Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of These Terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Ludo Rocket (the "Game"), including any related websites, mobile applications, and services (collectively, the "Service"), operated by Joy Barua. By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Service.
The Service is available on iOS, Android, and as an Instant Game on the Facebook platform. Where you access the Service through a third-party platform (including the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Facebook), your use is also subject to that platform's own terms, and in the event of a direct conflict between these Terms and a mandatory platform term, the platform term will govern solely as to that conflict.
2. Eligibility and Age Requirements
2.1 General Eligibility
The Service is intended for a general audience. You must be able to form a binding contract to use the Service. If you are using the Service on behalf of a minor, you represent that you are the parent or legal guardian of that minor and that you accept these Terms on the minor's behalf.
2.2 Age Screening
At first use, the Service asks you to provide your birth month and year. Accounts identified as belonging to a user under 13 (under 18 in India) have certain features restricted automatically, as described below. Some countries set a higher age of digital consent; if you are below that age where you live, please ask a parent or guardian before using the Service.
2.3 Minors
The Service is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in a manner inconsistent with applicable children's privacy laws, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and comparable laws in other jurisdictions. An account identified through the age screening described in Section 2.2 as belonging to a user under 13 (under 18 in India) has online multiplayer, in-app purchases, and advertising disabled automatically. If you believe a child has used the Service in a manner inconsistent with this section, please contact us using the information in Section 15, and we will investigate and take appropriate action.
3. Accounts
3.1 Anonymous Access and Linked Accounts
The Service creates an anonymous account for you automatically when you first use it. You may optionally link your anonymous account to a Sign in with Apple, Google, or Facebook account. Linking an account is the only supported way to preserve your progress, currency balances, and purchases across devices or after reinstalling the Service. We are not able to recover progress, currency, or purchases for an account that was never linked and becomes inaccessible (for example, due to device loss, factory reset, or app reinstallation).
3.2 Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any credentials associated with your linked accounts and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly of any unauthorized use of your account.
3.3 One Account Per Person
You may not create or maintain more than one account for the purpose of circumventing any restriction, limit, or feature of the Service, including matchmaking, currency limits, or promotional offers.
3.4 Account Deletion
You may permanently delete your account and associated data at any time through the Service's Settings menu. Deletion is immediate and permanent. Your Coins, Gems, experience, cosmetic items (including avatars, dice skins, and themes), Season Pass content, and Rank Points are stored with your account on our servers and are erased when the account is deleted; they cannot be restored afterwards, even if you create a new account. A limited record associated with your account's original sign-up bonus may be retained in de-identified form as described in our Privacy Policy, solely to prevent abuse of that bonus.
4. The Virtual Economy
4.1 Virtual Currencies
The Service offers two virtual currencies:
- Coins, which may be earned through gameplay or purchased with real money, and are used to acquire cosmetic items such as dice skins and visual themes.
- Gems, a premium virtual currency, which may be earned through limited in-game means or purchased with real money, and are used to acquire cosmetic items, Season Pass content, and other premium features.
4.2 No Cash Value; No Wagering
Coins and Gems have no monetary value, cannot be redeemed, exchanged, or transferred for real money, cryptocurrency, or any other item of value, and cannot be sold, gifted, or transferred to any other account or person. Coins and Gems may never be staked, wagered, risked, or otherwise put at risk against a match outcome, another player, or any element of chance. All matches in the Service are played without any entry fee, stake, or prize denominated in real money or in any virtual currency. Nothing in the Service constitutes gambling, and no feature of the Service will be modified to permit wagering, staking, or cash-equivalent prizes without a full legal review preceding such a change.
4.3 Purchases
All purchases of Coins, Gems, cosmetic items, Season Pass access, or any other paid feature are final and non-refundable except as required by applicable law or by the policies of the platform (Apple App Store or Google Play) through which the purchase was made. Purchases made through a third-party platform are processed by that platform, and that platform's payment terms and refund policies apply to the transaction.
4.4 Virtual Items
All virtual currencies, cosmetic items, and other digital content within the Service are licensed to you, not sold. You receive a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use such items within the Service for personal, non-commercial entertainment purposes only, for as long as the Service and your account remain active. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any virtual item, currency, or feature at any time.
4.5 Rewarded Ads
Some features of the Service let you choose to watch a short video advertisement in exchange for an in-game reward, such as Coins or keeping a win streak. Watching ads is always optional. A reward is granted only when the ad is watched to completion; closing an ad early earns no reward. Ads depend on availability and may not always be offered, and the number of rewarded ads available each day is limited. Rewards earned from ads are virtual items subject to Sections 4.2 and 4.4 and have no cash value. Rewarded ads are not available to accounts restricted under Section 2.3. Advertisements are provided by third parties, and we are not responsible for the content of third-party ads or for any products or services they promote.
5. Multiplayer Features and Player Conduct
5.1 Matchmaking and AI Opponents
The Service includes real-time online matches against other players. Depending on the availability of other players at the time you seek a match, one or more seats in a match may be filled by a computer-controlled ("bot" or "AI") opponent rather than a real person. Bot-filled seats are visually indicated within the game. By using online matchmaking features, you acknowledge that some or all of your opponents in a given match may be AI-controlled. When no other player is found in time, online matches may include computer-controlled opponents (bots).
5.2 Visibility to Other Players
When you play an online match, your chosen display name and equipped cosmetic items (such as your avatar and dice skin) are visible to the other players in that match. The Service does not currently include chat, direct messaging, or any other player-to-player communication feature.
5.3 Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Use any unauthorized third-party software, script, bot, or exploit to gain an advantage in matches, manipulate match outcomes, or interfere with the integrity of the Service, or to obtain ad rewards without watching the ad;
- Attempt to forge, falsify, or manipulate match results, rankings, currency balances, or any other data transmitted to or stored by the Service;
- Harass, abuse, impersonate, or misrepresent your identity to other players;
- Circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security feature of the Service, including any feature intended to enforce the restrictions in Section 2.3;
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
5.4 Enforcement
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to void any match, revoke any Rank Points, experience, currency, or other reward obtained through prohibited conduct, and to suspend or terminate any account engaged in prohibited conduct, with or without notice.
5.5 Dice Rolls
Dice rolls in the Game are random, with one exception: Classic and 2v2 matches, online and offline, include a catch-up assist. When a player (in 2v2, a team) has pieces waiting at home and is behind, or in Classic has no pieces on the board, a roll that is not a 6 may be changed to a 6. This can raise that player's chance of rolling a 6 from one in six to as much as two in three. The assist applies in the same way to every player, including computer-controlled opponents. Blitz matches have no assist.
6. Competitive Ranking
The Service includes a seasonal ranking system that awards Rank Points and experience based on match outcomes. Seasons operate on a fixed schedule and Rank Points reset or roll over between seasons as described within the Service. Ranking is provided for entertainment purposes only and confers no monetary value, prize, or right to any award.
7. Intellectual Property
The Service, including its software, design, graphics, audio, text, and all other content (excluding any content you submit, such as your chosen display name), is owned by Joy Barua or his licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for personal, non-commercial entertainment purposes, subject to these Terms. No other rights are granted.
8. Third-Party Platforms and Services
The Service relies on third-party infrastructure and services, including Google Firebase (for authentication, data storage, and backend processing), Apple (for Sign in with Apple), Google (for Google Sign-In), Meta/Facebook (for Facebook Login and the Facebook Instant Games platform), RevenueCat (for purchase verification), and Google AdMob (for the optional rewarded ads described in Section 4.5). Your use of these integrations is also subject to the applicable third party's own terms of service. We are not responsible for the availability, performance, or policies of these third-party services.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, JOY BARUA AND ANY AGENTS ACTING ON HIS BEHALF WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, VIRTUAL CURRENCY, OR VIRTUAL ITEMS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
11. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause or notice, including for violation of these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time. Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends immediately, and we have no obligation to preserve or return any data, virtual currency, or virtual items associated with your account, except as required by applicable law.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may modify these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by other reasonable means before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.
13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. If you reside outside the United States, mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence may also apply and are not overridden by this governing-law provision to the extent such laws cannot be waived by agreement. These Terms do not include a mandatory arbitration provision or a class-action waiver.
14. General Provisions
14.1 Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Joy Barua regarding the Service.
14.2 Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
14.3 No Waiver
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
14.4 Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms without restriction.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be directed to: