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End User Licence Agreement

Effective: 16 July 2026 · Last updated: 16 July 2026

The short version. This is the licence for the game client — the program you download and install. It is not the rules for your Account; those are in the Terms of Service.

  • You may install and play the Client on your own devices, for your own enjoyment. We licence it to you; we do not sell it to you.
  • The Game is online only. Without an Account and a connection to our servers, the Client does nothing. Your Account is governed by the Terms of Service.
  • Don't pull the Client apart, don't use bots, macros or third-party clients, and don't interfere with the anti-cheat software. If your country's law gives you a reverse-engineering right anyway, you keep it.
  • Release builds of the Client install and run Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat alongside the Game.
  • You must be at least 13. Under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian's consent.
  • We can end this licence if you break this Agreement. You can end it any time by uninstalling.
  • California law governs. If you are a consumer in the EU or the UK, the rights your own law gives you are not affected by anything in this Agreement — including the limits on our liability.

The summary is here to help you read. It is not a substitute for the text below, which is what actually applies.

1. Who you are agreeing with, and what this covers

  1. This End User Licence Agreement (this "Agreement") is a binding contract between you ("you") and Pixel Glitch Studios, trading as Pixel Glitch Studios, of Postal address: to be published (business mailbox pending) — contact support@islesofcalamity.com ("we", "us", "our").
  2. In this Agreement:
    1. "the Game" means Isles of Calamity, the online game service we operate.
    2. "the Client" means the downloadable game software we make available for the Game, including its updates, patches, and the content and files distributed with it.
    3. "the Site" means islesofcalamity.com and its subdomains.
    4. "Account" and "Character" have the meanings given in the Terms of Service.
  3. This Agreement licenses the Client. It does not govern your Account, your Characters, your conduct in the Game, or any Membership; those are governed by the Terms of Service and the Game Rules.
  4. You accept this Agreement by installing the Client, by selecting "Accept" on the agreement the Client shows when it starts, or by playing the Game. If you do not accept it, do not install the Client and do not play.
  5. One licence, two places. The Client displays a licence agreement before you play. This page carries the current version of that licence, published so you can read it before you download. The two texts are not word-for-word identical, and where the agreement shown in the Client refers to "the Game", it means what this page calls "the Client". If they differ in any respect, the version published on this page at the time you installed or last updated the Client is the one that applies.

2. Eligibility

  1. You must be at least 13 years old to accept this Agreement or to use the Client. We enforce this against the date of birth given at registration and refuse Accounts below it.
  2. If you are 13 or over but under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Client only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian, who accepts this Agreement on your behalf and is responsible for your use of it.
  3. You may not use the Client if we have terminated your licence or you are barred from receiving it under the export laws referred to in clause 14.

3. Licence grant

  1. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and play one copy of the Client on each device you own or control, solely for your own private, non-commercial entertainment.
  2. The Client is licensed to you, not sold. You acquire no ownership of the Client or any copy of it. All rights not expressly granted in this clause are reserved.
  3. This licence gives you no right to any Account, any Character, or any Membership, and no right to play if your Account is suspended or terminated under the Terms of Service.

4. What you may not do

  1. Except as this Agreement expressly permits, or as applicable law expressly permits despite this clause, you may not (and may not permit anyone else to):
    1. copy, reproduce, distribute, rent, lease, lend, sell, resell, sublicense, or otherwise transfer the Client or any part of it;
    2. decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, structure, or underlying ideas of the Client — except to the limited extent applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction, and see clause 4(2);
    3. extract, rip, modify, translate, or reuse the Client's code, art, audio, music, models, animations, text, or other assets, or incorporate any of them into another product or work;
    4. create derivative works based on the Client;
    5. remove, disable, tamper with, or circumvent any copy protection, rights management, anti-cheat, integrity, or security feature of the Client or the Game, or run the Client other than through the protected launcher we ship with it;
    6. use cheats, exploits, bots, macros, automation, hacks, unauthorised third-party clients, or any other unauthorised software that interacts with the Client or the Game, or otherwise gain an unfair advantage or disrupt the Game or other players; or
    7. use the Client for any commercial purpose without our prior written permission.
  2. Rights you keep. Nothing in clause 4(1) restricts any act that you are entitled to perform under mandatory law — including, for users in the EU, the rights to observe, study, test and (for interoperability) decompile under Articles 5(3) and 6 of Directive 2009/24/EC, and, for users in the UK, the equivalent rights under sections 50B and 50BA of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Any term of this Agreement that purports to exclude those rights has no effect to that extent.
  3. Conduct inside the Game — including botting, real-world trading, and abuse — is dealt with by the Game Rules and the Terms of Service, and may cost you your Account as well as this licence.

5. Ownership and intellectual property

  1. The Client and the Game, and all rights in them — including software, source code, art, audio, music, characters, story, world, user interfaces, names, logos, trade marks, and all other content and intellectual property — are owned by us and our licensors, and are protected by copyright, trade mark and other laws.
  2. Apart from the limited licence in clause 3, we reserve all rights. No rights are granted to you by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.
  3. Third-party software and middleware included in or used by the Client remains the property of its owners and is licensed under its own terms (see clause 12).

6. Content you create

  1. The Client lets you create content such as Character names, your Character's appearance, and saved settings ("User Content").
  2. You are responsible for your User Content, and it must not infringe anyone's rights or break any law. The Game Rules set out what is and is not acceptable, including for names.
  3. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to host, store, reproduce and display your User Content as far as necessary to operate the Game — which includes displaying Character names and progress on public hiscores and profiles on the Site.
  4. We may remove or change User Content that we reasonably believe breaches this Agreement, the Terms of Service or the Game Rules.

7. The Game is online only

  1. The Client is a front end to our servers. It has no offline or single-player mode. Playing requires a registered Account, a broadband internet connection, and our servers being available.
  2. Your Account, your Characters and your game progress are held on our servers. They are not stored on your device and are not yours to run independently of the Game.
  3. Without an Account, this licence has no practical use. Accounts are governed by the Terms of Service, which set out registration, suspension and termination. If your Account ends, the Client will not let you play, even though the software remains on your device.
  4. Registration is currently by invitation. We do not guarantee that an Account will be available to you, and downloading the Client does not entitle you to one.
  5. We may change, suspend or discontinue the Game, any world, or any feature, as set out in the Terms of Service. This licence does not oblige us to keep the Game running.
  6. The Client is desktop software for Windows and macOS. We do not promise it will work on any other hardware, operating system or configuration. Our Play page shows which platforms are available at any given time; it is a statement of availability, not a promise of support.

8. Updates

  1. We may issue updates, patches and new versions of the Client. Updates form part of the Client and are covered by this Agreement.
  2. Because the Game is online only, we may require you to install an update before you can continue to play — for example where the update is needed to keep the Client compatible with our servers, to fix a fault, or to maintain security or anti-cheat protection.
  3. We may add, change or remove features of the Client in an update. Where you are an EU or UK consumer and we change the Client beyond what is necessary to keep it in conformity, your statutory rights in clause 18 apply.

9. Anti-cheat software

  1. Release builds of the Client are distributed with Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat. It is installed alongside the Client, and a protected launcher starts the Game.
  2. Easy Anti-Cheat runs on your device while you play, and checks the integrity of the Client and of the environment it is running in, in order to detect cheating. It communicates with our servers and with Epic's during a play session.
  3. Anti-cheat is also enforced on our side: a client that does not complete the anti-cheat handshake is disconnected. Disabling, blocking or tampering with the anti-cheat software does not let you play — it stops you playing, and breaches clause 4(1)(e).
  4. Easy Anti-Cheat is third-party software supplied by Epic and is subject to clause 12. Epic processes data from your device in order to provide it, under Epic's own terms.
  5. An anti-cheat detection can disconnect you automatically. Where Easy Anti-Cheat reports a violation to our servers, the Client is removed from the session without a person reviewing it first. An automatic disconnection is not a ban: suspensions and bans of an Account are issued by our staff under the Terms of Service and the Game Rules, and we do not ban Accounts by automated decision alone. If you believe a disconnection is wrong, contact support@islesofcalamity.com.

10. Data and privacy

  1. Our Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why, who we share it with, and what rights you have over it.
  2. To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Privacy Policy about the handling of personal data, the Privacy Policy controls.
  3. We are based in the United States, and personal data you provide through the Client is processed there. The Privacy Policy sets out what that means for you.

11. Files the Client keeps on your device

  1. The Client stores your settings — such as audio, graphics, controls, language, interface, accessibility and window layout — in files on your device, and records that you accepted this Agreement and which version you accepted.
  2. Those files are local to your device. They are not your game progress: your Characters and progress live on our servers (clause 7).
  3. Deleting or losing those files loses your local settings only. We are not responsible for local files that are lost, corrupted, or removed, including by uninstalling the Client.

12. Third-party software

  1. The Client includes or uses third-party software and middleware — including the Unity engine and Epic Online Services (which provides the anti-cheat described in clause 9) — which may be subject to their own terms and notices.
  2. Your use of that third-party software is subject to its own terms. You can obtain the third-party notices applicable to the version of the Client you installed by writing to support@islesofcalamity.com.

13. How this licence ends

  1. This Agreement and your licence run until terminated. You may terminate at any time by uninstalling the Client and deleting all copies of it.
  2. Your licence terminates automatically if you breach this Agreement. We may also suspend or revoke it — with notice where practicable, and without notice where the breach is serious or immediate action is needed — if you breach this Agreement or applicable law, or where we must do so to comply with a legal requirement.
  3. Termination of this licence does not itself terminate your Account, and termination of your Account under the Terms of Service does not itself terminate this licence — but because the Game is online only, either one leaves you unable to play.
  4. On termination you must stop using the Client and delete all copies in your possession.
  5. The clauses that by their nature should continue — including 5 (ownership), 16 (disclaimer), 17 (liability), 18 (statutory rights), 19 (indemnity), 20 (governing law) and this clause — survive termination.

14. Export control and sanctions

  1. The Client is subject to United States export control and sanctions laws, including the Export Administration Regulations and the regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and may be subject to the export or import laws of other countries.
  2. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, a country or territory subject to a comprehensive US embargo, and that you are not on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties (including the Specially Designated Nationals and Denied Persons lists).
  3. You agree not to export, re-export, or transfer the Client in breach of those laws, and not to use it for any purpose prohibited by them.

15. United States Government end users

  1. The Client is "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" as those terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 and 48 C.F.R. §§227.7202-1 to 227.7202-4.
  2. If you are a United States Government end user, you acquire the Client only with the rights set out in this Agreement, consistent with those regulations, and no greater rights.

16. Disclaimer of warranties

  1. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Client is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory — including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
  2. We do not warrant that the Client will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that faults will be corrected.
  3. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this clause may not apply to you. Nothing in it affects the rights described in clause 18.

17. Limitation of liability

  1. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we and our licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Client or this Agreement.
  2. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the Client or this Agreement will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid for the Client or fifty US dollars (US$50). The Client is free to download; this cap is not a promise that you paid anything for it.
  3. Liability relating to your Account, Membership or the Game service is limited separately under the Terms of Service.
  4. Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that applicable law does not permit us to limit.

18. Your statutory rights

  1. If you are a consumer in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you have rights under your own consumer law that no term of this Agreement can take away or reduce — including rights to digital content that is as described, fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality, and remedies if it is not.
  2. Those rights apply in addition to this Agreement. Clauses 16 and 17 apply only so far as your law allows; where it does not, they do not apply to you.
  3. Choosing California law in clause 20 does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where you live, and it does not stop you bringing proceedings in your own country where your law gives you that right.
  4. If any term of this Agreement is unfair under your consumer law, it is not binding on you, and the rest of the Agreement continues to apply.
  5. If you are a consumer in California, nothing in this Agreement limits any right you have under California consumer law that cannot be waived by contract.

19. Indemnity

  1. You agree to indemnify and hold us and our licensors harmless from claims, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of this Agreement, your misuse of the Client, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
  2. This clause does not apply to the extent the claim arises from our own breach, negligence or wrongdoing, and it does not apply to you if you are a consumer and your law does not permit it.

20. Governing law and disputes

  1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, United States of America, and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.
  2. The state and federal courts located in California have jurisdiction over disputes arising out of this Agreement.
  3. Clause 20(1) and 20(2) do not override clause 18. If you are a consumer resident in the EU or the UK, you keep the protection of the mandatory law of your country of residence, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of that country; we will bring any proceedings against you only in those courts.

21. Changes to this Agreement

  1. We may update this Agreement — for example to reflect changes to the Client, to our anti-cheat, or to the law.
  2. If we make a material change, the Client will ask you to read and accept the updated Agreement before you play again. The current version is always published on this page.
  3. If you do not accept the updated Agreement, you may not continue to use the Client, and you may end this Agreement by uninstalling it. Declining does not by itself close your Account; see the Terms of Service.
  4. Changes are not retrospective: they do not affect rights or liabilities that arose before the change.

22. General

  1. If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, it is severed and the remaining provisions stay in effect.
  2. Our failure to enforce a right is not a waiver of it.
  3. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement. We may assign it as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, provided your rights under it are not reduced.
  4. This Agreement, together with the Terms of Service, the Game Rules and the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and us about the Client, and replaces any earlier agreement on that subject. Nothing in this clause limits liability for fraud.
  5. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement, except that our licensors may enforce clauses 5, 16 and 17.

23. Contact

  1. Questions about this Agreement: support@islesofcalamity.com.
  2. Operator: Pixel Glitch Studios (postal address to be published).