Version 3 · 30 September 2026
The short version
- Aldermere is free, and it's in alpha. Expect bugs and changes.
- You're welcome to play, stream it and make videos about it. Don't copy, sell or tamper with the game.
- Gold and items exist only in the game. They aren't worth real money and can't be sold for it.
- Follow the Rules. If you don't, we can mute or ban you.
- You must be 13 or older.
- Your rights under consumer law are unaffected.
1. Who we are
Aldermere Online is made and run by Benedict Littlefair, an independent developer based in the United Kingdom. In these terms, “we” and “us” means them, and “you” means you, the player. You can reach us on Discord or at privacy@aldermere.online.
2. Agreeing to these terms
By creating an account or playing, you agree to these Terms, the Rules and the Privacy policy. If you don't agree, please don't play.
3. Age
You must be 13 or older to play. If you're under 18, read these terms with a parent or guardian. If we find out an account belongs to someone under 13, we'll close it and delete its data.
4. It's an alpha
The game is still being built, so some things will break. Features will change, get rebalanced or disappear. Servers will sometimes go down.
We work hard never to lose anyone's progress. Even so, during alpha we may have to roll back or reset characters, for example to undo a bug that duplicated items. If we ever have to, we'll give you as much warning as we can.
5. Your account
- Keep your password to yourself. You're responsible for what happens on your account.
- Accounts can't be shared, sold or transferred (see the Rules).
- We may ask you to rename a character or clan whose name breaks the Rules.
- You can stop playing at any time, and you can ask us to delete your account (see the Privacy policy).
6. What you can and can't do with the game
We give you a personal, free, non-exclusive permission to download the game and play it on your own devices. This is the game's licence (sometimes called an EULA). The game itself stays ours, and some of its art, models and music are licensed to us by other creators.
You may not:
- copy, sell, rent or re-host the game files (sharing our download link is fine)
- take apart, decompile or modify the game or how it talks to our servers, except where the law allows it
- pull out its art, models, music or sounds to use elsewhere
- run your own servers or copies of the game
- use cheats, bots or anything else the Rules forbid
7. Streams, videos and fan art
Go for it. You can stream the game, upload videos and screenshots, and earn money from them on YouTube, Twitch and similar platforms. Fan art, guides and wikis are welcome too. Just don't present your work as official, and don't use it to sell gold, items or accounts.
8. Gold, items and characters
Everything you earn in the game exists only inside it. It isn't your property, it has no real-world value, and it can't be exchanged for money. To keep the game fair and working, we may change, rebalance or remove items. We can also remove anything that was gained by breaking the Rules or through a bug.
9. What you say and create
You're responsible for your chat messages, character names and clan names. You let us store and display them so the game works: other players see your public chat, clan names appear in the game, and so on. We can remove anything that breaks the Rules.
10. Breaking the rules
If you break these terms or the Rules, we can warn you, mute you, suspend or ban your account, remove items or progress, or rename your character. We'll be fair about it, and you can appeal on Discord.
11. Money
The game is free. If we ever sell anything, we'll update these terms first, and you'll never be charged without choosing to buy something.
12. Our responsibility to you
We're a small team making a free game, so we provide it “as it is”. We can't promise it will always be available or bug-free. We aren't responsible for lost progress, lost items, or losses caused by things we couldn't reasonably control.
Nothing in these terms limits responsibility that the law doesn't let us limit, such as for death or injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud. Your rights under consumer law are unaffected.
13. If the game closes
We may one day have to shut Aldermere down. If we do, we'll give at least 30 days' notice on the website and Discord wherever we can.
14. Changes to these terms
We'll update these terms as the game grows, and the version number at the top will change. For anything important we'll tell you on Discord and in the game, and ask you to agree again the next time you log in.
15. Which law applies
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland, Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the UK or EU, you can also bring a claim in your local courts, and you keep any protections your local law gives you.