Terms of Service

Journey to the East

Effective: August 8, 2026

1. Agreement and eligibility

These Terms are an agreement between you and Paraborn, the operator of Journey to the East (the "Game"). By creating an account, downloading the Game, or using related services, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Game. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, your parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms for you. Do not use the Game where doing so would violate applicable law.

2. Accounts

You must provide accurate account information and keep your login credentials secure. If you suspect unauthorized access, use the password-reset process immediately. You are responsible for activity performed through your account. Accounts and access rights may not be sold, shared, transferred, or used on behalf of another person. Usernames may be changed, rejected, or removed if they are misleading, impersonating, infringing, offensive, or otherwise violate these Terms.

3. License and ownership

Subject to these Terms, Paraborn grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Game for personal, non-commercial entertainment on supported platforms.

Paraborn and its licensors retain all rights in the Game and its code, servers, artwork, sprites, animations, characters, world, text, music, sound, designs, databases, trademarks, and other assets. This license does not transfer ownership of the Game or any asset to you. Ordinary gameplay screenshots and videos are permitted for non-commercial community use, provided they do not distribute standalone assets, confidential material, or a playable build.

4. Prohibited uses

You may not, directly or through another person:

• cheat, bot, macro, automate play, exploit bugs, manipulate networking, evade rate limits, or use unauthorized tools;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, scrape, extract, or modify the Game except where applicable law expressly permits it;
• create, use, publish, or redistribute a modified client, launcher, build, patch, or derivative version of the Game;
• host, operate, provide, advertise, or assist with a public shard, private server, server emulator, proxy, or replacement service for the Game;
• copy, rip, sell, license, upload, redistribute, or commercially exploit the Game's code, artwork, audio, data, or other assets;
• gain unauthorized access to accounts, servers, data, or administrative systems, or interfere with service operation;
• buy, sell, trade, or transfer accounts, virtual items, currency, services, or progression for real-world value; or
• encourage, facilitate, or profit from another person's violation of these Terms.

5. Player conduct and communications

Do not harass, threaten, stalk, discriminate against, defraud, impersonate, or expose personal information about others. Do not send unlawful, sexually exploitative, hateful, excessively violent, obscene, infringing, deceptive, or spam content. Do not solicit passwords, payment details, or other sensitive information.

Public chat, private messages, usernames, reports, and other communications may be filtered, logged, automatically moderated, and reviewed for safety and enforcement. In-game private messages are not end-to-end encrypted. Do not use the Game to communicate information you need to keep confidential.

6. Virtual items, currency, and the Silk Road

Characters, progression, items, coins, offers, listings, and other virtual content are licensed features of the Game, not personal property or stored monetary value. They have no cash value, do not earn interest, and cannot be redeemed for money or transferred outside authorized Game systems.

The Silk Road marketplace permits eligible players to create virtual buy and sell offers. We may apply in-game taxes, limits, price controls, eligibility rules, or other safeguards. You may not use alternate accounts, coordinated trades, deceptive listings, wash trading, exploits, or other methods to manipulate prices, evade restrictions, transfer value improperly, or disrupt the marketplace.

We may rebalance, modify, correct, suspend, or remove virtual content and transactions when reasonably necessary for gameplay, security, enforcement, fraud prevention, or technical correction. Access to the marketplace does not guarantee that an offer will match, that an item will remain available, or that any particular price will be maintained.

7. Memberships and purchases

A paid membership may be required to access the Silk Road marketplace and may include other benefits described at purchase. Membership grants access to features; it does not grant ownership of the Game, virtual content, or marketplace inventory.

Prices, duration, renewal terms, taxes, and cancellation instructions will be shown before purchase. If a membership is recurring, the applicable purchase screen will disclose that fact and how to cancel. Purchases made through Steam, Apple, Google, or another storefront are also governed by that storefront's payment and refund rules. Except where required by law or the applicable storefront, used memberships, consumed virtual content, and completed digital purchases are non-refundable. Fraudulent payments, reversals, or chargebacks may result in removal of the related entitlement or account restrictions.

8. Player content and feedback

You keep any rights you already hold in content you submit. You grant Paraborn a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, copy, transmit, display, filter, moderate, and retain that content as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, improve, and enforce the Game. You must have the right to submit the content. Feedback and suggestions may be used without payment or obligation to you.

9. Updates and availability

The Game may be changed, rebalanced, patched, interrupted, or discontinued. Features, supported devices, progression rules, prices, and availability may change. We do not guarantee uninterrupted service, preservation of every item or statistic, compatibility with every device, or that errors will always be corrected.

10. Enforcement and termination

We may investigate suspected violations and may warn, mute, restrict, suspend, reset, or terminate accounts or access. We may preserve and disclose relevant records when reasonably necessary for enforcement or law. Serious misconduct, cheating, fraud, unauthorized distribution, or server operation may result in immediate action. You may stop using the Game at any time and may delete your account through the process described in the Privacy Policy.

11. Third-party services

The Game may rely on or link to services operated by others, including platform storefronts, authentication providers, hosting providers, and community services. Their separate terms and privacy policies apply to their services. Paraborn is not responsible for third-party services outside its control.

12. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Game is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted and error-free operation. Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or consumer right that cannot legally be excluded.

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Paraborn and its service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, lost virtual content, or service interruption. Paraborn's total liability arising from the Game will not exceed the greater of USD $100 or the amount you paid directly for the Game during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. These limits do not apply where prohibited by law.

14. Responsibility for your conduct

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to reimburse Paraborn for reasonable losses, liabilities, and costs resulting from your unlawful conduct, your infringement of another person's rights, or your material violation of these Terms.

15. Changes and contact

We may update these Terms as the Game changes or as required by law. Material changes will be communicated through the Game, website, account email, or another reasonable method. Continued use after updated Terms take effect means you accept them; if you do not agree, stop using the Game.

Contact: support@paraborngames.com