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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA)
CHALK WARFARE
SOKRISPYMEDIA, LLC
Version 2.0 · Effective August 29, 2026
This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you ("User" or "Player" or "you") and SOKRISPYMEDIA, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company ("Company," "SoKrispyMedia," "we," or "us"). This Agreement governs your use of the Chalk Warfare video game, including any pre-release demos, closed betas, public tests, updates, downloadable content, and the full commercial release (collectively, the "Game"). By installing, accessing, or playing the Game you agree to this Agreement and to our Privacy Policy at https://beta.chalkwarfare.com/privacy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not install or play the Game. Our Community Standards (Section 6), the Playtester Code of Conduct & Portal Terms, and, for closed-beta participants, the Closed Beta Playtester Agreement & NDA also apply. The terms of the platform you play through (for example, the Steam Subscriber Agreement) apply as well.
1. ELIGIBILITY, ACCOUNTS, AND LICENSE GRANT
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, Company grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to install, access and play the Game for your own non-commercial entertainment, on platforms and devices we support. The Game is licensed, not sold. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Company. By playing the Game, you represent that you are at least 13 years of age (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction, if higher). The Game is not intended for children under 13, and if you are under 13 you may not use the Game. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information. If you are between 13 and 17 (or between the minimum age and the age of majority in your jurisdiction), your parent or legal guardian must review and accept this Agreement on your behalf before you play, and we may request verification of that approval as described in the Privacy Policy. We do not knowingly collect more personal information from users under 18 than is reasonably necessary to provide the Game.
If the Game or our playtest portal requires an account, you agree to provide accurate information, to keep your login credentials confidential, to use only one account unless we permit otherwise, and to tell us promptly if your account is compromised. You are responsible for activity on your account.
2. USER-GENERATED CONTENT (PLAYER DRAWINGS AND METADATA)
You retain ownership of any original drawings you create within the Game. However, by creating and submitting drawings, you agree to the following:
- License to Company: You grant Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, store, display, distribute, publicly perform, and create derivative works from your drawings and any associated text you provide, such as custom weapon names and descriptions (together, "User Content"), for purposes of (a) operating, maintaining, and improving the Game and related services, (b) promoting the Game and Company's related products and services, and (c) training, evaluating, and improving machine-learning models used to operate the Game. This license continues for as long as we need the User Content for these purposes, and survives termination of this Agreement solely to the extent necessary for Company to continue using User Content that has already been incorporated into the Game, promotional materials, or machine-learning training datasets prior to termination. For clarity, if you delete your account, we will not use your User Content in new promotional materials going forward, but we cannot remove User Content already incorporated into distributed materials or trained models.
- Scope of Content: Because the Game classifies your drawing in real time as you draw, your drawing data, including in-progress strokes and timestep data, is transmitted to our servers from the moment you begin drawing. This license therefore applies to all User Content transmitted to our servers, including in-progress drawings and drawings you clear or cancel before final submission, as well as completed drawings and drawings that are not selected for use in matches; User Content that is never transmitted to our servers is not covered. We will not feature a drawing you cleared or canceled in the promotional uses described in clause (b) above, except as part of a playtest recording made with consent under the Closed Beta Playtester Agreement & NDA; in-progress, cleared, and canceled drawing data is otherwise used to operate the Game and to train and evaluate our machine-learning models.
- Your promises about User Content: You represent that your User Content is your own original creation; that it does not copy or imitate third-party characters, logos, artwork, or other intellectual property; that it does not contain personal information about you or anyone else; that it does not violate the Community Standards; and that you have the right to grant this license. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you waive (and agree not to assert) any moral rights in User Content, including the right to be identified as its author; however, if you reside in a jurisdiction where moral rights cannot be waived (such as certain EU member states or the United Kingdom), this waiver applies only to the extent permitted, and we will use reasonable efforts to provide attribution when displaying your User Content in promotional contexts if you request it.
- Other players' content: Drawings and names created by other players are shown in matches and community features. We do not pre-screen User Content, and you may encounter content you find offensive. Please report it by messaging a moderator in our Discord server, using the in-game report tool where available, or by emailing contact@sokrispymedia.com; we review reports and remove content that violates the Community Standards.
3. OWNERSHIP OF THE GAME; PROMOTIONAL DISPLAY AND CURATION
The Game, including its software, art, audio, characters, names, storylines, user interface, machine-learning models, and all related intellectual property, is owned by Company or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. "Chalk Warfare" and "SoKrispyMedia" are trademarks of Company. Except for the license in Section 1 and your ownership of your original drawings under Section 2, nothing in this Agreement gives you any right, title, or interest in the Game.
We celebrate our community's creativity. You grant Company permission to publicly display, reproduce, and promote hand-picked user drawings across our social media channels, video channels (including YouTube), livestreams, trailers, marketing materials, and in-game showcases. Company retains the right to remove any curated content at any time, for any reason. If you would prefer that your drawings not be featured in promotional materials, you can tell us at contact@sokrispymedia.com and we will honor that request going forward (though we cannot recall materials already distributed). If you are a resident of California or another jurisdiction with statutory publicity rights, you acknowledge that this permission includes consent, under California Civil Code Section 3344 and analogous statutes, to the display of your username alongside your drawings, to the extent permitted by law. If you are under 18, your parent or legal guardian must provide this consent on your behalf, and we may request verification.
4. RESTRICTIONS
Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by law that cannot be excluded by contract, you may not:
- copy, distribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise make the Game available to others, or share, sell, or transfer keys or accounts;
- modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Game, or extract, copy, or train on its assets, data, or machine-learning models;
- create, use, or distribute cheats, hacks, bots, scripts, automation, or unauthorized modifications, or exploit bugs (report them instead; see Section 6);
- circumvent, disable, or interfere with anti-cheat, security, licensing, watermarking, or access-control measures;
- data-mine, scrape, or intercept network traffic of the Game or our servers, or interfere with their operation;
- use the Game for commercial purposes except as permitted by the Video and Content Creation Policy in Section 10; or
- use the Game in violation of any law or of the rights of others.
5. PLAYER-CHOSEN NAMES, WEAPON TITLES, COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS, AND DISPLAY
By default, your chosen username and custom weapon names are stored internally. If we select your drawing for public promotion, the display of your chosen username and the custom weapon name is strictly discretionary. Company reserves the right to review, reject, or refuse to display any text containing slurs, impersonations, third-party intellectual property, or real identities, and to remove or alter any User Content that violates this Agreement.
Copyright complaints. If you believe User Content in the Game infringes your copyright, send a notice containing the information required by 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) to our designated agent: DMCA Agent, SOKRISPYMEDIA, LLC, 927 S. Main St., Unit 206, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, contact@sokrispymedia.com. We remove or disable access to infringing content and terminate repeat infringers.
6. COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
The Game is a shared space. You agree not to:
- create drawings, names, or other content that is sexually explicit, hateful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, illegal, or that depicts minors inappropriately, or that impersonates real people or infringes others' rights;
- harass, threaten, dox, defraud, or bully other players, in drawings, names, text chat, or voice chat, or spam or disrupt matches;
- cheat, exploit bugs, or use unauthorized tools (if you find a bug or a way to trick the classifier, report it);
- impersonate Company staff or claim an affiliation you do not have; or
- share, sell, or trade accounts or keys, or evade a suspension or ban.
Enforcement. Violations may result in warnings, removal of content, suspension, or permanent account bans. For serious or repeated violations, we may implement hardware-level restrictions that block the devices associated with your account from accessing the Game; these restrictions apply only to the specific account that violated this Agreement, but may affect other users of the same device. To enforce bans, the Game collects hardware identifiers as described in the Privacy Policy. Enforcement decisions are reviewed by a person before a permanent ban is issued. You may appeal a suspension or ban by emailing contact@sokrispymedia.com within 14 days, explaining why you believe the decision was incorrect; we will review your appeal and respond within a reasonable time, and our decision on appeal is final. To report content or behavior, message a moderator in our Discord server, use the in-game report tool where available, or email contact@sokrispymedia.com; reports of illegal content are prioritized.
7. DATA COLLECTION, MACHINE LEARNING, AND USER RIGHTS
The Game utilizes a custom machine-learning model to classify player drawings. By playing, you acknowledge that Company collects and processes your drawings, gameplay telemetry, crash reports, hardware identifiers, and applicable account identifiers to operate the Game and to train and evaluate our ML classification model, as described in the Privacy Policy. Machine-learning training: We use drawings transmitted through the Game (see Section 2, Scope of Content) to train and improve our drawing classification system. Drawings used for ML training are de-identified (meaning we remove or do not associate them with your account or personal information) and may be retained in training datasets indefinitely; once a model has been trained on de-identified data, it is not technically feasible to remove individual drawings from that model. You may opt out of having your future drawings used for ML training by contacting us at contact@sokrispymedia.com; however, this will not affect drawings already incorporated into training datasets or trained models. Users residing in regions with applicable data protection laws (such as the GDPR or CCPA) have specific rights regarding access and deletion of their personal data. Please consult our separate Privacy Policy at https://beta.chalkwarfare.com/privacy for details of this processing, our legal bases, retention periods, and the mechanisms to exercise these rights.
Chat and voice chat. The Game may include text chat and voice chat. Other players can hear and see what you say, and may record their own screens. We do not record or store voice chat, except that playtest sessions may be recorded as described in the Closed Beta Playtester Agreement & NDA (only with the tester's opt-in consent), and a future reporting feature may capture a short clip when a player files a report; text chat is stored briefly so that reports can be reviewed. The Privacy Policy has the details and will be updated before any voice feature that works differently is launched.
8. ONLINE SERVICES, UPDATES, AND AVAILABILITY
The Game's core mechanic depends on an internet connection and on Company's servers, which perform drawing classification, matchmaking, leaderboards, and related services (the "Online Services"). We may update, patch, modify, add, or remove features of the Game and the Online Services at any time, and pre-release versions may reset your progress and content without notice. We may suspend the Online Services for maintenance and, after the full commercial release, may discontinue the Online Services or the Game. If we do, we will give at least 90 days' notice through the Game, our website, or email where reasonably practicable, and we will describe which features, if any, remain playable. Refunds for purchases are handled under the policies of the platform you bought through and applicable law.
9. BETA TESTING AND PRE-RELEASE VERSIONS
If you are participating in a closed beta phase, you are also subject to the terms of the Closed Beta Playtester Agreement & NDA. In the event of a conflict regarding confidentiality, the terms of the NDA shall govern during the restricted embargo periods, which end when Company makes the Game publicly available (or earlier if Company announces it). Pre-release versions are unfinished, may be unstable, may include per-tester watermarks, and may be withdrawn or changed at any time. Access to a pre-release version does not entitle you to the released Game.
10. VIDEO AND CONTENT CREATION POLICY
We want you to make content about Chalk Warfare. You may capture, share, stream, and monetize videos, screenshots, and livestreams of publicly released versions of the Game on platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, subject to the following: (a) no footage of closed-beta or other pre-release builds while it is under embargo; (b) no suggestion that your content is official or endorsed by Company, and no use of our logos except to identify the Game; (c) no hateful, illegal, or infringing content; (d) no distribution of Game assets (art, models, audio) on their own, outside of your video; and (e) compliance with the platform's rules. We may ask you to remove content that violates these rules and may update this policy.
11. PURCHASES AND VIRTUAL ITEMS
The Game currently has no in-game purchases. If we add them, virtual items and currency are licensed to you for use in the Game, have no real-world value, cannot be transferred or exchanged for money, and may be modified or discontinued with reasonable notice; purchases are made through the platform, whose refund rules and applicable consumer law govern.
12. THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS AND SERVICES
The Game relies on third-party platforms, currently Steam and Discord, which have their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for those services, and your use of them is governed by their terms. We run the Game's servers ourselves; if we move hosting or machine-learning inference to a cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services, that provider acts on our instructions and the Privacy Policy will say so.
13. TERMINATION
This Agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by uninstalling and deleting the Game. We may terminate or suspend your license if you materially breach this Agreement. Before terminating your license for a released version of the Game, we will provide you with notice of the alleged breach and an opportunity to cure (if the breach is curable) or to appeal under Section 6, unless the violation involves illegal activity, fraud, or conduct that poses an immediate risk to other users or to Company's systems. On termination, you must stop playing and delete all copies of the Game. You are not entitled to a refund except where required by the refund policies of the platform through which you purchased the Game or by applicable law (including, for EU and UK consumers, statutory rights to remedies for non-conforming digital content). Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, and 13 through 18 survive termination.
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES (AS-IS)
THE GAME (INCLUDING ANY PRE-RELEASE VERSIONS) IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE GAME WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF BUGS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITH MANDATORY CONSUMER GUARANTEES (INCLUDING THE CONSUMER RIGHTS ACT 2015 FOR UK RESIDENTS AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW FOR AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS), NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT LIMITS THOSE GUARANTEES.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE GAME. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE GAME IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE OR ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND DO NOT APPLY TO: (A) LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE; (B) LIABILITY FOR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION; (C) LIABILITY FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT; (D) ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, INCLUDING MANDATORY STATUTORY GUARANTEES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, UNITED KINGDOM, OR AUSTRALIA; OR (E) COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER DATA PROTECTION LAW.
16. INDEMNITY
To the extent permitted by law and except where prohibited by applicable consumer protection law (including for consumers in the European Union and United Kingdom), you agree to defend and indemnify Company and its members, employees, and contractors against claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from (a) your User Content, (b) your material violation of this Agreement, or (c) your violation of the rights of another person. This indemnity does not apply to claims arising from Company's own negligence, breach, or misconduct.
17. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing any claim, each of us agrees to try to resolve it informally: send a written description of the dispute and what you want to contact@sokrispymedia.com (Company will write to the email address on your account), and allow 60 days for a good-faith effort to resolve it. Any disputes arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Greenville County, South Carolina, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum. If you are a consumer in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction whose laws entitle you to bring claims in your home courts or to the protection of local mandatory law, nothing in this Section deprives you of those rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights or confidential information.
18. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT; GENERAL PROVISIONS
We may update this Agreement. We will post the new version with a new version number and effective date. For material changes, we will (a) ask you to accept the updated Agreement the next time you launch the Game, or (b) give you at least 30 days' advance notice via email (if we have your email address), through the Game, or on our website. If you do not agree to a material change, you may stop using the Game before the change takes effect; your continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you are an EU or UK consumer and a material change significantly affects your rights under this Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement and, if you purchased the Game within the preceding 14 days and the change materially reduces the functionality you purchased, you may be entitled to a refund under applicable law. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and the provision will be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if reformation is not possible. This Agreement, with the documents it references, is the entire agreement between you and Company about the Game and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings, whether written or oral. Company may assign this Agreement to a successor of its business or to an affiliate without your consent; you may not assign it. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it in the future. You agree to comply with U.S. and other applicable export-control and sanctions laws and represent that you are not located in, or a resident of, a country or on a list subject to U.S. sanctions that would prohibit your use of the Game. This Agreement is written in English; translations are provided for convenience only, and the English version controls in the event of any conflict, except that if you are an EU or UK consumer and a translated version was provided to you, the translated version governs to the extent required by local law. Questions: contact@sokrispymedia.com, SOKRISPYMEDIA, LLC, 927 S. Main St., Unit 206, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, United States.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING. A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has had seizures, consult a doctor before playing. Stop playing immediately and consult a doctor if you experience dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, involuntary movement, or convulsions.
SOKRISPYMEDIA, LLC · 927 S. Main St., Unit 206, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 · contact@sokrispymedia.com · Version 2.0 · Effective August 29, 2026