CLOSED ALPHA

By accessing Starbase ALPHA (”Alpha”), you agree to the End-User License Agreement and Terms of Service below, and in addition you also agree to the following:

Frozenbyte will at some point completely discontinue Starbase ALPHA and prevent access to the game. You will not be able to play Starbase ALPHA after it has been discontinued. We make no promises to e.g. keep player character progress or any other progress or content you make in the game; expect server wipes (we’ll try to avoid it but we cannot make promises).

Having been given access to Starbase ALPHA does not give any access to the actual Starbase game, and you will have to buy a license separately once Starbase is available for purchase.

Your email reply to our Alpha invitation, or your Alpha survey/signup entry, or any other method of communication (that we’ve used to give you a key to Starbase ALPHA), which contains certain personal information such as your Discord username and email address, will not be deleted unless you specifically request it at any point in the future. We keep this information to keep track of our Alpha participants and in case we ever want to run some more community tests (such as a closed beta test for new features).

Anything created in the Alpha may be used by Frozenbyte in any and all ways in the Alpha, in Starbase (the main game) and in the marketing of Starbase.

You also agree to the regular terms (which we will be updating during the Alpha from time to time):

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF SERVICE
This is a legal agreement (”Agreement”) between you (hereninafter referred to as ”you”, ”your”, ”Licensee”) and Frozenbyte Oy (”Frozenbyte”), the developer and creator of the computer and video game Starbase® (”Starbase”). Frozenbyte is a duly registered company under Finnish laws with the identification number FI17367343 and has its registered address at Krogiuksentie 17, 00340 Helsinki, Finland.

By installing Starbase, you must agree and abide by the Steam® Subscriber Agreement (”SSA”) found in the Steam Client and at https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/ .

In addition, by playing Starbase, you agree to the terms and conditions herein and all terms incorporated by reference, including the Code of Conduct. Do not play Starbase if you do not agree to all of these terms.

The terms of this Agreement may be modified from time to time. Changes become effective immediately upon posting. For any major changes that could reasonably be judged to affect your ability or desire to play Starbase, Frozenbyte will post the changed Agreement online or provide an excerpt of the changed sections, and enable you to terminate the Agreement and stop playing Starbase.

LICENSE GRANT
Starbase is licensed to you, not sold. Frozenbyte hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and play Starbase for your personal, non-commercial use strictly in accordance with the terms and condititions of this Agreement (”License”). Frozenbyte reserves all rights in and to Starbase that are not expressly granted to you under this Agreement. Ownership of Starbase and all intellectual property rights in and to Starbase remain the property of Frozenbyte.

You may also create and make publicly available videos or streams, such as a reviews, previews, ”Let’s Plays”, on third party services and enable monetization. You may also use the music and soundtrack of Starbase in your videos or streams, as long as the use is directly related to the game. Using any part of Starbase separately not in connection with the game is not allowed.

ACCOUNT
Starbase uses your Steam account. We may change this later and require a separate registration.

You may use Starbase with multiple accounts (if each account has a legal license) unless the purpose of multiple accounts is to circumvent or evade e.g. temporary bans or other disciplinary actions or restrictions. Separately allowed is the creation and use of another account if your main account has been sent to Saltberia, the ingame prison.

UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS
Frozenbyte may update Starbase from time to time at its sole discretion. Frozenbyte is not obligated to provide any such updates to you or anyone else.

Frozenbyte reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, Starbase or any service to which it connects, including online services, with or without notice and without liability to you. In the event of a permanent discontinuation of Starbase or its online services, Frozenbyte will provide a written notice within the game for at least 6 months prior to any discontinuation, and where reasonably possible, assist players in setting up alternative ways to continue playing Starbase. Due to Starbase’s hybrid model of networking and thus lower server costs than traditional massively multiplayer online games, a permanent discontinuation is unlikely. For more information, please reach out to Frozenbyte or find more information at the official Starbase website and Starbase forums.

RELATED USE
In addition to Starbase, you may be involved in the Starbase community.

Frozenbyte retains the right to revoke your license to Starbase based on your actions on the official forums or official Discord server, or for other behavior that negatively impacts Starbase or its community, at the sole discretion of Frozenbyte. If Frozenbyte exercises this right and you feel this has been a mistake, please get in touch to discuss. In case a solution is not reached, Frozenbyte may deny granting you a renewed license. In addition, Frozenbyte may, at its sole discretion, refund you the price you paid for Starbase.

USER CREATED CONTENT
Everything in Starbase is and remains the property of Frozenbyte.

During the course of playing Starbase, you may create content (”User-Created Content”, ”UCC”). You may use this content as part of playing Starbase in the ways that the game allows, but you do not own the content.

If Steam Workshop support is enabled for Starbase, you may sell or license content that you have created, provided that you agree to the terms therein.

Frozenbyte may use and exploit all user created content in any and all ways. For example, Frozenbyte may take screenshots or videos of the content and post these on the internet on their own or as part of a larger work such as a video feature.

INFRINGEMENT
You agree not to use any third party’s copyrighted intellectual property without authorization. You are responsible for any legal issues related to copyright infringement arising from any user-created content that you have created or have been involved in creating or otherwise assisted in.

FOR COPYRIGHT OWNERS
Frozenbyte will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement. For any third party claims related to copyright claims based on intellectual property wrongly used in Starbase by users and content users have created, please contact Frozenbyte.

TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement remains in effect until terminated by you or Frozenbyte.

Frozenbyte may, at its sole discretion, at any time and for any or no reason, suspend or terminate this Agreement with or without prior notice. You are entitled to a refund if the termination is unwarranted.

Upon termination of this Agreement, you shall cease all use of Starbase and uninstall all copies of the game.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
FROZENBYTE PROVIDES STARBASE AND ANY RELATED SERVICES “AS IS”. OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, FROZENBYTE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND DISTRIBUTORS DO NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT STARBASE OR RELATED SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, FROZENBYTE MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF STARBASE CONTENT, FUNCTIONALITY, OR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS OR DESIRES. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FROZENBYTE EXCLUDES ALL WARRANTIES.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, FROZENBYTE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND DISTRIBUTORS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF FROZENBYTE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND DISTRIBUTORS FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID
TO ACCESS STARBASE. IN ALL CASES, FROZENBYTE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND DISTRIBUTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.

DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW
The laws of Finland, excluding its choice of law rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement or Starbase. All claims arising out of or relating to Starbase must be litigated exclusively in the District Court of Helsinki, Finland, and you and Frozenbyte consent to personal jurisdiction in that court.

Prior to any court action, you and Frozenbyte agree to try to resolve any and all issues via mutual negotiation by email or other form of communication.

MISCELLANEOUS
If any particular term in this Agreement is not enforceable, it will not affect any other terms.

If you do not comply with these terms, and Frozenbyte does not take action immediately, this doesn’t mean Frozenbyte is giving up any rights that Frozenbyte may have (such as taking action in the future).

PRIVACY POLICY
We will keep all actions related to moderation (including emails and chat logs, where available) for as long as necessary (up to the lifetime of Starbase).

SUPPORT
We hope you have a good time playing Starbase! We provide support online via email at support@frozenbyte.com . You may also join our Discord server at https://discordapp.com/invite/starbase and chat with one of our Community Managers. We usually try to reply to emails within 24 hours, and on Discord we are online usually during the Finnish business hours (approx. 05:00-13:00 UTC)

CONTACT
You may contact Frozenbyte at support@frozenbyte.com for any issues or questions related to Starbase.



... and finally, you agree that Lauri is the Emperor. Lauri may transfer all or part of his artificially created rights to the Empress.




Last updated 6 May 2020

Starbase is a game driven by its community – we want everybody to enjoy their time in the universe and take part in creating something truly astonishing.

To make sure the game is as enjoyable as possible, we as developers have two jobs: A) develop the best possible game, B) maintain the best possible community. We take both of these jobs very seriously. This Code of Conduct focuses on the second of these, the community. Please read this carefully to know what is allowed and what is not in the Starbase universe.

Each player is expected to follow these rules and guidelines, and while we try to enable as much freedom as possible within the game, there are certain things that we will enforce.

If we identify a violation of these rules, we may take action that could result in a temporary or even permanent ban from Starbase. So please do not take these lightly.

In addition to this Code of Conduct, by playing Starbase you also agree to the End-User License Agreement and Terms of Service.

Until we have more comprehensive rules in place, the simple rule is this:

Play nice!





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