Privacy policy
HELIOBANE does not collect, store or share any personal data. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and the game does not talk to any server run by us.
This policy covers HELIOBANE on every platform: the phone versions on Google Play and the App Store, and the desktop versions on Steam. HELIOBANE is made and published by Gand (Gand Games), an independent studio based in Tokyo, Japan.
What stays on your device
- Saves and settings: your campaign progress, high-score table (three-letter initials you type yourself), options, language and control settings are saved in files on your own device. We never receive them.
- The full-game unlock: your purchase belongs to your Google or Apple account, not to the phone. On a new phone, the game finds it again at launch (or when you tap RESTORE PURCHASES) by asking the store on your device. It also keeps a copy of that answer on the device, so it doesn't have to ask every time.
- Motion sensor: on phones, tilt steering reads the device's accelerometer and gyroscope while you play. The readings are used on the spot to move your ship and are never saved or sent anywhere.
- Vibration: the phone versions can vibrate on hits and explosions. You can turn it off in the options.
Purchases
The phone versions are free to play for the first three stages; the rest is a one-time in-app purchase. Payment is handled entirely by Google Play or the App Store. We never see your name, email address or payment details. The game only asks the store on your device whether the full game has been bought, so it can unlock it, including on a new phone or after a reinstall. Google and Apple send us anonymous sales reports (for example, the number of sales per country), as they do for every developer.
Steam
The desktop versions run through Steam. Achievements and, for the full game, Steam Cloud saves are handled by Valve under the Steam Privacy Policy. We receive only the anonymous, aggregate statistics Steam gives every developer.
Permissions (Android)
- Internet: used only by Google Play's billing service to buy and restore the full game.
- Vibrate: for haptic feedback.
Stores and crash reports
Google, Apple and Valve may collect information when you download, update or use apps from their stores, for example crash reports and diagnostics you have agreed to share with them. That happens under their own privacy policies, not through the game. Any crash reports they pass on to us contain technical data about the crash only.
Children
HELIOBANE is not directed at children under 13. Because the game collects no personal data from anyone, it does not collect personal data from children either.
Changes
If the game ever starts handling personal data, we will update this page and the date above before that version is released.
Contact
Questions about privacy: [email protected]