Terms of Use

1. Other documents that apply

• Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data.

2. Who may use the Site

You may browse the Site at any age. However, the Site is not directed to children under 13, and you must be at least 13 years old to join the mailing list, create an account, or submit any content. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom and are under the age at which you can consent to online services on your own in your country (16 in many EU countries), you may only do so with the consent of a parent or guardian.

If you use the Site on behalf of an organization, you confirm that you are authorized to accept these Terms for it.

3. Using the Site

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable permission to access and use the Site for your own non-commercial purposes, in line with these Terms.

The Site and its features are provided as they currently exist. Space Hobo is a game in development. We may change, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Site at any time.

Nothing on the Site is a promise that Space Hobo, a demo, or any feature will be released, or released on any particular date or platform. Descriptions, screenshots, and plans shown on the Site reflect the game's current state of development and may change.

4. Our intellectual property

© 2026 Space Hobo. All rights reserved.

The Site and its content, including the Space Hobo game, its artwork, graphics, logos, characters, text, design, code, and screenshots, are owned by the developer or used with permission, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. "Space Hobo", the Space Hobo logo, and related names and marks are names and marks of the developer. Nothing in these Terms gives you ownership of, or a license to use, any of them, except as expressly stated here.

You may share links to the Site and, for non-commercial purposes such as news coverage, reviews, fan discussion, or social media posts, share screenshots and images from the Site, as long as you do not alter them in a misleading way, do not suggest that we endorse you, and credit Space Hobo where practical.

Music: the music used on the Site is released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication. The CC0 terms, not our copyright, govern how you may use that music.

Fonts and third-party materials: the Oxanium font and any other third-party materials on the Site are used under their own licenses and remain the property of their respective owners.

5. Your content (accounts and profiles)

You can add content to your profile, such as a display name, profile picture, and bio ("Your Content").

You keep ownership of Your Content. To let us run the profile feature, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, resize, format, and show Your Content on the Site, solely to operate, provide, and improve the Site and its features. This license ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except for copies we must keep by law or that remain in backups pending their scheduled expiry.

You confirm that:

• you own Your Content or have all the rights needed to post it and grant the license above;
• Your Content does not infringe anyone's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; and
• Your Content complies with these Terms, including the acceptable use rules in Section 6.

We do not pre-screen Your Content, but we may review, hide, or remove any content, and suspend or close accounts, if we believe the content or account breaks these Terms or the law, or creates a risk for us or others. Where reasonable and permitted by law, we will tell you why.

The website profile controls let you download or remove your picture and bio while keeping your account. To delete your Space Hobo ID, use Account settings. Account deletion also removes your website picture and bio automatically. Restoring your account within the recovery period does not restore a deleted picture or bio. For help, email hello@spacehobogame.com.

6. Acceptable use

When using the Site, you must not:

• break any law or regulation, or encourage anyone else to;
• post content that is unlawful, harassing, hateful, threatening, sexually explicit, violent, defamatory, or that exploits or endangers minors;
• impersonate any person, or misrepresent your connection with anyone, including us;
• post anyone else's personal information without their permission;
• infringe anyone's intellectual property or other rights;
• upload malware, or anything designed to damage, interfere with, or gain unauthorized access to the Site, its systems, or other users' devices or accounts;
• probe, scan, or test the Site's vulnerabilities, or bypass its security, rate limits, or bot protection, except as part of responsible disclosure (see below);
• scrape, crawl, or harvest data from the Site by automated means, except for standard search engine indexing;
• submit fake, automated, or bulk sign-ups, or sign up anyone else for the mailing list without their permission;
• use the Site to send spam or unsolicited advertising; or
• use the Site in any way that disrupts it or harms other users or us.

Security issues: if you find a security vulnerability, please report it to hello@spacehobogame.com and give us reasonable time to fix it before disclosing it publicly. Please do not access, change, or delete anyone else's data while doing so.

We may block access, remove content, or close accounts of anyone who breaks these rules.

7. Copyright complaints

If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, email hello@spacehobogame.com with:

1. a description of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed;
2. the location (URL) of the material on the Site;
3. your name and contact information;
4. a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
5. a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and
6. your physical or electronic signature.

We will review valid notices and remove infringing material where appropriate. We may close accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' rights.

8. Mailing list and emails

If you join the mailing list, you consent to emails about Space Hobo's demo and development as described in our Privacy Policy. You can leave the mailing list using Unsubscribe or by contacting us. Joining the mailing list does not reserve a copy of the game, guarantee access to a demo or test, or create any other right or obligation.

9. Third-party services

The Site relies on third-party services, such as Cloudflare for delivery and security, and an email delivery provider. We are not responsible for third-party services or websites we link to, and links do not mean we endorse them.

10. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that any content is accurate, complete, or up to date.

This section does not limit any rights you have as a consumer that cannot be excluded or limited under the laws of the country where you live.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to the Site or these Terms, even if we have been told such damages were possible; and
• our total liability for all claims arising out of or related to the Site or these Terms will not exceed US $100.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law.

If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland: the limitations above apply only to the extent permitted by the laws of your country. We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence. For slight negligence, we are liable only for breach of essential obligations (obligations whose fulfillment makes the proper use of the Site possible and on which you may regularly rely), and only for typical, foreseeable damage.

12. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from Your Content or your breach of these Terms or the law. This section does not apply to consumers where such an obligation is not permitted by the laws of the country where they live.

13. Ending your use

You can stop using the Site at any time, leave the mailing list, and request deletion of your account. We may suspend or end your access to the Site, or any feature, if you break these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Site or feature. Sections that by their nature should survive (including Sections 4, 5 for content already licensed until deletion, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15) continue to apply after your use ends.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Site, are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, United States, and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Iowa, and you and we consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.

Consumers outside the United States: if you are a consumer living in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or any other country whose laws give you this protection, the choice of Iowa law does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of the country where you live, and you may also bring proceedings in the courts of that country.

We are not obliged and not willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. We encourage you to contact us first, as most issues can be resolved quickly by email.

15. General

• Entire agreement: these Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Site.
• Severability: if any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and the unenforceable part will be applied to the maximum extent permitted.
• No waiver: if we do not enforce a part of these Terms, that does not mean we give up the right to enforce it later.
• Assignment: you may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer these Terms, including to a company we form to operate Space Hobo, as long as your rights are not reduced as a result.
• Language: these Terms are available in the site's supported languages.
• Changes: we may update these Terms from time to time. We will change the "Last updated" date at the top, and for significant changes we will give clear notice on the Site and, where we have your email address, by email. Changes apply from the date they are posted and do not apply to disputes that arose before then. If you keep using the Site after a change, the updated Terms apply to you.

16. Contact

Space Hobo
Email: hello@spacehobogame.com