Welcome to Beyond Orbit (the "Game"), operated by Lunar Compass Games LLC ("we", "us", "our"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Game, the Windows desktop application, the website at beyondmmo.com and any related services (together, the "Service"). By playing the Game or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
The Game is distributed through Steam, so the Steam Subscriber Agreement also applies to your use of Steam and to purchases made through it.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms for you.
2. Your account
You sign in to the Game with your Steam account, and your Beyond Orbit account is tied to it. You are responsible for keeping your Steam account secure and for everything done through it. Do not share, sell or transfer your account, and do not let anyone else play on it. One Steam account holds one Beyond Orbit account.
3. Playing fairly
You agree not to:
- use cheats, bots, macros that play for you, memory editors, packet tools, unauthorized third-party clients, or any other software that changes how the Game works or gives you an unfair advantage;
- exploit bugs or unintended mechanics (report them to us instead);
- harass, threaten, impersonate or abuse other players or our staff, or post hateful, sexual or illegal content;
- choose character, guild or other names that are offensive or impersonate someone;
- buy, sell or trade accounts, characters, items or currency for real money or anything outside the Game (real-money trading);
- spam chat, mail or other players;
- attack, probe, overload or bypass the security of the Service.
Breaking these rules can lead to a warning, a mute, removal of items or currency gained by breaking them, a suspension, or a permanent ban.
4. Player content and moderation
Chat, mail, names, bug reports, feedback and anything else you create or send in the Service ("your content") remain yours. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, display, reproduce and use your content to run, moderate and promote the Service. You confirm you have the right to share it.
We may review, hide, rename or remove content, and act on accounts, to enforce these Terms. Players can report and block others in the Game. Reports are reviewed by our team.
5. Virtual items and currency
The Game is free to play. We may offer cosmetic items and an in-game premium currency. Items, currency and everything else you earn or buy in the Game ("virtual items") are licensed to you, not sold. They are for your personal use in the Game, have no monetary value, cannot be exchanged for money and cannot be transferred to another account except through features we provide in the Game.
We may change, rebalance or retire virtual items as the Game develops. If we permanently remove an item you paid for, we will offer a reasonable replacement or a refund of the premium currency you spent on it.
6. Purchases
Purchases of premium currency are made through Steam. Valve processes the payment, handles taxes and issues the receipt. Refunds are covered by our Refund Policy. If a purchase is refunded or charged back, we remove the currency it added. If you have already spent it, we may remove items bought with it, and your balance may go negative until the difference is covered.
7. Technical reporting and security checks
The desktop application sends crash reports, and we use security checks to protect the Game, as described in our Privacy Policy.
8. Ban evasion
If your account is suspended or banned, you may not use another account to keep playing. Accounts used to evade a suspension or ban may be banned too, and purchases made on them are not refundable.
9. The Service
The Game is a live online game in active development. We may update, change, pause or remove parts of it, reset progress during test phases, take it offline for maintenance, or close it. We do not guarantee that the Service will always be available or free of bugs. If we decide to close the Game permanently, we will announce it in the Game at least 30 days in advance.
10. Ending your account
You can stop playing at any time and ask us to delete your account by emailing [email protected]. We may suspend or end your account if you break these Terms, commit fraud or put other players or the Service at risk. When your account ends, your license to your virtual items ends too.
11. Disclaimers and limits on liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, the Service is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. Our total liability to you for any claim about the Service is limited to the greater of 100 USD or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or takes away rights you have under consumer protection law where you live.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. For material changes, we will tell players in the Game before the change takes effect. If you keep playing after that date, you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be resolved in the courts located in Florida, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring a claim in your own courts.
14. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email [email protected].