Legal

Terms of Use

Effective 26 July 2026 Last updated 26 July 2026 Version 1.0

1. Agreement

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) form an agreement between you and Cap Yard (“I”, “me”, “my”) covering my games, this website and any related material I publish. By installing or playing one of my games, or by using this website, you accept these Terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the games or this website.

Cap Yard is not a company. It is the name used by a single individual developing games independently in Türkiye. My Privacy Policy forms part of these Terms.

The games are free. There is no purchase price, no subscription, no in-app purchase and no advertising. Nothing in these Terms creates a payment obligation of any kind.

2. Licence to play

I grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and play my games on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial entertainment. No fee is charged for this licence.

This is a licence, not a sale. I retain ownership of the games and everything in them. Any right not expressly granted here is reserved.

3. What you may not do

  • Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble a game, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits it despite this restriction.
  • Modify, translate or create derivative works of a game, or redistribute a modified build.
  • Redistribute, sell, rent, sublicense or republish a game or its assets, in whole or in part — including uploading the installer to third-party download sites.
  • Remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark or attribution notice.
  • Use cheats, memory editors, automation or modified clients and present the result as legitimate play.
  • Use the games or this website for anything unlawful, or in a way that infringes the rights of others.

4. Intellectual property

The Cap Yard name, the CY monogram, the game titles CapTure The Gold and Sail & Loot, and the associated source code, artwork, characters, level design, user interface, music and sound effects are owned by me or used under licence, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws.

Third-party components used under their own licences — including the Godot Engine and third-party art, audio and font packs — remain the property of their respective owners and are used in accordance with those licences. Attribution is provided in-game and in the project's licence files where the licence requires it.

5. Streaming, video and screenshots

You are welcome to record, stream and publish video of my games, including on monetised channels, provided that:

  • the video is your own commentary, gameplay or creative work rather than a straight rip of my trailers or cinematics;
  • you do not present it as an official Cap Yard release, and you do not use the name or the CY monogram in a way that suggests sponsorship or partnership;
  • you do not use it in a context that is unlawful, hateful, or otherwise damaging to the games or to me.

This permission is a revocable licence, not a transfer of rights, and it may be withdrawn in individual cases. Press and content creators may use my screenshots, key art and trailers for coverage of the games without asking.

6. In-game currency and progression

The games include virtual currency, unlockable characters, upgrades and ranks. These are earned by playing and cannot be bought. They have no monetary value, cannot be exchanged for money or anything of value outside the game, and are not your property. They are part of the licensed game content.

Progression is stored locally on your device. I do not run any servers, so I cannot recover, restore, transfer or compensate for lost progress — including progress lost by uninstalling a game, clearing app data, resetting a device or moving to a new one.

7. Availability and updates

Both games are in development. Nothing on this website is a promise that a game will be released, that it will be released on a particular date, or that any feature described will be present in a final build.

I may update, change or discontinue a game or any of its features at any time, and I may stop distributing a game entirely. I am not obliged to provide updates, support or continued availability, though I will publish notice of a discontinuation on this website where it is practical to do so. Copies you have already installed continue to work, subject to your device and operating system remaining compatible.

8. App stores

No game is currently published on any store. If and when a game is released through Google Play or another store, your use of that store is governed by its own terms, and account and distribution matters are handled by the store operator rather than by me. Nothing in these Terms limits the rights you have under a store's own policies or under mandatory consumer law.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

The games and this website are provided “as is” and “as available”, free of charge, without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. Where that is the case, the exclusions above apply only to the extent permitted by the law that applies to you, and your statutory consumer rights are unaffected.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, I shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, progress, profits or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the games or this website.

Because the games are supplied free of charge, my total aggregate liability arising out of these Terms shall not exceed ten euros (€10).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

11. Termination

This licence ends automatically if you breach these Terms. You may end it at any time by uninstalling the games. Sections 4, 6, 9, 10 and 12 survive termination.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules, and the courts of Türkiye have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another jurisdiction with mandatory consumer protection rules, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory rules of your country of residence, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of that country.

13. Changes to these Terms

I may update these Terms. The current version is always the one published at this address, with its effective date and version number shown at the top of the page. Continued use of the games or this website after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

If a provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in force and the unenforceable provision is applied to the maximum extent permitted.

14. Contact

For anything about personal data, see the Privacy Policy instead — it explains what is and is not collected, and how to exercise your rights.