Terms of Use

1. Provider and subject matter

The provider is Pascal Borkenhagen, Ladungsfähige Anschrift wird eingerichtet, und in Kürze an dieser Stelle ergänzt., Deutschland. Gentle Seasons is a browser-based building game, provided free of charge as a private hobby project.

There is no entitlement to availability, to particular features, or to the continued existence of the service. Maintenance, changes to the game and interruptions are possible at any time; the service may also be discontinued entirely.

2. Account and guest mode

You can play in guest mode without an account. Guest accounts and the associated progress are deleted automatically once they are older than three days. If you want to keep your progress, register; the guest account is then converted into a regular account.

An account requires a valid email address which you confirm. Credentials and passkeys must be kept secret and must not be passed on. If you suspect that third parties have access to your account, change your password immediately and inform us.

This service is intended for people aged 16 and over.

3. Conduct in the game

In chat, in clubs, in private messages and in profile details the following applies: no unlawful content, no insults, no harassment, no discrimination, no advertising, no spam and no content infringing the rights of others. Do not publish other people's personal data.

Technical interference with the game is prohibited: automated access, manipulation of game state, exploiting program errors for your own benefit, circumventing bans, and attacks on the availability or security of the service.

4. Your content

You are responsible for the content you publish. You grant us the simple, royalty-free right to store it and display it within the game — limited to what is necessary for operation. We acquire no rights beyond that.

5. Moderation and measures

In the event of breaches of these terms we may remove or hide content, mute you temporarily, issue a strike, exclude you from chat or block your account. The measure depends on the severity and repetition of the breach. Reported messages and the measures taken are stored as evidence.

You can contest a measure informally by writing to the address given in the legal notice.

6. Virtual items

Coins, gems, plants, buildings and other in-game items are purely game content without monetary value. There is no payment function; virtual items can neither be bought with real money nor exchanged for it. There is no entitlement to the preservation of a particular game state, balance or item — including after a reset, an error or a change to game balance.

7. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, and for damage arising from injury to life, body or health.

In cases of simple negligence we are liable only for the breach of a material contractual obligation, that is an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the usage relationship possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely. In such cases liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of relationship.

Liability is otherwise excluded. Liability under the German Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

For the loss of game progress we are liable only in accordance with the paragraphs above. We do not owe any backup of your game data beyond the technically customary database backups.

8. Termination

You may stop using the service at any time. There is currently no deletion function in the application; please write to pborkenhagen@askme-world.de.

We may terminate the usage relationship at any time giving reasonable notice, and without notice in the event of serious breaches of these terms.

9. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms insofar as this is necessary to adapt them to changed features or to the legal situation. We will announce material changes in the game or by email. If you do not object within four weeks, or continue to use the service thereafter, the changed terms are deemed accepted.

10. Final provisions

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, mandatory protective provisions of your country of residence remain unaffected.

Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected.