Terms of Use

1. Agreeing to these terms

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Deus Core ("we", "us") about Party Games at games.deuscore.net, including free sessions and the Party Host Pass (together, the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

These Terms add to the Deus Core Terms of Service, which cover all Deus Core apps. For Party Games, if the two conflict, these Terms win.

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may only use it with a parent or guardian's permission, and only an adult may buy a Party Host Pass.

2. What Party Games is

Party Games is software that helps a group play party games together: a host creates a session, players join with a code on their own devices, the Service deals secret roles, collects picks and votes, runs timers and shows the game on a screen. The game rules and descriptions are written by us. You decide how, where and with whom you play.

3. Playing safely and kindly

Party games are for fun. Play somewhere safe, look after each other, and stop if anyone is uncomfortable. Party games are about bluffing and pretend accusations inside the game: keep it in the game. We aren't responsible for what happens at your party, for the choices players make, or for any house rules you add.

4. Names and what you type

The only things you type into the Service are names (yours, or the host's) and, for the host, a few settings. You are responsible for what you type. Hosts can remove players from their own session.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use offensive, hateful, threatening or sexual names, or harass, bully or impersonate anyone;
• break, overload, scrape, reverse-engineer, attack or get around the limits or security of the Service, or use bots or automated tools against it;
• try to see other players' secret roles, picks or votes in ways the game doesn't allow;
• share, resell or publish Party Host Pass keys, host QR codes or other access you were given;
• try to get around a block, ban or removal (for example by using a different connection);
• use the Service for anything illegal.

We may end sessions and block connections or Party Host Passes that we believe break these Terms, at any time and without notice.

6. Party Host Pass

• Party Host Passes are sold by our payment partner, Polar (polar.sh) or Lemon Squeezy (your receipt shows which). That partner is the seller of record (merchant of record) and handles payment, receipts, sales tax and any refund payment. Its buyer terms also apply to your purchase.
• A pass lasts for the length you choose when you buy it. Its time starts the first time you use the pass key to start a session, not when you buy it, and it does not renew automatically.
• Each pass session stays open for 24 hours from when it starts, even if you close the page, and you can pick it back up with your pass key. A session already open when your pass ends may finish its 24 hours. After your pass ends you can't start a new session.
• A pass gives you a personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use the pass features while it lasts. One pass runs one session at a time. You may not share, sell or transfer it.
• The Party Host Pass is software only: bigger session limits, more host remotes, 24-hour sessions and games marked PASS. Which games are included can change over time.
• All sales are final. Passes are digital and delivered right away, so we don't offer refunds or exchanges. At checkout you ask for immediate delivery and agree that you lose any right to cancel once your key is sent. Nothing here limits rights the law where you live gives you and that can't be waived.
• If your key is lost or someone else is using it, you can get a new key on the host page with the email and order number you bought with. The old key then stops working.

7. Changes and availability

We may change, add or remove games and features, and change these Terms. If we make important changes we'll update the date at the top. The Service may sometimes be unavailable (for example during maintenance or outages).

8. Disclaimer

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows.

9. Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Deus Core isn't liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, and our total liability for any claim about the Service is limited to the greater of what you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim, or US $20. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.

10. Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the state where Deus Core is based, in the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

11. Contact

Questions: support@deuscore.net or our contact page.