GRIDMANIAC ENGAGEMENT PROTOCOL
VERSION 2.01. ACCEPTANCE OF PROTOCOL
By accessing, loading, or interacting with GRIDMANIAC (including the 3D tactical client, multiplayer rooms, matchmaking endpoints, and community review portals), you enter into a legally binding agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not consent to these terms, you must terminate your session and disconnect from the arena immediately.
2. FAIR PLAY, INTEGRITY & ANTI-CHEAT MANDATES
GRIDMANIAC is built upon fair, simultaneous turn-based tactical intelligence. To ensure the integrity of the arena, combatants agree to strictly abide by our Fair Play Protocol:
Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
- Automated Bots & Scripts: Running headless crawlers, automated action injectors, or turn-timing scripts to bypass the 15-second decision window.
- Packet Manipulation & Fuzzing: Sending malformed WebSocket frames, attempting cross-site WebSocket hijacking, or spoofing room codes to disrupt peer matches.
- Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks: Flood-requesting the Cloudflare Worker API, brute-forcing private room combinations, or attempting to exhaust serverless compute resources.
- Client Tampering: Modifying client runtime variables or intercepting encrypted edge payloads to read hidden opponent tile coordinates prior to simultaneous reveal.
3. USER CONDUCT & COMMUNITY TRANSMISSIONS
When utilizing the Community Review and Contact Form (/contact.html), you agree not to submit any
content that:
- Contains malicious scripts, XSS vectors, SQL injection payloads, or harmful executable data.
- Is defamatory, obscene, harassing, threatening, or violates intellectual property rights.
- Attempts to impersonate system operators or administrative WARDEN entities.
- Exceeds the designated parameter lengths (50 characters for Callsign, 1,000 characters for Review Message).
We reserve the right to prune, discard, or report any transmissions that violate these guidelines without prior notification.
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All rights, title, and interest in and to GRIDMANIAC — including the proprietary simultaneous turn-resolution engine, 3D WebGL assets, soundscapes, visual branding, user interface designs, and serverless backend architecture — are the exclusive property of GRIDMANIAC Core Engineering.
You are granted a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and play the game for non-commercial personal entertainment purposes.
5. SERVICE AVAILABILITY & MODIFICATIONS
GRIDMANIAC operates on Cloudflare serverless edge infrastructure. While we strive for maximum uptime and ultra-low latency, the game is provided on an "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE" basis.
We reserve the right to update combat mechanics, weapon damage, arena collapse pacing, or temporarily suspend room creation for maintenance or updates without prior notice.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL GRIDMANIAC, ITS DEVELOPERS, AFFILIATES, OR HOSTING PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR USE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE.
7. UPDATES TO THESE TERMS
We may amend this Engagement Protocol from time to time. Continued engagement with the combat arena following any posted revisions constitutes your binding acceptance of the modified Terms of Service.