JVDS Game Maker — Privacy Policy

Who we are

JVDS Game Maker is made by JVDesignStudio, an independent studio in the United Kingdom. You can reach us at joshhyyymakes@gmail.com or via jvdesignstudio.co.uk.

What we collect

Nothing. The app has no accounts, no sign-in, and no forms. We do not collect, store, or transmit your name, email address, contacts, location, or any other personal information, because we have no servers to send it to.

The games you make

Your games, saved slots, artwork, sounds, settings, and XP are stored in local storage on your device only. Nothing is uploaded anywhere automatically. Deleting the app deletes your creations with it, so export anything you want to keep first.

Sharing a game

This is the only part of the app that ever touches the internet, and it only happens when you tap Share or Remix.

• Your game is packed into the link itself as compressed text. We do not upload it to a server, and we keep no copy. Anyone with the link can play your game; anyone without it cannot.
• To make that link shorter, the app sends it to is.gd, a third-party link shortener, and gets a short link back. That service therefore receives the link (which contains your game's settings). See the is.gd privacy policy. If your device is offline, this step is skipped entirely and you simply get the full-length link.
• QR codes are generated on your device. No image service is contacted.
• Choosing to send a game passes it to your phone's own share sheet, so where it goes next (a message, an email, a chat app) is entirely your choice and governed by that app's own policy.

You can share a game as a game code instead, which involves no network at all.

Adverts and analytics

The app contains no adverts and no analytics or tracking of any kind. No advertising identifier is read, and no usage data is sent to us or to any third party.

Children

The Game Maker is designed for young makers. With no ads, no accounts, no chat, and no data collection, there is nothing that would gather information from a child. Because sharing creates a public link, we would encourage younger makers to check with a grown-up before sending a game to anyone.

Permissions and network use

The app requests internet access for the optional link-shortening step described above. Everything else, including all 21 game types, the art, sound, level, and story tools, and playing what you build, works fully offline. The app does not require your location, camera, microphone, contacts, or storage.

Data deletion

Because everything is stored locally, deleting the app removes all of your data. There is nothing for us to delete on a server, because nothing was ever sent to one. A link you already shared cannot be recalled by us, as it is not stored by us; stop sharing it and it is only as available as wherever you posted it.

Changes to this policy

If the app ever changes how it handles data (for example, if we add optional cloud saves in a future version), we will update this page and the "last updated" date above before the change ships.

Contact

Questions? Email joshhyyymakes@gmail.com and a human will reply.