End User License Agreement

Last updated: 19th August 2022

A quick summary:

1. These Terms are legally binding on you when you access or download our services (such as our game, Predecessor).
2. Everything in the Terms is important and should be read by you, but we particularly draw your attention to the following:

• There are a number of rules set out in section 2 – if you breach these, we may stop you accessing our services. In particular, please be aware that if you are banned for cheating, you will lose access to Predecessor and any in-game purchases.
• Section 6 (which sets out our liability to you) and section 7 (which sets out what happens in a dispute).
• Some products and services we may release on an ‘alpha’, ‘beta’ or ‘Early Access’ basis – this may contain bugs and require server/progress resets – see section 2.2.
• We may need to amend these Terms and our services in certain situations (e.g., to make technical improvements) – see section 3.

3. If you have any queries or concerns about these Terms, please email us at support@omedastudios.com.

1. About Omeda Studios and these Terms

1.1 What is this document?

We are Omeda Studios Limited based at 7 Maplewood Court, 31 Eastbury Avenue, Northwood, England, HA6 3LL (also known as “Omeda”). These Terms are a legally binding contract between you and Omeda.

1.2 What do these Terms apply to?

They cover all of our services – including our websites (https://omedastudios.com/ and https://www.predecessorgame.com/), our game (Predecessor), our customer support, and social media (“Omeda Services”).

1.3 Are there any age restrictions?

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Omeda Services. If you are between 13 and 18, please ask your parent or guardian to review and approve these Terms and to supervise your use of the Omeda Services.

1.4 Any questions?

If you have any questions about these Terms, please feel free to email us at support@omedastudios.com.

2. Use of the Omeda Services

2.1 We ask you to follow a few rules if you access the Omeda Services. Please read them carefully, as failure to follow them will be considered a breach of these Terms, which could lead to suspension or cancellation of your access to the Omeda Services (including Predecessor).

(a) Personal Enjoyment: Only use the Omeda Services for your personal enjoyment, and not for any commercial, marketing, or political purpose.

(b) Restricted Access: Do not attempt to copy, rent, sell, lend, lease, sublicense, distribute, publish, or publicly display the Omeda Services or any of your rights under these Terms to anyone else not expressly permitted under these Terms.

(c) Misuse: Do not hack, harm, modify, merge, distribute, translate, reverse engineer, or attempt to obtain or use the source code of, decompile, or disassemble the Omeda Services, or any platform/network/server it runs on.

(d) Infringing Content: Do not do anything in connection with the Omeda Services that infringes copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property rights, including infringing the intellectual property of Omeda.

(e) Cheating: Do not create, use, publicize, make available, and/or distribute cheats, exploits, automation software, robots, bots, hacks, spiders, spyware, scripts, trainers, extraction tools, mining, or other software that interacts with or affects the Omeda Services in any way.

(f) Conduct: Do not do or say anything that is or may be considered griefing, threatening, harassing, racist, ageist, sexist, transphobic, discriminatory, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise offensive or illegal. You should also not ‘feed’ in-game. We reserve the right to monitor the content of the Omeda Services and any user-generated content.

2.2 Beta / early access:

Please note we may release some Omeda Services before their full commercial release to test the features, capabilities, and performance of the product or service. This could be a prototype, alpha, beta, Early Access, or other pre-full release mode. Please remember that these versions may contain bugs, and that we might add or remove features or conduct server/progress resets (including for Virtual Goods). We might set other requirements too, which will be notified to you.

3. Changes to the Omeda Services and these Terms

We may make changes to the Omeda Services and/or these Terms for various reasons – such as to reflect changes in applicable laws or regulatory requirements and/or to implement technical changes or improvements (e.g., to address a security issue or changes in our business practices). If we make minor changes, these should not impact your use of the Omeda Services. If we make more significant changes to the Omeda Services and/or these Terms, we will notify you reasonably in advance.

4. Licence and intellectual property

4.1 Who owns the Omeda Services?

The Omeda Services, including (but not limited to) its visual components, user interface, graphics, audio, video, text, layout, computer code, databases, data, and all other content, with all the intellectual property rights and exploitation rights in them, are either owned by Omeda or licensed from third parties. All rights in the Omeda Services are reserved except as explained in these Terms. No ownership right or interest or other rights in the Omeda Services or any part of it is transferred to you. We grant you a personal, limited, terminable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access, display, view, and use the Omeda Services on authorized devices and platforms (subject to you abiding by these Terms).

4.2 What about third-party content?

We are not responsible for any third-party content on the Omeda Services or third-party services which you access the Omeda Services from.

4.3 What about user-generated content?

On some Omeda Services, you may be able to create and post user-generated content. You may also create your own content about the Omeda Services. By posting any user-generated content on or about the Omeda Services, you are giving us permission to use it. If you do not agree to this, please do not post any user-generated content.

5. Virtual goods

5.1 Does Omeda offer virtual goods?

Certain Omeda Services may let you purchase and/or otherwise obtain virtual, in-game digital items and content including cosmetic and in-game enhancements and other downloadable content (“Virtual Goods”).

5.2 Are there any additional payment requirements I should know about?

If you buy Virtual Goods, you agree to the pricing, payment, and billing policies applicable to them, as notified to you at the time of purchase. You are responsible for applicable fees and taxes.

5.3 What else should I know about Virtual Goods?

Virtual Goods are digital items only with no cash value or real-world existence and cannot be 'bought', 'sold', gifted, transferred, traded, or redeemed in any way. You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, revocable license to use Virtual Goods solely for your personal entertainment and non-commercial use.

5.4 Can I obtain a refund for Virtual Goods?

Your refund rights will depend on the terms of any applicable device/platform via which you access the Omeda Services. If you are resident in the United Kingdom or the European Union, by law, you have the right to withdraw from a purchase of the Omeda Services within 14 days of your purchase. If you are resident elsewhere in the world, all purchases are final and no refunds will be made or returns accepted.

6. Our responsibility and liability to you

6.1 There are certain situations where we will be responsible or liable for losses or damages you suffer. These are:

(a) Where it would be unlawful: We do not exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so.

(b) Personal losses: We only supply the Omeda Services for domestic and private use. If you use the Omeda Services for any commercial, business, or resale purposes we will have no liability to you for any loss of profits, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

6.2 Subject to 6.1 above:

(i) The total liability of Omeda arising out of or in connection with these Terms will not exceed the total amount you have paid to us under these Terms during the twelve months immediately prior to the event which caused the liability; (ii) the Omeda Services are provided on an “as is” basis and we make no specific warranty or representation in relation to the quality, completeness, or accuracy of the Omeda Services.

7. Governing law and dispute resolution

7.1 What laws govern these Terms?

You and we agree that your use of the Omeda Services and these Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England.

7.2 What happens if we have a dispute?

We both agree to make reasonable efforts to resolve any dispute between us informally. If you bring a legal claim against Omeda, you should send it to legal@omedastudios.com.

8. Termination

8.1 How can I terminate these Terms?

You can terminate these Terms at any time by permanently stopping the use of the Omeda Services.

8.2 When can we suspend or terminate the Omeda Services?

We may also suspend or terminate your access to the Omeda Services if you breach these Terms.

9. Other legal matters

9.1 We can assign, subcontract, or transfer these Terms to a third party or another member of our group.

9.2 These Terms govern our relationship with you. They do not create rights for anyone else.

9.3 If any part of these Terms is found not to be legally enforceable, this will not affect any other part of it.