Lanternfish StudiosTerms of Service
These terms are an agreement between you and Lanternfish Studios, the business name of Kelvin Cao, a sole proprietor in British Columbia, Canada ("we", "us"), for the mobile game Abyss Fishing (the "Game"). By downloading or playing the Game you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the Game. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data.
1. Who can play
If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Game only with the permission of a parent or guardian, who accepts these terms for you and is responsible for any purchases you make.
2. Your licence to the Game
We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and play the Game on devices you own or control, for non-commercial entertainment. We (and our licensors) own the Game and everything in it, including its art, music, characters such as Captain Marv, and code. You may not copy, modify, reverse-engineer, resell or distribute the Game, or use cheats, bots, modified clients or exploits.
3. Gems, coins and other virtual items
- Gems, coins, doubloons, tanks (dive attempts), consumables such as Rare Bait and Line Shields, cosmetics, tank styles, jewels and other in-game items ("Virtual Items") are part of the Game. You get a limited licence to use them in the Game; you don't own them.
- Virtual Items have no cash value. They can't be exchanged for real money, goods or anything outside the Game, and can't be sold, traded or transferred to another player or account. We don't offer cash-outs.
- Prices of Virtual Items, what they buy, and how often they appear may change as we balance the Game. Your existing Virtual Items stay yours to use, but their in-game value may change.
- Your progress is stored on your device. Virtual Items can be lost if you reset progress, uninstall the Game or lose your device. RESET PROGRESS in Settings removes your gems, including gems you bought, and asks you to confirm first. RESTORE PURCHASES brings back non-consumable purchases and remaining Captain's Pass time, but not consumables such as gem or coin packs that were already delivered.
- We may remove Virtual Items obtained through bugs, cheats, refunds or chargebacks.
4. Captain's Pass
- The Captain's Pass is a one-time purchase that lasts 30 days from purchase. It does not renew automatically, and you won't be charged again unless you buy it again.
- Buying it while a pass is active adds 30 days to the current end date.
- While active: rewarded-ad rewards are given without showing an ad (within the normal daily limit), and a daily reward is available in the pass sheet. You must open the sheet and tap CLAIM each day; unclaimed days are not saved up or paid later.
- The 30 days run on calendar time whether or not you play. The pass's contents (such as the daily reward) are described in the Game at the time you buy it.
5. Purchases and refunds
- Purchases are made through Google Play or Apple's App Store and are subject to their terms and payment rules. We don't process your payment details.
- All purchases of Virtual Items and the Captain's Pass are final and non-refundable, except as required by applicable law or by the app store's refund policy. Refund requests go to the store you bought from (Google Play: refund help; Apple: reportaproblem.apple.com).
- If a purchase didn't arrive, try RESTORE PURCHASES in Settings, then email support@lanternfishstudios.com with your Player ID and the store receipt.
- EU/UK consumers: Virtual Items are digital content delivered immediately. By buying, you ask for immediate delivery and acknowledge that you lose your 14-day right of withdrawal once delivery starts.
- Parents: you can require a password for purchases in your device's store settings.
6. Rewarded ads
You can choose to watch rewarded ads for in-game rewards, up to a daily limit. A reward is given only when the ad finishes. Ads are provided by third parties and we don't control their content; we aren't responsible for products or services they advertise. Ad availability isn't guaranteed.
7. Friend features and acceptable use
The Game lets you add friends by friend code, view their profiles and aquariums, appear on leaderboards and send preset reactions. When using them, you agree not to:
- choose a username that is offensive, hateful, sexual, threatening, or impersonates another person, a brand, Lanternfish Studios or its staff;
- harass, bully, spam friend requests at or target other players;
- use cheats, modified clients or tampering to fake stats, catches or leaderboard positions;
- create accounts or friendships in bulk to exploit the Game ("farming");
- try to access other players' data or accounts, or interfere with our servers;
- share personal information (yours or anyone else's) through your username or profile.
You can block or report any player from their profile. We may review reports, reset usernames to a random one, remove profiles from leaderboards, or suspend or end access to friend features or the Game for anyone who breaks these rules, with or without notice where the law allows.
8. Your progress and changes to the Game
We keep improving the Game. We may add, change or remove features, content, events, and the balance of rewards and prices, and we may stop offering the Game or its online features. If we plan to shut the Game down, we'll give reasonable notice in the Game and stop selling Virtual Items beforehand. Except where the law requires, we won't owe compensation for Virtual Items when the Game changes or ends.
9. Disclaimers
The Game is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or free of data loss. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have as a consumer that can't be waived under the law where you live.
10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Lanternfish Studios isn't liable for indirect, incidental or consequential losses, or for loss of data or Virtual Items, and our total liability to you for any claim relating to the Game is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. These limits don't apply to liability that can't be limited by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or fraud.
11. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. If you're a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live and may bring claims in your local courts. Before starting a claim, please email us so we can try to solve the problem.
12. App store terms
If you got the Game from Google Play or Apple's App Store, that store's terms also apply. If you use the iPhone version, Apple isn't responsible for the Game or its support, has no warranty obligations for it beyond refunding the purchase price where applicable, isn't responsible for claims about it (including intellectual property claims), and is a third-party beneficiary of these terms with the right to enforce them against you.
13. General
We may update these terms. We'll change the date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the Game. Continuing to play after changes take effect means you accept them. If a part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Game.
Contact: support@lanternfishstudios.com