Terms of Service & In-App Purchase (IAP) Agreement
By downloading, installing, or playing Stellar Age ("the App"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the App or make any In-App Purchases.
1. Limited License
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to download and use Stellar Age on compatible mobile devices that you own or control, strictly for your personal, non-commercial entertainment.
2. In-App Purchases (IAP) & Virtual Goods Catalog
Stellar Age is completable without paying, but offers optional real-money In-App Purchases through the in-game Black Market Store processed via Apple StoreKit or Google Play Billing. All items fall into two distinct legal and technical categories:
| Category | Products | In-Game Entitlement & Restoration Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Consumable (Permanent Unlock) |
• Chief Engineer • Fleet Admiral • Master Geosurveyor |
Permanent empire-wide passive bonus (+15% Planetary Build Speed, +10% Fleet Weapon Damage, or +10% Metal & Crystal Output). Purchased once per store account and fully restorable across devices and campaign resets via Restore Purchases. |
| Consumable (Virtual Currency) |
• 50 Dark Matter • 250 Dark Matter • 1,200 Dark Matter • 3,500 Dark Matter |
Credits the specified amount of Dark Matter (DM) to your active empire balance upon store confirmation. Depleted as spent in-game; not restorable via Restore Purchases once consumed. |
| Consumable (Bundles & Warps) |
• Stellar Commander Bundle • 4-Hour Warp • 12-Hour Warp • 24-Hour Warp |
Instantly grants 4, 12, or 24 hours of planetary resource production (plus 1,500 DM in the Stellar Commander Bundle). Single-use consumable; not restorable once applied. |
| Consumable (Resource Packs) |
• Refined Metal Cache • Purified Crystal Matrix • Deuterium Gas Canister • Colonial Reserve Vault |
Instantly credits Metal, Crystal, and/or Deuterium Gas to your active planet. Single-use consumable; not restorable once applied. |
3. Specific Gameplay Mechanics for Virtual Items
- Temporal Warp Scope: Purchasing or activating a 4-Hour, 12-Hour, or 24-Hour Temporal Warp immediately awards the corresponding hours of planetary resource production (Metal, Crystal, and Gas) based on your current facility output and energy grid efficiency. Temporal Warps apply strictly to resource production and do not advance active facility construction, technology research, shipyard queues, or fleet travel timers (which can be accelerated separately using Dark Matter).
- Earned vs. Purchased Dark Matter: Dark Matter (DM) can be acquired free of charge through gameplay (starter cache, Colonial Directives, Planetary Core Drill critical surges, Sector Boss bounties, Orbital Salvage anomalies, and the Dark Matter Condenser) or purchased via IAP. Both earned and purchased Dark Matter operate identically.
4. No Monetary Value & Non-Transferability
You acknowledge that all Virtual Currency (Dark Matter) and Virtual Goods (Advisors, Time Warps, Resource Packs, Bundles) represent a limited, revocable license right governed by these Terms. They have no real-world monetary value, do not constitute personal property, and cannot be redeemed, refunded for cash, sold, gifted, or transferred to any other person or account outside the App.
5. Offline Save Storage, Cloud Backup & Campaign Reset Responsibility
- Uninstalling Without Cloud Backup: Because Stellar Age is an offline-first application that stores game state locally on your device by default, uninstalling the App, clearing device storage, or losing your device without first enabling and syncing the optional Sub-Space Cloud Archive (Cloud Save) will permanently erase your local save state, including any unspent or consumed Consumable IAPs (Dark Matter, Resource Packs, and Time Warps). The developer cannot recover local-only consumable balances lost due to device deletion.
- Reset Campaign ("Danger Zone"): Triggering the Reset Campaign (ERASE & RESET) action in Settings requires a two-step confirmation and permanently wipes your current planetary progress, queues, fleets, and local resource balances. Permanent Non-Consumable Advisors can always be re-applied after a reset or reinstall by tapping Restore Purchases while signed into the same Apple ID or Google Play account.
6. Pricing, Billing & Refund Policy
All prices are displayed in your local currency as provided dynamically by the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. All purchases of Virtual Currency and Virtual Goods are final and non-refundable, except as expressly required by applicable law or the policies of the platform provider. Because all payment processing is handled by Apple or Google, any billing inquiries or refund requests must be submitted directly to Apple Support (reportaproblem.apple.com) or Google Play Support.
7. Fair Play, Anti-Tampering & Clock Manipulation
Stellar Age employs deterministic simulation and anti-tampering checks (including negative clock-delta clamping). You agree not to modify local Hive save files, spoof store purchase receipts, or reverse-engineer the App. Doing so voids support eligibility and may result in termination of cloud backup access.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
THE APP AND ALL VIRTUAL GOODS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE APP SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR IN-APP PURCHASES IN STELLAR AGE DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms or In-App Purchases, please contact us at stellarageapp@gmail.com.