Terms of use
These terms apply to everyone who takes part in the town of Viewerville by typing !join in the Twitch channel viewerville. Watching the stream or visiting this website does not require you to accept them. How we handle your data is explained in the privacy notice.
1. What Viewerville is
Viewerville is a free, procedurally generated town simulation that is broadcast live on Twitch. The town runs by itself. Residents are small characters that live in the town according to the game's rules. The operator is named in the imprint. Taking part is free of charge and voluntary.
2. Moving in
- You move in by following the channel and typing !join in its chat. Following alone does not make you a resident.
- By typing !join you confirm that you have read and accept these terms and the privacy notice. The bot answers with links to both.
- You need a Twitch account in good standing that meets Twitch's own age requirements. Very new accounts (under 7 days) may be asked to wait.
- Each Twitch account can have one resident. A resident cannot be transferred or sold.
- We may limit how many people can move in at once (for example during a raid) and may refuse a move-in, for example for suspected bots or earlier violations of the rules.
3. Moving out and deleting your data
- !leave moves you out at any time. Your state is archived for 60 days, and you can return with !join while you follow the channel.
- !forget deletes all your data immediately and completely. This cannot be undone.
- You move out automatically if you stop following (after a short check), if you are inactive for 60 days, or if you are banned in the channel. The archive rules then apply.
4. Town rules
Be kind, this is a cozy town. Specifically, you agree not to:
- harass, threaten or discriminate against others, or post hateful, sexual, violent or otherwise unsuitable content in your name or in chat;
- use names that are offensive, misleading, impersonate someone, or advertise something. Unsuitable names are replaced automatically;
- spam, flood the chat or the commands, or try to move in with several accounts;
- cheat, use bots or scripts, exploit bugs, or try to disturb the game, the stream or our systems;
- break the Twitch Terms of Service or Community Guidelines.
Romance and partnerships between residents are opt-in. You can opt out of rivalries and block other residents at any time. Moderators and the operator may warn you, change or reset your name, move you out, or exclude you from the game if you break these rules. Bans and timeouts in the Twitch channel also move your resident out.
Part of the moderation is automatic: our software, acting through the channel's own Twitch account, deletes messages, warns and times users out for a limited time according to fixed rules, and Twitch's own tools such as AutoMod apply as well. If you think such a decision was wrong, write to [email protected] or ask for unbanning through Twitch, and a person will look at it. See the privacy notice for the data this involves.
5. Names, chat bubbles and the stream
The stream is public. By taking part you accept that your display name, your character and what it does in the town are shown in the stream, and that your chat messages can appear as speech bubbles (!bubble off switches them off). We have switched off past broadcasts (VODs) and clips on the channel, but we cannot prevent viewers from recording the live stream themselves. We do not store chat texts, see the privacy notice about what this means for your data.
6. Coins and virtual items
- Coins, homes, jobs and other things in the game exist only inside the game. They have no monetary value, cannot be bought, sold or exchanged for real money or other things of value, and you have no claim to keep them.
- We may adjust, rebalance or reset the economy and the town for the health of the game. We try to announce larger changes in advance.
- If we offer optional cosmetic extras in the future (for example through Twitch subscriptions or Bits), they will be offered under additional terms, will never give a gameplay advantage and will be described here before they start.
7. Availability and changes to the game
Viewerville is a free hobby project that is provided as it is. We aim to keep the stream running around the clock, but there is no entitlement to uninterrupted availability, to specific features or to the preservation of the town and your progress. We may change, pause or end the game or parts of it, for example for maintenance, technical reasons or if Twitch's rules change. If we end the game, we will announce it in good time where possible.
8. Liability
We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the Product Liability Act, and where mandatory law provides otherwise. For slight negligence we are only liable for the breach of an essential contractual obligation (an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance possible and on which you can regularly rely), limited to the foreseeable damage that is typical for this kind of contract. Any further liability is excluded.
9. Twitch
Viewerville is an independent project. It is not part of Twitch and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Twitch Interactive, Inc. Twitch is a trademark of Twitch Interactive, Inc. Your use of Twitch is governed by Twitch's own terms. If Twitch restricts or closes your account, you can no longer take part.
10. Rights in the game
The game, its software, the generated artwork and the website are owned by the operator or used with permission. You may not copy or reuse them without our permission, except as allowed by law. Names and other content you provide stay yours, and you allow us to show them in the game and the stream as described in section 5.
11. Changes to these terms
We may change these terms for good reasons, for example new features or legal changes. The current version and date are shown at the top. We announce changes on this site and in the channel. If you do not agree, you can move out with !leave or delete your data with !forget. If you stay in the town after a change has been announced, the new terms apply to you.
12. Governing law and final provisions
German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, the mandatory consumer protection rules of the country where you live remain unaffected. If a provision of these terms is invalid, the rest remains valid. Questions: [email protected].