By playing DETECTIVE: CASE FILES you agree to these terms. They are short because the game is simple: investigate, argue with your partner and don't break the service.
About the game
- DETECTIVE: CASE FILES is a browser detective game for one or two players.
- Age rating: 16+. The cases deal with disappearances, death and crime.
- All events, characters, institutions and organisations in the cases are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.
Using the game
- Play fair and do not try to hack the game, get around its limits or guess other people's invitation or access codes.
- Do not use the name field or comments for insults, advertising or other people's personal data.
- Do not scrape the game's content with automated tools or overload the server.
- We may restrict access for anyone who breaks these rules or harms other players.
Copyright
The case scripts, texts, illustrations, sounds, design and code of the game belong to the DETECTIVE: CASE FILES project and are protected by copyright. You may play, share links and take screenshots for personal use and reviews. You may not copy, resell or publish case materials without permission.
Please do not post a case's solution without a spoiler warning: leave others the joy of investigating.
Paid cases and support
All cases are free at the moment. If paid cases appear later, the terms of purchase and refunds will be set out separately before payment.
Donations on the “Support the bureau” page are voluntary, unlock nothing in the game and are not refundable.
Liability
The game is provided “as is”. We do our best to keep it running smoothly, but we cannot guarantee that it will always be available or free of errors. We may change, add or remove cases and features.
Investigations are tied to your browser: if you clear its cookies, you may lose access to them.
Data
How we handle data is described in the Privacy policy.
Changes and contacts
We may update these terms; the date of the last update is shown at the top.