Our Privacy Policy
We believe transparency is as important in our privacy practices as it is in our indie game devlogs, so here’s exactly how we handle your data in plain English, covering our site, browser game prototypes, and postmortems.
What Data We Collect
We only collect minimal data like your IP address when you play our browser game prototypes or leave comments, and we never ask for sensitive personal details. Our lean approach to game development applies equally to data collection.
Information You Give Us
If you comment on a devlog entry or email us, we receive whatever you type—typically a name, email address, and your thoughts. We don’t run mailing lists or collect location or payment details. We only hold what you voluntarily share.
Information Collected Automatically
When your browser connects to our server, your IP address, browser type, and pages visited are logged momentarily. This standard infrastructure data helps us keep the site online and debug prototype builds. We never identify individuals from it or cross-reference it elsewhere.
Cookies and Tracking
Our site uses a single essential session cookie for prototype functionality and a PECR-compliant consent banner. We don’t track you around the web.
Essential Cookies
Our temporary session cookie vanishes when you close your browser. It remembers prototype progress or consent preferences but stores no personal information. Without it, our browser game experiences would break.
Managing Your Preferences
You’ll see a consent banner on arrival. Since we only use essential cookies, there’s little to toggle, but you retain full control. Block all cookies via browser settings if you prefer, though some interactive elements may not work correctly.
Analytics
We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-first, cookie-free tool that anonymises data, helping us understand which devlog posts and prototypes resonate with our community.
How We Measure Traffic
Plausible provides aggregated numbers: page views, popular postmortem articles, and referral sources. We see that a hundred people read a devlog entry but never who they are or what they did afterwards—exactly the insight level we want.
No Personal Profiles
Plausible operates without cookies or fingerprinting, so we cannot build browsing profiles. There’s no dashboard for zooming into individual journeys. Data stays aggregate, helping us write better postmortems without compromising your privacy.
Third-Party Services
When you play prototypes hosted on itch.io or watch embedded YouTube videos, those platforms may process data under their own policies. We embed content to enrich articles but don’t control interactions beyond that.
Embedded Game Platforms
Our prototypes live on itch.io and appear as embedded iframes. When you click play, itch.io may set cookies or log your IP per its privacy policy. We chose itch.io because it respects players and developers. We never pass additional data to them.
Video Hosting
We embed YouTube videos using privacy-enhanced mode where possible, but Google may still collect viewing data. Embeds load only when you click to play, so no data flows to third parties until you actively engage.
Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a UK-based reader, you have the right to access, correct, or delete any personal data we hold and can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). We take these rights seriously despite holding minimal data.
Access and Portability
Ask us anytime what personal information we hold. Almost always, it’s a comment and associated email. We’ll provide it in a structured, machine-readable format within one month of verifying your request, per UK GDPR requirements.
Erasure and Objection
If you want your comment and details deleted entirely, just say so. We’ll scrub everything we hold, no questions asked, within one month. You also have the right to object to any processing, though there’s rarely anything to object to given our minimal setup.
Data Retention
We keep server logs for a maximum of 30 days for prototype debugging and delete specific user data upon verified request within one month. Holding data indefinitely doesn’t help us make better games, so we don’t.
Our Retention Schedule
Raw server logs containing IP addresses rotate out automatically after 30 days. Comment data remains visible while conversations stay valuable, but underlying personal details can be removed on request without affecting public discussion.
Secure Disposal
When data reaches its retention end or you request deletion, we wipe it completely. No hidden backups linger. Our debugging process doesn’t need months-old logs, so we keep things lean and secure.
Getting in Touch
We’re based in the UK and happy to answer privacy questions about our indie game devlog—just email us. You’ll get a straightforward human response from the developers themselves.
Contact Details
For privacy matters, reach out to [email protected]. That inbox goes directly to the people building prototypes and writing postmortems. If you prefer post, we can provide a physical address upon request, but email is reliably faster.
Response Times
We acknowledge every privacy request within 48 hours and resolve it fully within the UK GDPR one-month period. Usually we’re much quicker because there’s simply not much data to sift through. If we need more time, we’ll explain why and keep you updated.
We handle your data with the same care and creativity we pour into every prototype and postmortem. This policy may evolve, but the core principle won’t: your privacy matters, and we’ll always be upfront about how we protect it.