be transferred outside the game.
• Purchases are final once delivered, except where the law gives you a right to a refund. [Describe your refund policy and payment provider.]
• We may change, rebalance or retire virtual items and features, and we may remove items obtained through bugs, cheating or chargebacks.

4. Your content

You keep the rights to what you write (chat, forum posts, guild names, bios), and you give us permission to display it in Tail Crew. We may remove content that breaks these terms.

5. Availability

Tail Crew is provided "as is". We work hard to keep it running and your progress safe, but we can't promise it will always be available or error-free. We may change or end the service.

6. Fan project

Tail Crew is a non-commercial fan project. Pokémon and related names, characters and trademarks belong to Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures and The Pokémon Company, who do not endorse this project.

7. Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or incidental losses, or for loss of virtual items or progress. Nothing here limits rights you have under consumer law.

8. Changes and contact

We may update these terms and will tell players in the game before changes take effect. Questions: [contact e-mail] or in-game Help & Support.