These Terms of Service govern your use of Orbital Tether on Android.
The Game is provided by S K, an individual developer / natural person based in Armenia, publishing under the Google Play developer name S10ley Games ("we", "us", "our"). S10ley Games is a public developer name and not a separate company or legal entity unless expressly stated.
1. Acceptance
By downloading, installing, accessing, or playing the Game, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Game.
Your use of Google Play, Google Play Games Services, Google Play Billing, and other Google services is also subject to Google's applicable terms.
1A. Developer legal status
These Terms are drafted for a Google Play Developer account for personal use. The contracting party on the developer side is S K personally as an individual developer. No Armenian IE, LLC, corporation, partnership, or other registered business entity is represented unless these Terms are later updated to name that entity.
If the developer later registers a business entity and transfers publishing, monetization, support, or data-controller responsibility to that entity, these Terms and the Privacy Policy must be updated before the change is made public.
2. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains how data is collected, used, and shared.
3. License
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and play the Game for personal, non-commercial entertainment use, subject to these Terms and applicable store rules.
You may not:
- Copy, distribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Game.
- Modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works except where applicable law expressly allows it.
- Remove ownership, copyright, trademark, or attribution notices.
- Use the Game to violate law, platform rules, or third-party rights.
- Use cheats, bots, unauthorized automation, modified clients, memory editors, or exploit tools.
4. Game description
Orbital Tether is a 2D physics-based mobile game where players use a magnetic tether to swing through asteroid fields, complete deliveries, unlock levels, earn stars, collect in-game currency, buy upgrades/cosmetics, complete quests, and compete on leaderboards.
Game content, mechanics, balancing, rewards, pricing, events, and availability may change over time.
5. Google Play Games Services
The Game may integrate with Google Play Games Services for sign-in, achievements, leaderboards, and cloud save.
You are responsible for your Google account and for complying with Google's terms. If you disable or do not use Google Play Games Services, some features may be unavailable.
6. Virtual currency and virtual items
The Game may include virtual currency such as Coins and, in the future, Gems or similar premium currency.
Virtual currency and virtual items:
- Are licensed, not sold.
- Have no cash value.
- Are not legal tender, stored value, or a financial instrument.
- May only be used inside Orbital Tether.
- Are not transferable between players.
- Are not redeemable for money, goods, services, or value outside the Game.
- May be modified, balanced, discontinued, or removed where reasonably necessary for game operation, legal compliance, fraud prevention, or platform requirements.
Nothing in this section limits consumer rights that cannot be waived under applicable law.
7. In-app purchases — planned future feature
A future version may offer in-app purchases through Google Play Billing, such as currency packs, starter packs, premium passes, and Remove Ads.
When IAP is enabled:
- Purchases will be processed by Google Play Billing.
- Prices will be shown before purchase in the checkout flow.
- Payment, tax, refunds, and chargebacks are handled by Google Play unless applicable law requires otherwise.
- Consumable purchases are fulfilled when credited to your game account or local/cloud save.
- Non-consumable purchases such as Remove Ads should be restorable where supported by Google Play.
- You are responsible for ensuring you have permission to use the payment method.
Before IAP is released, these Terms and the Privacy Policy must be reviewed and updated.
8. Refunds and statutory rights
Refund requests should normally be submitted through Google Play.
Digital content, virtual currency, and virtual items are generally consumed or made available immediately after purchase. Refund availability depends on Google Play policies and mandatory consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits mandatory rights that cannot be excluded by contract, including applicable EU consumer rights for digital content and services.
9. Advertisements — planned future feature
A future version may display ads. Ads may include rewarded ads, interstitial ads, or banners, depending on the Game version and your region.
Personalized ads require applicable consent. You can change privacy choices where available in Settings → Privacy Choices.
We are not responsible for third-party ad content, external websites, or third-party apps you access through ads.
Before ads are released, these Terms and the Privacy Policy must be reviewed and updated.
10. Playthrough recordings and sharing
The Game may allow local recording of gameplay and sharing through your device's share options.
You are responsible for any recording you create or share. Do not share recordings in a way that violates law, platform rules, third-party rights, or another person's privacy.
Unless we separately ask for and receive permission, we do not claim ownership of recordings you create. However, all underlying Game content remains owned by us or our licensors.
If you send a recording to us for support, marketing, bug reporting, or community purposes, you grant us a limited permission to view, store, reproduce, and use that recording for the purpose for which you sent it, unless another written agreement applies.
11. Acceptable use
You must not:
- Cheat, exploit bugs, manipulate saves, or interfere with leaderboards.
- Use unauthorized third-party software to modify gameplay, purchases, rewards, or telemetry.
- Attempt to bypass payment systems or obtain paid items without authorization.
- Interfere with servers, SDKs, platform services, or other users.
- Upload, transmit, or distribute malware or harmful code.
- Harass, abuse, threaten, or impersonate others in any community or support context.
- Use the Game for unlawful, commercial, or infringing purposes.
We may restrict, reset, suspend, or terminate access to online features if we reasonably believe these Terms are violated.
12. Intellectual property
The Game and its content are owned by S K, S10ley Games as a public developer/brand name where applicable, or our licensors, including code, artwork, UI, characters, game design, levels, music, sound effects, text, logos, names, and other assets.
All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
13. Updates, changes, and availability
We may update, patch, rebalance, add, remove, suspend, or discontinue Game features. Some features may require internet access, Google Play Games Services, Google Play Billing, Firebase, or other services.
We do not guarantee that online features, cloud save, leaderboards, ads, IAP, or other third-party services will always be available.
14. User support
Support contact: support@s10leygames.com.
We may ask for device/app details, screenshots, recordings, logs, or other information needed to diagnose issues. Privacy requests should be sent to privacy@s10leygames.com.
15. Disclaimer
The Game is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
We do not promise that the Game will be uninterrupted, error-free, compatible with every device, free of data loss, or available in every region.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so this section applies only to the extent permitted by law.
16. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, S K will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, loss of data, loss of goodwill, device issues, or service interruption arising from or related to the Game.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability for claims relating to the Game or these Terms will not exceed the greater of:
- the amount you paid to us for the Game or in-app purchases in the 12 months before the claim; or
- USD [LIABILITY_CAP_USD — confirm before publication; recommended: 10].
This limitation does not limit liability that cannot legally be limited, including mandatory consumer rights, intentional misconduct, or liability that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.
17. Indemnity
Where legally permitted, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses arising from your misuse of the Game, violation of these Terms, violation of law, or violation of third-party rights.
This section does not apply where prohibited by mandatory consumer law.
18. Termination
You may stop using the Game at any time. We may suspend or terminate access to the Game or online features if you violate these Terms, create legal risk, or misuse platform systems.
Upon termination, your license ends. Sections concerning intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, dispute resolution, and any accrued payment obligations survive.
19. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by [GOVERNING_LAW — confirm; recommended: laws of the Republic of Armenia], except where mandatory consumer protection laws require otherwise.
Disputes will first be attempted to be resolved informally by contacting legal@s10leygames.com.
If not resolved within 30 days, disputes will be submitted to [COURTS — confirm; recommended: competent courts of Yerevan, Republic of Armenia], except where applicable law gives you the right to bring claims in another jurisdiction.
20. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will update the Last Updated date and, where required, provide notice through the Game, Google Play listing, or another reasonable method.
Continued use after updated Terms become effective means you accept the updated Terms, except where law requires a different mechanism.
21. Contact
Developer: S K, individual developer / natural person based in Armenia
Google Play developer name: S10ley Games
Legal contact or address: [LEGAL_CONTACT_OR_RESIDENTIAL_ADDRESS — REVIEW BEFORE PUBLICATION]
Legal contact: legal@s10leygames.com
Support contact: support@s10leygames.com
Privacy contact: privacy@s10leygames.com