1. What these terms are
This is a licence agreement for the use of Ashword (the “Game”) between you and Dmitry Mikhailovich Galushko, a self-employed individual under the Russian professional income tax regime, taxpayer ID (INN) 231123583140, Popiron studio (the “Developer”). The Russian version of these Terms prevails.
The agreement is concluded in the simplified manner provided for software (Article 1286(5) of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). These Terms are a public offer. By installing, launching or using the Game, you accept them in full. If you do not agree, do not install the Game, or delete it.
How the Game handles data is described in the Privacy Policy. Consent to analytics and personalised ads is a separate document: the Consent to Personal Data Processing. Accepting these Terms does not mean giving that consent, and the Game works without it.
2. Age
The Game is for people aged 16 and over (16+): it contains violence and frightening imagery.
3. Licence
The Developer grants you, free of charge, a simple (non-exclusive) licence to the Game: the right to install and run it on your own devices and play it for personal, non-commercial purposes. The licence is worldwide and lasts while the Game is installed and these Terms are in force. You may not transfer it to anyone else.
4. What you may not do
- copy, sell, rent out or distribute the Game or its parts, except where the licence of a part expressly allows it (section 7);
- decompile or modify the Game, or bypass its protection or its ads — except where the law allows this without the rights holder’s consent;
- fake ad impressions or clicks;
- use the Game in ways that break the law or infringe the rights of others.
5. Ads
The Game is free and shows ads:
- you choose whether to watch rewarded videos;
- interstitial ads appear between battles, at most once every five minutes.
Ads are selected by the Yandex Advertising Network (YANDEX LLC): VK Ads (VK LLC) also bids in its auction, and the network with the higher bid shows the ad. We do not pick individual ads and are not responsible for their content — the advertiser and the network are. You can report an ad in the ad itself or to us, and we will pass the report on to the network that showed it.
6. In-game items and progress
Wax, masks, runes and other in-game items are not money or property. They cannot be bought, sold, exchanged or refunded. A reward for watching a video is an in-game item too.
Progress is stored only on your device. If you delete the Game or reset the device, it is lost and we cannot restore it.
7. Rights in the Game
The Game, its art, music, text and code are protected as intellectual property. The rights belong to the Developer or are used by the Developer under licence. These Terms give you no rights other than the licence in section 3.
The Game includes open components, distributed under their own licences:
- the battle dictionaries are an adapted database built from the Russian and English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0/4.0; extraction by Wiktextract, kaikki.org), the OpenCorpora dictionary (CC BY-SA 3.0) and wordfreq frequencies (Robyn Speer, data under CC BY-SA 4.0). Definitions were shortened: labels, examples and notes were removed, and only the first sense of each homonym is kept. The dictionaries are distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0;
- the Forum and Rubik fonts are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
8. Updates
We may release updates that fix bugs, change the balance, or add or remove content. Some updates may require a new version of the Game from the app store.
9. Liability
The Game is free and provided “as is”. We work to keep it running smoothly, but we do not promise that it suits your purposes or works on every device.
To the extent the law allows, the Developer is not liable for indirect losses or loss of progress. These Terms do not limit any rights the law gives you that cannot be limited by contract, including consumer rights.
10. App stores
If you downloaded the Game from the App Store, Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies, to the extent it does not conflict with these Terms. Apple is not responsible for the Game or its support. Google Play and RuStore terms also apply when you get the Game there. The stores are not parties to these Terms.
11. Termination
You may end this agreement at any time by deleting the Game. If you breach these Terms, the licence ends.
12. Changes
We may change these Terms. A new version is published on this page with a new date and number. We will tell you about significant changes in the Game. By continuing to use the Game after that, you accept the new version.
13. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the law of the Russian Federation. If you are a consumer in another country, you keep the rights your country’s law gives you that cannot be limited by contract.
We will first try to settle any dispute by email: write to dim.galuschko@yandex.ru, and we will reply within 30 days. If we cannot agree, the dispute goes to the court that has jurisdiction under the law.
14. Contact
Popiron, Dmitry Galushko, dim.galuschko@yandex.ru, popiron.ru.