Itemfactory studio

https://discord.gg/6kK5NC2BTs   - ItemFactoryStudio Discord server for public discussion / questions


concerns@itemfactorystudio.com  - Content Appropriatness
defects@itemfactorystudio.com   - Software problems
licencing@itemfactorystudio.com - Obtaining use permission
copywrite@itemfactorystudio.com - Violation of your copywrite
privacy@itemfactorystudio.com   - Data collection inquries


Terms of use and Privacy policy


By interacting with (viewing, listening to, running code from)
itemfactorystudio you are acknowledging that the interaction between itemfactory studio and you is a privlage
and agreeing to try to make it as positive and beneficial for both as possible.

This implies things such as not holding responsible itemfactorystudio or it's creators
for any differences in viewpoint, cultural clashes, emotions or actions that result.
The accuracy of information is also not guaranteed, and characters / stories / enviroments are fictious.
Software or designs herewithin are not guaranteed to function or produce measurably accurate outputs, 
and content may not be appropriate for all audiances, and may contain flashing lights, sounds or patterns.
The user assumes responsibility for their hardware (battery usage, thermal limits, storage utilization, etc)
and wellbeing (taking breaks, eating well, excercising, resting etc) when operating itemfactory studio content.

Itemfactory studio's goal is to engage and entertain users in hopes of generating revenue
to support its development by encouraging payment/donations to itemfactorystudio's developers,
and also to promote the viewpoints and ideals of its content creators (which hopefully are socialitally positve (encourage good relationships between people, self sufficency, education and encourages growth towards a multi planetary post resource scarsity civilization)
This is because it is believed that a strong community of users longterm will increase the amount of 
revenue and content creating users that interact with the site theirby allowing its continued operation.

That being stated, please understand that itemfactorystudio does not sell any products.
Any payments to itemfactory studio are considered donations to its development, or for services or
content already recieved at the time of payment.
There should at no time in an interaction between between itemfactory studio and users or content creators be an expectation that itemfactory
studio owes users any services or products, or that itemfactory studio is owed user/content creator time or
payment for content. In other words, the interaction between all parties exists mutually "at will".

It is itemfactorystudio's policy to try to have content that apeals to as broad
an audiance as possible, however if anyone is upset or offended by it's content 
you acknowledge that you can close the webpage or program at any time, 
or contact concerns@itemfactorystudio.com to request that content be changed.

Best efforts are made to avoid mistakes / glitches / bugs (they are frustrating for both developers and players)
if one is found please contact
defects@itemfactorystudio.com with a description of how to reproduce it.
(i.e. webpage/program (browser/device version, avaliable memory if relevant) )-> 
	menu option/level/program input selected, mouse/touch/keyboard inputs ->
	-> what the program did ( and what the program was supposed to do) 
)
Development and testing time/resources are limited and not everything tested or known to check for,
(the developer may play though or have tested the content in a different way than the user,
or have become desensitized to issues they have found workarounds for)
so a description/explination of how to make it happen 
can be much appreciated and can speed up the time to fix it.



Privacy Policy

To understand privacy, it's important to first determine what privacy is, and in what context.

With the definition of privacy as the freedom to perform actions without them being known to/interacting with/affecting the actions of another.

By reading, viewing, listening or thinking about anything or one, it is like running a program in your conciousness,
so by the act of being aware of itemfactory studio, yourself and it have become quantum entangled to some extent.
Because of that it is impossible to guarantee complete privacy (freedom of action) between you and itemfactorystudio
after the spacetime event of you being aware of this text or content from itemfactorystudio.
This is because it has become part of your memory / spacetime cone of influence and changed your actions and thoughts
(if it hadn't something or the absense of it would have instead), as well as you affecting it similarily.

Therefore, to some extent, privacy is relative.
The overall goal of this document/text/policy is to minimize the privacy disagrements and 
and to disclose information gathered to avoid feelings that your privacy is
being violated without prior notice or for acceptable reason.

It is acknowledged there is some inhernt risk in interaction 
and that both itemfactory studio and or you may be excercising some amount of freedom of choice when choosing to. 
User interactions are complicated and often difficult to handle well,
It is itemfactory studios policy to give it's users as much freedom as possible and 
collect and interpret as little information as reasonable in attempt at good interactions with others.

Itemfactorystudio tries to treat all of its users equally and fairly, though if a
user interacts in a way that is out of the ordinary, there is a greater chance that they
will be treated differently than other users.
Some content may intentionally evoke emotions and it is important to keep in mind that
outside the context of the content it may be entirely artificial.
Please do not stalk, harass, slander, idolize, objectify itemfactorystudio or it's developers or 
engage in interaction (in virtual or real space) if either party is phyiscally or psycologically unwell.
Also please do not pirate, copy or use any content from itemfactorystudio
in your own works without obtaining a authorization/licence.
Itemfactory studio retains all applicable rights to it's content/work unless otherwise negotiated.
Requests can be made by contacting licencing@itemfactorystudio.com
In the same way as the user you want the most amount of privacy from itemfactorystudio,
Pirating or copying content from it, is a violation of the privacy/trust you are expected to in return give to the content creators.
The more piracy and unpaid usage of itemfactorystudio's works that occur, the greater the pressure will be for it to turn to
working with a corporate publisher which may increase the restrictions on what is allowed to be published and increase the 
amount of data collection and tracking / anti piracy software bundled with itemfactorystudio's content.

Piracy, reverse engineering content (irregardless of the complexity, if "others have done it", or it is provided in plain or encrypted/compiled form) and or any attempts to disrupt the operation of the servers/services provided by itemfactory studio
for users other than yourself may be punishable by law.

If itemfactory studio has used a work by you in an unauthorized manner
copywrite@itemfactorystudio.com can be contacted for complaints.


Itemfactorystudio gathers some information automatically.

Automated tracking -
When acessing the website, your computer sends a request to the server and 
there is a system that came pre installed that logs the ip address, browser info and requested url.
Each request costs some amount of server capacity and in turn money.
The access logs are used to generate aggregate statistics such as the number of site visits, visit duration, and bandwith used.
These are helpful in development for knowing what content users are interested in, like or dislike, and what parts should be optimized
for performance.

Linked Apps developed with 3rd party software -
i.e. Unity, Google Playstore, Apple, AdMob
Some apps are not entirelly developed by Itemfactory studio and have embedded advertisments or analytics tracking.
Advertisments are added for the purpose of revenue generation.
Analytics may be used in deciding how the game content / difficulty is adjusted in updates or other apps.

If you are concerned about an app collecting data that it shouldn't be, inspecting the
packets that it sends and its memory/data storage/energy usage can give information about what it is doing.


The site is served in http mode (because it would cost more and add complexity to upgrade to ssl)
therefore no guarantees are made that other applications or
internet services inspect/alter information sent to and from itemfactorystudio.
Itemfactory studio nor the internet are secret keepers or confidants, 
if itemfactorystudio's content or yours is not suitable don't attempt to access or transmit it.

Because some of the programs and webpages here use software that is developed externally,
there may also be other tracking features that are not known.

For privacy concerns please contatct privacy@itemfactorystudio.com


Thank you for visiting and best regards