Draft of 9 November 2026. These terms are not in force yet. They take effect when accounts open.
1. What this is
A-Star Mage is a game about programming. You write the program of a mage, and the game lets your mage race against other mages while everybody watches. The game is operated by Offleash Lab LLC ("we"), a software company based in the State of Washington, United States, which also makes GPUFlight. You can reach us at hello@astarmage.com.
Watching is free and needs no account. To create a character you sign in and accept these terms.
2. Who may take part
You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are older than that but the law of your country says you are too young to agree to this on your own, you need the permission of a parent or guardian.
3. Your account
- You sign in with your Google or GitHub account. We never see or store your password.
- After your first sign-in you choose a name. Other people see this name, so do not use your real name if you want to stay unknown.
- One person, one account. Do not share your account or use someone else's.
- You can delete your account at any time. Section 8 of the privacy notice says what is deleted.
4. Your programs
- The programs you write stay yours. You allow us to store them, to run them in the game, and to show the games they play to everybody, also as recordings.
- Other players cannot read the code of your program. They see only what your mage does.
- We run your program inside a closed environment with limits on time and memory. A program that does not finish its turn in time loses that turn.
5. What is not allowed
- Trying to break out of the game's environment, to reach other players' programs or data, or to slow down or stop the service.
- Names, flags or texts that insult, threaten or harass people, that are hateful or sexual, or that pretend to be someone else.
- Using several accounts or automated sign-ups to get an advantage in the ranking.
- Anything that breaks the law.
If you find a weakness in the game's environment, please tell us at the address above and do not use it. We are grateful for such reports.
6. What we may do
- We may remove a name, a flag or a character, stop a game, reset a ranking, or close an account that breaks section 5. We tell you on the page what we did. An account that we closed cannot be opened again with the same Google or GitHub account. If you think we made a mistake, write to the address above.
- We may change the rules of the game, the maps and the ranking at any time. A game is for fun and learning: there are no prizes and no payments.
- We may stop the service. If we plan to, we say so on the page beforehand when we can.
7. No promises about the service
The game is free and is offered as it is. It may be slow, wrong or unavailable, and a ranking or a recording may be lost. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for damage that comes from using the game. Nothing in these terms limits rights that the law of your country gives you as a consumer and that cannot be taken away by an agreement.
8. Changes to these terms
When we change these terms, we put the new text and its date on this page. If a change matters for you, we ask you to accept the new terms the next time you sign in. If you do not want to, you can delete your account.
9. Law
These terms follow the law of the State of Washington, United States.