Project Kinfield

Terms of Use

Last updated: 10 November 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Anthony Signorelli ("we", "us") about playing Project Kinfield ("the game"). You accept them when you press "I agree" in the game, or when you play online. If you do not accept them, do not play. Steam's own agreement also applies to your Steam account and anything you get through Steam; Valve is not a party to these terms and is not responsible for the game.

1. Who can play

• You need a Steam account in good standing.
• You must be 18 or older to have an account and to accept these terms.
• Someone aged 13 to 17 may play only together with a parent or legal guardian, on that adult's account. The adult accepts these terms, stays responsible for everything done on the account, and decides what the younger player sees and writes.
• Children under 13 may not play.
• One account per person. Do not share, sell, lend or give away an account.
• You may not play if we have banned you, or where the law of your country does not allow it.

2. The Playtest

The game is unfinished. During the Playtest:

• It can be offline, slow or broken without notice, and we do not promise any uptime.
• Progress does not carry over. Everything made in the Playtest (characters, Kin, items, currencies, homes, factions) is wiped before launch, and everyone starts fresh. It can also be reset during the Playtest, for everyone or for one account, without compensation.
• Access is free, can be limited to invited players, and can end at any time for any reason.
• You may stream and share videos and pictures of the Playtest, from the first wave on. Say that it is an unfinished test when you can. We may ask you to take down a video that breaks section 5.
• Features, rules and numbers change between builds. Nothing shown in the Playtest is a promise about the finished game.

3. Your licence

We give you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and play the game for your own enjoyment, not for business. We keep all rights in the game: its code, art, Kin, music, text, name and logo. You may not copy, resell, rent, reverse engineer, decompile or modify the game, or build something from its parts, except where the law gives you that right regardless. The licence ends when your access ends.

The game updates itself through Steam. To play online you need the current version.

4. Fair play

Do not:

• cheat, use modified clients, bots, macros that play for you, or exploit bugs for gain (report them with Report a Bug instead);
• attack, overload, scan or probe the servers, read or change the game's network traffic, or interfere with other players' connections;
• run or use a private server for the game;
• trade or sell accounts, characters, items or currencies for real money or anything outside the game;
• pretend to be someone else, including us or a moderator;
• get around a ban, a mute or any limit the game sets.

5. How to treat each other

The game is meant to be a friendly place. In chat, names, faction names, designs, homes and anything else others can see, do not post: harassment or threats, hate speech, sexual content, anything illegal, anything that harms or exploits minors, other people's private information, spam or advertising. Use the in-game Report and Mute when you see it. We do not read chat as it happens and cannot promise to act on every report; other players' words and conduct are theirs, not ours.

6. What you make in the game

Names, designs, homes, chat and feedback you create stay yours where they can be. You give us a worldwide, free, non-exclusive licence, which we may pass on to those who help us run the game, to host, store, show, copy and adapt them as needed to run and promote the game (for example, showing your design to other players, or a screenshot or trailer that includes your home). The licence lasts as long as the content is in the game, and afterwards for copies already published. Only make things you have the right to share; you are responsible for what you post. Ideas and feedback you send may be used freely, without payment or credit.

If you believe something in the game copies your work, write to the contact address below with what it is, where it is in the game, and how to reach you. We remove what infringes and may ban accounts that do it again.

7. In-game currencies and items

Stellar Tokens, Stardust, Comet Tickets, Kin, gear, homes and every other in-game thing have no real-world value, cannot be exchanged for money, and are licensed to you, not owned. We may change, rebalance, reset or remove them at any time to keep the game working and fair, without owing you anything. Nothing is sold for real money during the Playtest.

8. Moderation

If these terms are broken, or to protect other players or the servers, we may remove content, quiet chat, reset gains made by cheating, and suspend or ban an account, with or without warning depending on how serious it is. Some limits are automatic (for example, chat is quieted for a while when several players report the same person). If you think we got it wrong, write to asignorellidev@gmail.com and a person will look at it. Our decision after that look is final.

9. Made with AI

Much of the game (code, art, music and text) was made with AI tools under one person's direction. The game's "How it's made" page lists what was made how.

10. Privacy

What we store about you and why is in the Privacy Policy. It is part of what you accept here.

11. No warranty

THE GAME IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE GIVE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND NO WARRANTY THAT THE GAME WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, FREE OF ERRORS, OR THAT PROGRESS OR DATA WILL BE KEPT.

12. Limits of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS:

• WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR LOST PROGRESS, LOST DATA, LOST PROFITS, OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE LOSSES FROM USING OR NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE GAME, OR FROM WHAT OTHER PLAYERS SAY OR DO;
• OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING CONNECTED WITH THE GAME IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF WHAT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AND US$50.

These limits apply whatever the legal ground of the claim, and even if we were told the loss was possible. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law says cannot be limited (for example for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence), or takes away consumer rights your own country gives you.

13. Your responsibility

If you break these terms or the law while using the game, and someone else brings a claim against us because of it, you agree to cover our reasonable costs and losses from that claim, as far as the law allows.

14. Ending

You can stop playing at any time and ask us to delete your account (see the Privacy Policy). We can end or suspend your access at any time if you break these terms, to protect the game or other players, or because the Playtest or the game closes. Sections 3 (our rights), 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17 continue after your access ends.

15. Changes

We may update these terms. If a change matters, the game asks you to agree to the new version before you play again. If you do not agree, stop playing; that is your only remedy for a change you do not accept.

16. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its rules on conflicts of law, and without taking away protections the consumer law of your own country gives you.

Talk to us first. Before starting any legal action, write to the contact address below and give us 30 days to try to settle it.

Courts. If that fails, disputes go to the state or federal courts located in California, and you and we accept their jurisdiction. Either of us may instead use a small claims court where the claim qualifies. If you live in a country whose law gives you the right to sue at home, you keep it.

Time limit. As far as the law allows, a claim connected with the game must be started within one year of when it could first be brought.

17. The rest

• These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the game.
• If a court finds part of these terms cannot be enforced, that part is narrowed as little as needed and the rest stays in force.
• If we do not enforce a term at once, we have not given it up.
• You may not transfer this agreement. We may transfer it to a company we form or to whoever takes over the game; the terms stay the same for you.
• California residents: the game is free during the Playtest. Under California Civil Code section 1789.3 you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

18. Contact

Anthony Signorelli, asignorellidev@gmail.com