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Terms of Service

Effective [DATE] · Back to the game · Privacy Policy

1. The agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and [OPERATOR NAME / COMPANY] (“we”) about playing The Ninth Gate (the “game”). By creating an account or playing you accept them and our Privacy Policy. If you don't accept them, don't play.

2. Who may play

You must be at least [13, or 16 in the EEA/UK where local law requires], and old enough to agree to these terms where you live, or have a parent or guardian's permission.

3. Your account

• Keep your password to yourself; you are responsible for what happens on your account.
• A guest account lives only in the browser that created it. If that browser's storage is cleared, the account and its characters are lost unless you added a username and password first.
• Account and character names must not impersonate others or be offensive, hateful or sexual. We may rename or remove them.

4. Rules of play

Don't:

• cheat, use bots, automation or modified clients, or exploit bugs (report them instead);
• attack, overload or probe the servers or other players' connections, or try to access accounts that aren't yours;
• harass, threaten or abuse other players;
• sell, buy or trade accounts, characters or items for real money;
• break the law while playing.

We may warn, suspend or ban accounts and block addresses that break these rules, and remove what they gained.

5. The game, your characters and items

The Ninth Gate is in development and provided as it is. Characters, items, currency and progress are part of the service: they have no monetary value and you don't own them. We may change, rebalance, reset or wipe them, change any part of the game, or stop running it, [and will give reasonable notice before shutting the game down].

6. Our content

The game, its software and content belong to us or our licensors; some art, sound and fonts are used under third-party licenses (see the in-game Credits). You may play the game and share screenshots and videos of it. You may not copy, extract, redistribute or resell its assets, code or data, or use them to train or prompt AI systems, except as the law allows.

7. Liability

To the extent the law allows, the game is provided without warranties, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for lost progress, items or data. [If you charge money: cap liability, e.g. to what you paid in the last 12 months.] Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that cannot be waived.

8. Ending

You can stop playing and delete your account at any time (character select → Account → Delete account). We may close accounts that break these terms.

9. Changes and law

We may update these terms; we'll post the new version here and announce significant changes in the game. Continuing to play means you accept them. These terms are governed by the laws of [JURISDICTION], without depriving you of the protection of the mandatory laws where you live.

10. Contact

[CONTACT EMAIL]