Terms & Conditions
Plain-language terms for using the Salmethic game and this website. By downloading, installing, or playing Salmethic, or by using salmethic.com, you agree to these terms.
1. Who we are
Salmethic ("the Game") and salmethic.com ("the Site") are made and operated by Heinrich Teitge, an independent developer based in Pretoria, South Africa ("we", "us"). You can reach us at teitge.h@gmail.com.
2. Your licence to play
The Game is currently offered as a free demo in active development. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to download, install and play the Game for your own private, non-commercial enjoyment. You may not:
- sell, rent, sub-license, or otherwise distribute the Game or its files;
- reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source assets, except where the law expressly permits it;
- remove or alter any branding, notices, or attributions; or
- present the Game, or modified versions of it, as your own work.
You're welcome to record, stream, and share your playthroughs (including monetised videos) — creators are appreciated.
3. Intellectual property
All rights in the Game and the Site — including code, art, music, text, the name "Salmethic", and the logo — remain ours or our licensors'. Nothing in these terms transfers ownership to you. Real-world names of alchemical operations, traditions, and texts referenced in the Game are used for descriptive and educational context and remain the property of their respective owners.
4. The Game is a work of entertainment — not instructions
Salmethic is a fictional, dramatised depiction of an alchemical practice. While the underlying physics is simulated faithfully, the Game is not a manual and does not provide instructions for performing real chemical, alchemical, or other procedures. Dangerous procedural detail is deliberately stylised or omitted. Do not attempt to reproduce anything depicted in the Game. You are solely responsible for your own actions, and we accept no liability for any attempt to act on the Game's content.
5. "As is", and in development
The Game is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. Because it is in active development, it may contain bugs, change significantly, lose features, or break compatibility with earlier saves between versions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of (or inability to use) the Game or the Site, including lost save data. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
6. Your feedback
If you send us suggestions, bug reports, or other feedback, you grant us a free, perpetual, worldwide licence to use it to improve the Game and related products, without obligation or compensation to you. Please don't send us anything confidential or anything you don't have the right to share.
7. Third-party platforms
Future releases may be distributed through stores such as Steam, the Apple App Store, or Google Play, or funded through platforms such as Kickstarter. Your use of those services is also governed by their own terms, which are outside our control.
8. Changes
We may update these terms as the project grows. Material changes will be reflected by the "last updated" date above. Continuing to use the Game or the Site after a change means you accept the revised terms.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and any disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of its courts, without affecting any mandatory consumer-protection rights you have where you live.
10. Contact
Questions about these terms? Email teitge.h@gmail.com. See also our Privacy Policy.