Terms of Use

Effective: TODO (owner): effective date

These terms cover the Orbit Slinger game for iPhone and iPad (the "app") and this website. Orbit Slinger is made by Justin Martin ("we", "us"). By downloading the app or using this site, you agree to them. If you're under 18, please read them with a parent or guardian.

The app is licensed through Apple

You get the app from Apple's App Store, and your use of it is governed by Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA"), together with these terms. If the two ever disagree, the Apple EULA wins for the app.

Apple isn't responsible for the app or its content, and has no obligation to provide support for it. Questions and complaints about the app come to us (see Contact below).

Free to play, with optional purchases

The app is free to download. The first campaign, Sol · Our Solar System, is free.

• Other campaigns, Orbit Lab and the bundle are optional in-app purchases. Each is a one-time, non-consumable unlock: you buy it once and keep it. There are no subscriptions, consumable currencies or random rewards.
• Apple handles every purchase. Payment, receipts, Family Sharing and Ask to Buy all go through your Apple Account. We never see your payment details.
• Refunds are handled by Apple, not by us. You can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.
• Restore Purchases (in Settings and on every purchase screen) brings back what you've bought on a new or reinstalled device, using the same Apple Account.
• Prices are set per country by the App Store and shown there before you buy.

Children and grown-ups

Orbit Slinger is made for all ages. Children should get a grown-up's help before buying anything. The app asks a simple grown-up question before a purchase and before sharing a video; a grown-up can turn that check off in Settings. Apple's Ask to Buy and Screen Time settings also apply.

Your stuff stays yours, and stays with you

• There are no user accounts. Your progress, scores, settings and kept replays are stored on your device.
• We don't host anything you make. When you save a replay, it becomes a video in your own Photos library. If you share it, you choose where it goes, and the terms of that place apply.
• If you use Game Center, Apple's terms and privacy policy cover your Game Center profile, leaderboard scores and achievements.

Our Privacy Policy explains the details: we don't collect personal information.

Using this website

You're welcome to read, link to and share this website. Please don't:

• try to break, overload or get unauthorized access to it;
• scrape it in a way that harms the site or other visitors;
• copy the game's art, videos or text to pass them off as your own, or to make it look as if we endorse something we don't.

You may share screenshots and videos of your own play, including saved replays, for personal and non-commercial purposes. TODO (owner): confirm whether creators may monetize gameplay videos.

Content and credits

The game, its code, characters, art, music and sound are ours and are protected by copyright and other laws. Some parts come from others:

• Planet imagery: NASA, NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute and USGS Astrogeology. This imagery is in the public domain. Orbit Slinger is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA or USGS.
• Sol's voice and animation were made with AI tools (Runway and ElevenLabs). TODO (owner): confirm commercial rights under those services' plans.
• Music and sound effects were made in-house for the game.

Science facts in the game are simplified for play. Orbit Slinger is a game, not a scientific instrument.

Changes to the app and these terms

We may update the app, add or retire features, and change these terms. If we make a change that matters, we'll update this page and the date above. Things you've already bought stay yours, subject to the Apple EULA.

No warranty, and limits on liability

The app and this website are provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we don't promise that they will be error-free or always available, and we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost data. If we are found liable for anything, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the app and its in-app purchases in the twelve months before the claim.

Some places don't allow these limits. Where that's the case, they apply only as far as the law permits, and nothing here takes away rights you have as a consumer.

Governing law

TODO (owner): the governing law and venue, for example "the laws of the State of …, United States".

Contact

Questions about these terms, or about the app: TODO (owner): support email.