WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THESE TERMS COVER
Pocket Giant is a trading name used by Kerim Sabuncugil, an individual independent developer based in Türkiye. It is not a registered company and has no employees, officers, directors or affiliated entities. References to "we", "us" and "our" in these Terms mean that individual developer.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and us. They cover all mobile games we publish under the Pocket Giant name (together, the "Games"). The current list of Games is on our home page, and each Game's store listing links to these Terms.
They also cover this website, pocketgiant.net. The Games are currently distributed through the Apple App Store; where a Game is later published on Google Play, these Terms apply to that version too.
By downloading, installing or playing a Game, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to them, please do not install or play the Games. Your use of a Game is also subject to the terms of the store you obtained it from, and to Apple's or Google's rules for applications on their platforms.
AGE
The Games are general-audience puzzle games rated for players aged 12 and over. You must be at least 13 years old to play them. The Games show advertising and use device identifiers, so they are not designed for young children and are not published in a children's category.
If the law where you live sets a higher age for agreeing to terms like these or for consenting to the processing of personal data, then a parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Terms on your behalf before you play.
LICENCE TO USE THE GAMES
We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and play the Games on devices you own or control, for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment. That is the whole of what you receive: you are licensed to play the Games, you do not buy them or any part of them.
Except where applicable law expressly permits it despite this clause, you may not copy, distribute, rent, lease, sell or sublicense the Games; modify them or create derivative works; reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble them or attempt to extract their source code or assets; or remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice in them.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All intellectual property rights in the Games and in this website — including the code, artwork, characters, level design, audio, text, the Pocket Giant name and logo, and the names and icons of the individual Games — belong to us or are licensed to us. Nothing in these Terms gives you the right to use the Pocket Giant name, logo or branding for any purpose.
Third-party components used in the Games, including the game engine and the advertising, analytics and attribution software described in our Privacy Policy, remain the property of their respective owners.
ADVERTISING
The Games are free to download and are funded by advertising. By playing them you accept that advertising will be shown, including full-screen and rewarded ad formats.
Ads are supplied by third-party advertising networks through a third-party mediation platform. We do not choose, write or review individual ads, and we are not responsible for the content of third-party advertising or for any product, service or website an ad leads to. If you see an advertisement in one of our Games that appears illegal, deceptive or inappropriate, please report it to us at kerim.sabuncugil@gmail.com with a screenshot if you have one, and we will raise it with the mediation platform.
How advertising relates to your personal data, and how to decline tracking, is explained in our Privacy Policy.
IN-APP PURCHASES AND REFUNDS
The Games offer in-app purchases. Prices are shown in the Game before you confirm a purchase and may vary by country and over time.
All payments are taken by the Apple App Store or Google Play, not by us. Those stores are the seller of record for your purchase and handle your payment details; we never see your card number or bank details. Your purchase is therefore also governed by the store's own terms.
What you receive for an in-app purchase is an extension of the licence described above: a right to use an in-app product inside the Game. In-app products are licensed, not sold, and have no monetary value outside the Game. Where a Game provides virtual currency, virtual items or other in-game entitlements, you acquire no ownership or property right in them, they cannot be transferred between players or exchanged for real money, and they may be changed, rebalanced or discontinued as the Game develops.
Refunds are handled by the store you bought through, under its refund policy. Please contact Apple or Google directly for a refund request. Nothing in these Terms limits any statutory right of withdrawal, cancellation or refund you have as a consumer under the law of your country. If a purchase does not arrive in the Game, or arrives incorrectly, email us and we will try to put it right.
If a Game is discontinued, or your access is terminated for breach of these Terms, unused in-app products may be lost. Where consumer law requires a remedy in those circumstances, that law applies.
LEADERBOARDS AND DISPLAY NAMES
Where a Game offers a leaderboard, your score and the display name or nickname you choose may be shown to other players. Please do not use your full legal name, contact details or any other information you would not want other players to see, and do not use another person's name or personal data.
The Games do not have chat, messaging, comments, profiles or file uploads. Apart from a display name and a score, there is no way to publish content to other players.
When you choose a display name you agree that it will not: be unlawful; be abusive, threatening, harassing, obscene, hateful or discriminatory; impersonate another person or suggest an affiliation with us or anyone else that does not exist; contain another person's personal data; or advertise anything.
We may remove or reset a display name or a leaderboard entry that breaches these rules, that appears to have been obtained by cheating, or that we are required to remove by law. Where a Game's leaderboard is provided through the platform's own leaderboard service, that service is operated by the platform under its own terms, and reports about it may need to go to the platform.
If you believe a display name or leaderboard entry is unlawful or breaches these Terms, email kerim.sabuncugil@gmail.com, telling us which Game it is in and what the problem is. We will review it within a reasonable time and, if we act on it, we will tell the affected player what we did and why if they ask us. If your entry or name is removed and you think that was wrong, email us and we will look at it again.
ACCEPTABLE USE
When playing the Games you agree not to:
- cheat, or use bots, automation, macros, modified clients, memory editors, emulators or other tools to alter gameplay, scores or rewards;
- generate false or fraudulent advertising impressions, clicks or rewards, or interfere with how advertising is served or measured;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to a Game, to our accounts or infrastructure, or to any service the Games rely on;
- interfere with, overload or disrupt a Game or its supporting services, including by submitting malicious code;
- collect or harvest data about other players; or
- use the Games for any unlawful purpose or in breach of the rules of the store you obtained them from.
YOUR DEVICE, YOUR CONNECTION AND UPDATES
Some features need an active internet connection, and your mobile operator's charges — including data and roaming charges — are your responsibility. If you are not the person who pays the bill for the device, we assume you have that person's permission to use the Games. Keeping your device charged, updated and secure is also your responsibility.
We strongly advise against playing on a jailbroken or rooted device. Doing so can expose your device to malware, can break the Game's security assumptions, and may cause a Game to malfunction or not run at all.
We may release updates. Store settings on your device may install them automatically. If you choose not to install an update, a Game may stop working correctly, and we may stop supporting older versions and older operating systems.
AVAILABILITY AND CHANGES TO THE GAMES
We want the Games to keep improving, so we may change, add or remove features, levels, prices and in-game economies, and we may stop offering a Game altogether. Where a change materially reduces something you have already paid for, we will act consistently with your consumer rights.
The Games are provided on an ongoing but not guaranteed basis. We do not promise that a Game will always be available, uninterrupted or free of faults, or that it will be compatible with every device or operating-system version.
SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
You can end this agreement at any time by deleting the Games from your devices.
If you materially breach these Terms, we may suspend or end your access to a Game. Except where the breach is serious — unlawful activity, infringement of intellectual property rights, fraud or manipulation of advertising, cheating that affects other players, or conduct that could harm other players or us — we will tell you what the problem is and, if it can be fixed, give you 14 days to fix it before we act.
When this agreement ends, your licence ends and you must stop using and delete the Games. Terms that by their nature should survive — intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnity and governing law — continue to apply.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
To the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject always to the consumer rights described below, the Games and this website are provided "as is" and "as available", and we disclaim all implied warranties, including any implied warranty of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Software of this kind can contain bugs and errors, and we do not warrant that the Games will meet your expectations or that defects will be corrected.
Nothing in this section affects the legal guarantees and remedies you have as a consumer, which cannot be excluded by contract.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of profit, loss of data, loss of game progress or business interruption, arising out of or relating to the Games or these Terms.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to a Game will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us for in-app purchases in that Game in the twelve months before the claim, or the minimum amount that applicable law requires us to be liable for. Where a Game is used without any purchase, our liability is limited to that minimum amount.
We do not limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded — including your mandatory rights as a consumer.
We are also not liable for the content of third-party advertising, for third-party websites or services reached from the Games, or for the acts of Apple, Google or the advertising networks, each of which is responsible for its own services.
INDEMNITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify us, and any consultants, agents or representatives acting on our behalf, against claims, losses and reasonable legal costs arising from your breach of these Terms, your unlawful use of the Games, or a display name you chose that infringes someone else's rights.
This does not apply to anything caused by our own negligence, our breach of these Terms or our breach of the law. Where consumer law restricts indemnities of this kind, this clause applies only to the extent that law permits.
PRIVACY
How we handle personal data is set out in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of this agreement. Players in Türkiye should also read the KVKK Aydınlatma Metni.
GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, and the courts of Çağlayan (Istanbul) have jurisdiction over disputes arising from them.
This does not take away consumer protection you have where you live. If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you keep the benefit of the mandatory consumer law of your country of residence and you may bring proceedings in the courts of that country. If you are a consumer in Türkiye, you may also apply to the consumer arbitration committee (Tüketici Hakem Heyeti) or the consumer court with jurisdiction where you live.
Before starting any formal proceedings, please email us at kerim.sabuncugil@gmail.com — most problems can be sorted out that way.
CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may update these Terms as the Games or the law change. The effective date at the top of this page always shows the current version, and material changes will be made clear on this page. Continuing to play a Game after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms; if you do not accept them, please stop playing and delete the Games. Earlier versions are available on request by email.
SEVERABILITY AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be narrowed only as far as necessary to make it enforceable, and the rest of these Terms will remain in force. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Games, and replace any earlier understanding about them. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
CONTACT
Kerim Sabuncugil (Pocket Giant)
kerim.sabuncugil@gmail.com