Terms of use

These terms are the agreement between you and the developer of Wist, an individual developer ("we", "us"). By playing Wist you accept them; if you don't, please don't use the game. The Privacy policy explains what the game stores about you.

1. The game

• Wist is free. Every rule, mode and online table is open to everyone; purchases are optional.
• You can play against the computer on your device, or online through our server: private tables with friends, public matches, friends, the leaderboard, levels and quick reactions (fixed phrases only; there is no open chat).
• In a public match, if no other players are found within about 30 seconds, the match starts with computer players in the empty seats. Players found later watch first, then take a computer player's seat when the hand ends. A match that began with computer players is not rated and gives no online points, rank or online achievements.
• Games against the computer earn a small share of points toward your level, with a daily limit. Only online matches count toward the leaderboard.
• We may change, add or remove features, items, limits and the way points, ratings and levels are counted, for example to keep the game fair or working.

2. Your account and name

• You can play without an account. Your online profile is tied to your device; signing in with Google, Apple or Steam keeps it on other devices and is needed to buy a pack. Keep your device and those accounts secure: whoever can use them can use your Wist profile.
• Pick a name that isn't offensive, hateful or sexual and doesn't pretend to be someone else (another player, a well-known person or the game's developer). We may hide or remove names that break this.
• Wist is meant for players aged 13 and over. If you are not an adult where you live, ask a parent or guardian before buying anything.

3. Playing fair

Don't:

• cheat, or change or tamper with the game, its files or its messages to the server;
• use bots, scripts or other automation, or any tool that plays for you or tells you what to play online;
• exploit bugs: please report them through Feedback instead;
• collude: never work with an opponent, and in public matches don't share or signal your cards to anyone by outside means (a call, messages, a second device); don't play several profiles at one table or lose on purpose to move points or ranks;
• send fake results, for example of games against the computer;
• harass, threaten or abuse other players, including through names, reactions or invites;
• overload, attack or break into the server or other players' accounts, or use stolen payment details, fraudulent payments or chargebacks to get items.

If you do, depending on how serious it is and whether it happens again, we may remove or reset points, results, ratings, levels or achievements, hide you from the leaderboard, remove your name, limit features such as public matches, friends or gifts, or block a profile or device from online play. If you think we got it wrong, contact us.

4. Virtual items, points and levels

• Points, levels, ratings, ranks, achievements, packs, cosmetics, thank-you rewards and gifts are virtual items. They have no money value and can't be exchanged for money.
• You get a personal permission (a licence) to use them in Wist; you don't own them. The licence can't be transferred.
• You may not sell, trade, transfer or buy profiles or items outside the game. The only way to give a pack to someone else is the Gift option in the game.
• We won't take away a pack you paid for except as these terms say: a refund or chargeback, fraud, breaking these terms, or the end of the service.

5. Supporter packs

• Packs are optional one-time purchases: Supporter, Big Supporter (includes everything in Supporter) and Remove ads (phones). Supporter and Big Supporter add looks (tables, card backs, avatars and frames); any pack turns off ads on phones. They never change how the game plays or give an advantage.
• Packs belong to your Wist account. You need to sign in (Google or Apple on phones, Steam on PC and Mac) to buy one, so your packs come back on any device where you sign in. Deleting your online data also removes the packs from that profile; they come back when you sign in again with the store account that paid for them (see Delete my data).
• Prices are set and shown by the store before you pay. Payments, receipts and refunds are handled by the store you bought from (Steam, Google Play or the App Store) under its own rules; ask that store for a refund. A refunded or charged-back purchase is removed from your profile.
• If something you bought doesn't unlock, use Sync purchases in the shop, or contact us with the store's order number.
• Test purchases made with store test accounts (Google Play licence testing, Apple's sandbox and TestFlight) are not real purchases. Google Play test purchases unlock nothing in the live game; a pack unlocked by an Apple test purchase is a free extra that we may remove.

6. Gifts

• Where the game offers it (currently Google Play and the App Store), you can buy a pack as a gift for a friend. You both need to be friends with each other and signed in, and your friend must not already have that pack.
• A gift is its own purchase, paid with your store account. The pack goes to your friend's Wist account, not yours, and can't be moved later.
• Limits: up to 5 gifts sent and 3 received per player a day, and 1 a day for an account less than a week old. We may change these limits to prevent fraud.
• A paid gift that can't be delivered (for example, your friend removed you before it arrived) is never delivered later. On Google Play and Steam the game has the store refund you; on the App Store, ask Apple for the refund.
• Refunds go to the buyer only. If a gift is refunded or charged back, the pack is taken back from the friend who received it.

7. Ads

The phone apps show ads from Google AdMob at natural breaks, never during a hand; any pack or Remove ads turns them off. The PC and Mac versions have no ads. We don't control the advertisers' products or websites. You can change your ad choices in Settings → Devices & data → Privacy choices; see the Privacy policy.

8. Availability

Wist and its online server are provided "as is" and "as available". We do our best to keep the server running and back up its data, but we can't promise that it will always be available or free of errors, or that no game, result or reward will ever be lost. It may be down for updates, maintenance or problems, sometimes without notice.

9. Our liability

Wist is a free game made by one person. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost data, points or items, caused by using or not being able to use the game. If we are found liable, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for purchases in Wist in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law doesn't allow to be limited, or takes away your rights as a consumer under the law of your country.

10. Ending

• You can stop playing at any time and delete your online data in the game (see Delete my data).
• We may suspend or end your access to online play if you break these terms (see section 3).
• We may end online play or the whole game. Where we can, we will announce it in the game in advance. Refunds then follow the store's rules and the law.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the current version, and we will mention important changes in the game. If you keep playing after a change, you accept the new terms; if you don't accept them, stop using the game (you can delete your data).

12. Credits

• Card faces: public-domain (CC0) deck by Adrian Kennard, recoloured.
• Fonts: Cairo and Lalezar, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
• 3D: three.js (MIT License). Full licence texts ship with the game in licenses/.

13. Contact

momindoakad1@gmail.com