These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and the operator of Sprout & Soil (“we”, “us”, or “our”). They govern your access to this website and to any browser-based tools, content, or game features we make available through it (together, the “Service”). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
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1. Who may use the Service
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service, or the minimum age required to consent to online services in your country if that age is higher. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you can form a binding contract with us or have permission to use the Service from someone who can.
2. The Service
Sprout & Soil is a pixel-themed farming game project. This website provides information about the game, a playable browser game, a free browser-based harvest ledger, and links to related pages. The game and calculation tools are provided free of charge and for general entertainment. We may add, change, suspend, or remove features at any time. The site is static; gameplay descriptions and values may change as we balance the game.
3. Limited license
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your own non-commercial enjoyment. This license does not give you ownership of the Service. You may share links to the Service and discuss its content, but you may not copy, mirror, frame, rent, resell, or redistribute the Service or substantial parts of it without our prior written permission.
4. Virtual items and local saves
Seeds, crops, field coins, quality grades, probabilities, machines, achievements, and similar game elements are fictional content. They are not money, securities, property, or a stored-value product. They have no cash value, cannot be redeemed for money or goods, and are not transferable outside the Service. The harvest quick-check uses a simplified payout table and is not an offer, financial projection, or promise of in-game value. We may balance, recalculate, or change game values as development requires.
Game progress is stored locally in your browser. We do not provide account recovery, cloud backup, or cross-device transfer. Clearing browser data, changing devices, or losing the local save may erase progress permanently. The game does not grant coins, crops, or other advantages in exchange for viewing or clicking an advertisement, and v0.1 has no ad-gated gameplay action.
5. No real-money market
The Service does not host a real-money marketplace for seeds, crops, accounts, or virtual items. Do not attempt to buy or sell any game content for real money or exchange it for value outside the game. Any third-party listing claiming to offer such items is not authorized by us and is not our responsibility.
6. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use the Service for unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, or abusive purposes;
- interfere with, overload, probe, or attempt to bypass the security or operation of the Service;
- use automated tools to scrape, harvest, or reproduce substantial portions of the Service without permission;
- attempt to access non-public systems, data, or accounts connected with the Service;
- reverse engineer or copy protected portions of the Service, except where applicable law expressly permits it;
- use the Service in a way that infringes intellectual property, privacy, or other rights; or
- misrepresent an affiliation with Sprout & Soil or use our branding in a misleading way.
We may suspend or restrict access if we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated or the Service needs protection.
7. Intellectual property
The Service, including its text, layout, visual design, pixel artwork, logos, code, and the Sprout & Soil name, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Third-party marks remain the property of their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership or a trademark license. The Silkscreen typeface is used under the SIL Open Font License; its license file is available on this site.
8. User messages
If you send us a message, you grant us permission to use it to respond to you, investigate the issue you raise, and improve the Service. Do not send confidential business information, sensitive personal data, or material you do not have the right to share. We have no obligation to use unsolicited ideas and may independently develop similar features.
9. Third-party services and links
The Service may link to third-party websites and may display advertisements served by third parties, including Google. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, availability, or data practices. Your interactions with third parties are between you and them, and their terms apply. Advertising helps support the site but does not create an endorsement of every advertised product.
10. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of harmful components, or that any content or calculation is complete or current. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenues, data, goodwill, or business opportunities, arising from or related to your use of or inability to use the Service. Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising from the Service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us to use the Service in the twelve months before the claim (if any) or one hundred US dollars. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for fraud or intentional misconduct.
12. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable legal costs arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Service, or material you send to us that infringes another person’s rights, except to the extent the claim results from our own negligence or misconduct.
13. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws applicable at the operator’s principal place of business, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere, you may also have mandatory rights under the laws of your own country. Nothing in these Terms removes those rights. Before filing a formal claim, please contact us so we can try to resolve the issue informally.
14. Changes to the Service or Terms
We may update these Terms by posting a revised version on this page and changing the date above. The updated Terms apply when posted. If you continue to use the Service after a change, you accept the revised Terms. If a change is material, we will aim to make it prominent. You can stop using the Service at any time if you do not agree.
15. General
If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms posted on the Service, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our consent; we may assign ours in connection with a transfer of the project.
16. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to hello@sproutandsoil.game. Please include “Terms” in the subject line. Our contact page lists the best way to send a bug report or a legal notice.