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Privacy

Privacy in plain language.

Last updated September 1, 2026. The public game does not require a player account, legal name, or profile.

Progress stored on your device

Solo chapter progress, earned gears, ending choices, and co-op room unlocks are stored in your browser’s local storage. This information remains on that browser unless you clear site data. It is not used to identify you.

Private online co-op

When you create or join an online room, the realtime service processes a temporary room identifier, role claims, movement inputs, connection status, and gameplay snapshots so the two browsers can stay synchronized. Rooms expire automatically. Public analytics events are designed not to include private room identifiers, reconnect claims, names, or player identity.

Analytics

If Google Analytics is configured, it loads only after a visitor explicitly accepts optional analytics. We use privacy-bounded gameplay events such as room creation, invitation sharing, level start, and level completion to understand connection quality and improve the game. These events do not include private room identifiers, reconnect claims, names, or player identity. Visitors who decline can continue playing normally.

Advertising and cookies

Reserved advertising spaces do not by themselves set advertising cookies. If Google AdSense or another advertising service is enabled, that provider may use cookies or similar technologies for ad delivery, frequency control, fraud prevention, and measurement. Where required, visitors will be shown a consent choice before relevant advertising or measurement tags are loaded.

Google explains how it uses information from sites and apps that use its services on its business data responsibility pages. Visitors may also manage browser storage through their browser settings.

Administration and security

The stage administration area is not a public content page. In production it requires platform authentication. Service logs may temporarily contain ordinary technical information such as request times, error details, and network addresses for security and reliability purposes.

Changes

This notice will be revised when the site enables an external analytics or advertising provider, materially changes online services, or changes how personal data is handled. The updated date at the top of this page will change at the same time.