Terms of service

Agreement

By accessing or using KinsBlood (the "Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Operator

The Service is operated from Lehi, Utah, United States.

The Service

We provide an online text-based game and related features. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Downtime & maintenance: We do not guarantee any level of uptime or availability. We may take the Service offline for updates, maintenance, migrations, or any other reason, without advance notice, for however long is reasonably needed to complete the work.

Game changes: We may add, remove, rebalance, or otherwise change any game mechanic, rule, item, character stat, economy value, or other content at any time, at our sole discretion, including changes that affect existing characters, items, or progress.

Alpha service and progress resets

KinsBlood is currently an Alpha service under active development. Features, rules, balance, content, and stored data may change. Uptime, availability, and uninterrupted access are not guaranteed.

During Alpha, we may repair, modify, roll back, or reset accounts, characters, names, inventories, promotional-currency purchases, entitlements, and other game progress when reasonably needed for testing, security, maintenance, balance, or development. Payments are disabled while the game remains in Alpha.

Accounts & conduct

• You are responsible for activity under your account.
• You must not cheat, harass others, attempt to break or overload systems, or use the Service unlawfully.
• We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, our rules, or applicable law—including actions described in our moderation and account policies.

User content

You retain rights to content you submit, but you grant us a license to host, store, display, and use that content as needed to run the Service (e.g. character names, in-game messages where applicable).

Paid features & billing (when available)

Optional subscriptions or purchases (for example premium features or buff items) may be offered through Stripe. You are sent to Stripe Checkout (or other Stripe-hosted flows) to pay; we do not ask you to type card numbers into our own servers, and we do not store your full card details or payment credentials on our side.

• Confirmation: We use Stripe's APIs and webhooks (or equivalent verified notifications) to confirm payment or subscription status and to grant or revoke access in the game.
• Prices & taxes: Fees, billing cycles, refunds, and taxes will be shown at checkout or in Stripe's customer flows where applicable.
• Promotional access: We may make all Premium features, or selected Premium features, free for limited periods. A promotional free period does not pause, extend, prorate, refund, or create a credit for a monthly or yearly membership, and recurring memberships continue under their existing billing and renewal terms, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
• Timed KinsGold feature Boons: When an activated, time-limited Premium-feature Boon overlaps a promotion that makes the same feature free, its expiration is extended by the overlapping free time. A site-wide Premium promotion applies this protection to every registered Premium-feature Boon. A promotion for one feature applies only to the matching Boon. Overlapping promotions are counted once. This protection does not apply to subscriptions, supplies, Premium Time, Extra Character Slots, or other benefits that remain independently useful during the promotion.
• Stripe: Your use of Stripe's payment pages is also subject to Stripe's terms and privacy policy.

Payments are disabled during Alpha. Until paid features are enabled, this section is informational only.

Disclaimer of warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we and our suppliers are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or loss of profits, data, or goodwill. Our total liability for claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the claim or (b) fifty US dollars (USD), unless a higher minimum applies in your jurisdiction.

Indemnity

You agree to defend and indemnify us against claims arising from your misuse of the Service or violation of these Terms, to the extent permitted by law.

Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Utah, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Subject to mandatory consumer protections where you live, the state and federal courts located in Utah County, Utah have exclusive jurisdiction and venue.

Changes

We may update these Terms. Continued use after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms, where allowed by law.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us through the Discord community linked on the site, email the address listed on the home page, or, when you are signed in, open Support Center.