Terms of Service
Things People Love, LLC
Welcome to Things People Love. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the websites, games, applications, newsletters, playtests, demos, community spaces, and other online services operated by Things People Love, LLC ("Things People Love," "we," "us," or "our") that link to these Terms, collectively, the "Services."
By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
1. Who We Are
Things People Love, LLC is a creative studio creating playful experiences and things people love.
You can contact us at: Things People Love, LLC; Email: hello@thingspeople.love; Website: https://thingspeople.love.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use our Services unless a specific Service states otherwise and includes any legally required parental consent or protections.
If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Services only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.
Our Services are not currently intended for children under 13. If we later offer games, apps, or online services directed to children under 13, we will update our terms, privacy notices, and parental-consent processes as required. COPPA applies to operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 and to services with actual knowledge that they collect personal information from children under 13.
3. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.
Your continued use of the Services after updated Terms are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
4. Privacy
Your use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect information.
Privacy Policy: https://thingspeople.love/privacy-policy/
5. Our Services
Our Services may include studio websites, newsletters and announcements, contact forms, careers and application pages, game demos, playtests, apps or games, community spaces, press materials, social media links, and other online experiences.
Some features may be available only at certain times, in certain regions, or to certain users.
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time.
6. Accounts
Some future Services may require an account. If you create an account, you agree to provide accurate information, keep your login credentials secure, not share your account with others, notify us if you suspect unauthorized access, and be responsible for activity under your account.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, harm the Services, or create risk for Things People Love or other users.
7. Acceptable Use
You agree not to misuse the Services. You may not violate any applicable law or regulation; interfere with or disrupt the Services; attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, or data; reverse engineer, scrape, crawl, or extract data except where permitted by law; upload malware, viruses, or harmful code; harass, threaten, abuse, or harm others; impersonate another person or organization; use the Services for spam, fraud, phishing, or deceptive activity; infringe or violate intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights; circumvent security, access controls, payment systems, or geographic restrictions; or use the Services to train AI systems or datasets without our written permission, unless allowed by applicable law.
We reserve the right to investigate and take action against violations.
8. User Content
Some Services may allow you to submit, post, upload, or share content, such as comments, feedback, messages, playtest responses, bug reports, community posts, artwork, suggestions, or other materials collectively, “User Content.”
You retain ownership of your User Content, but you grant Things People Love a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, display, distribute, and create derivative works from your User Content for purposes related to operating, improving, promoting, and developing the Services.
This license includes the right to use feedback, ideas, suggestions, bug reports, gameplay comments, and similar submissions without compensation to you.
You represent that you have all rights needed to submit your User Content and grant this license.
9. Feedback and Ideas
We love hearing ideas, but please do not send us confidential or proprietary ideas unless we have a separate written agreement.
If you submit ideas, feedback, concepts, suggestions, game mechanics, story ideas, characters, artwork, or other creative materials, you agree that your submission is voluntary; we may already be working on similar ideas; we may use or develop similar ideas independently; we owe you no compensation or credit unless separately agreed in writing; and your submission does not create a confidential, fiduciary, employment, or partnership relationship.
10. Community Guidelines
If we operate or participate in community spaces, including Discord, forums, social media, playtest groups, or livestream chats, you agree to participate respectfully.
Do not post or share content that is harassing, hateful, abusive, threatening, sexually explicit or exploitative, violent or encouraging self-harm, discriminatory, fraudulent or misleading, infringing, spam, malicious, doxxing or private personal information, or otherwise harmful to the community.
We may remove content or restrict access to community spaces at our discretion. Third-party community platforms are governed by their own terms and policies.
11. Intellectual Property
The Services, including all games, artwork, characters, mascots, logos, designs, text, software, code, animations, audio, music, videos, user interfaces, branding, and other content created by or for Things People Love, are owned by Things People Love or our licensors.
These materials are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, and other laws.
You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, publicly display, publicly perform, or create derivative works from our content unless we give you permission or the law allows it.
12. Limited License
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Services for personal, non-commercial use.
This license does not give you ownership of the Services or any content within them. We may revoke this license if you violate these Terms.
13. Press Materials and Brand Assets
We may provide press kits, screenshots, logos, videos, images, or other promotional materials.
Unless otherwise stated, you may use official press materials solely for editorial, news, review, commentary, or promotional coverage of Things People Love and our games, provided that you do not misrepresent our company or products, alter assets in a misleading way, suggest endorsement without permission, or use assets in unlawful, hateful, or misleading contexts.
All goodwill from use of our brand assets belongs to Things People Love.
14. Purchases, Payments, and Subscriptions
Some future Services may include purchases, paid games, downloadable content, subscriptions, virtual items, or other paid features.
If paid features are offered, pricing, billing terms, refund rules, renewal terms, and cancellation instructions will be provided at the point of purchase or in additional terms.
If we offer subscriptions or automatically renewing services, we will provide required disclosures and cancellation methods. California’s Automatic Renewal Law has been amended effective July 1, 2025, and businesses offering subscription-based services should provide clear renewal and cancellation terms where applicable.
Unless otherwise required by law or stated at purchase, payments may be non-refundable.
15. Virtual Items and In-Game Content
Some future games may include virtual currency, virtual items, cosmetics, unlockables, or other digital content.
Unless otherwise stated, virtual items have no real-world monetary value; are licensed, not sold; cannot be redeemed for money; may not be transferred outside the Services; and may be modified, removed, rebalanced, or discontinued where necessary.
Additional terms may apply to specific games or platforms.
16. Playtests, Betas, and Early Access
We may invite users to participate in playtests, beta tests, demos, previews, or early access versions of our games or Services.
You understand that these versions may be incomplete, contain bugs or errors, change significantly before release, be unavailable at times, lose progress or saved data, or be discontinued without notice.
We may ask you to keep certain playtest materials confidential. If confidentiality applies, you agree not to share screenshots, videos, streams, gameplay details, or other confidential information without our permission.
17. Reviews, Testimonials, and Creator Content
If you post reviews, testimonials, endorsements, gameplay videos, streams, or social content about our Services, you are responsible for complying with applicable laws and platform rules.
Do not misrepresent your experience, relationship with us, or whether you received compensation, free access, or other benefits. The FTC provides guidance on endorsements, influencers, and reviews, and its rules prohibit certain deceptive practices involving fake reviews and testimonials.
18. Third-Party Platforms and Services
Our Services may link to or integrate with third-party platforms, including app stores, payment processors, social networks, Discord, YouTube, Twitch, analytics providers, hosting providers, newsletter services, or job application tools.
Your use of third-party services may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for third-party services, content, policies, or practices.
19. App Stores and Platform Terms
If you download or access our games through a third-party platform, such as Apple App Store, Google Play, Steam, Epic Games Store, console stores, or another distribution platform, that platform’s terms may also apply.
If there is a conflict between these Terms and platform terms, the platform terms may control for your use of that platform.
20. Copyright Complaints
If you believe content on our Services infringes your copyright, please contact us at: Email: legal@thingspeople.love; Subject: Copyright Notice.
Your notice should include your name and contact information; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the allegedly infringing material; a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized; a statement that the information is accurate; and your physical or electronic signature.
We may remove or disable access to content that we believe may infringe copyrights.
21. Contests, Promotions, and Events
We may offer contests, sweepstakes, giveaways, challenges, events, or promotions.
These may have additional rules, eligibility requirements, deadlines, prize details, and restrictions.
If additional rules conflict with these Terms, the promotion-specific rules will apply for that promotion.
22. Careers and Applications
If you submit a job application, résumé, portfolio, cover letter, or related materials, you agree that the information you provide is accurate and that you have the right to share it.
Submitting an application does not guarantee employment, an interview, or a response.
We may retain applicant materials as described in our Privacy Policy.
23. Availability and Changes
We work hard to keep the Services available, but we do not guarantee that they will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time, including features, content, access, or availability.
24. Disclaimers
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.”
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Things People Love disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, and uninterrupted operation.
We do not guarantee that the Services will always be available; will be error-free; will meet your expectations; bugs or defects will be corrected; or the Services will be free from harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of the above may not apply to you.
25. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Things People Love and its owners, employees, contractors, partners, licensors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, goodwill, business, or use.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim related to the Services or these Terms will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid to Things People Love for the Services giving rise to the claim in the 12 months before the claim, or $100.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limits of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.
26. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Things People Love and its owners, employees, contractors, partners, licensors, and service providers from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use of the Services, your User Content, your violation of these Terms, your violation of law, or your violation of another person’s rights.
27. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time if you violate these Terms; your use creates risk or harm; we discontinue a Service; we are required to do so by law; or we believe termination is reasonably necessary.
You may stop using the Services at any time.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including intellectual property, feedback, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law.
28. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
You and Things People Love agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Collin County, Texas, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
29. Dispute Resolution
Before filing a claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at: Email: legal@thingspeople.love. Please include your name, contact information, a description of the dispute, and the relief you seek.
We will try to resolve the dispute informally within 30 days.
Optional arbitration clause to review with counsel before use: At Things People Love’s discretion, disputes may be resolved through binding arbitration rather than court, except for claims that qualify for small claims court or claims seeking injunctive relief for intellectual property misuse. Do not include an arbitration clause without legal review.
30. No Class Actions
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and Things People Love agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative action.
31. International Users
We operate from the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you are responsible for complying with local laws.
We make no representation that the Services are appropriate or available in every country.
32. Force Majeure
We are not responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, internet outages, service provider failures, cyberattacks, government actions, pandemics, or other events outside our control.
33. Severability
If any part of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts will remain in effect.
34. No Waiver
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce it later.
35. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our written permission.
We may assign or transfer these Terms as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or by operation of law.
36. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms that apply to specific Services, are the entire agreement between you and Things People Love regarding the Services.
37. Contact Us
Questions about these Terms can be sent to: Things People Love, LLC; Email: legal@thingspeople.love; Website: https://thingspeople.love.