Terms and conditions · Snow Tycoon

These terms apply to the game Snow Tycoon for Android and iOS ("the game") and to this website (snowtycoon.app). The first time you start the game, it shows you these terms and our privacy policy, and you accept the terms by tapping Accept. If you don't agree, don't use the game. When you use this website, the parts about the website apply.

Who we are

Snow Tycoon is made and published by JdN Studios, a sole proprietorship (eenmanszaak) owned by Joost de Niet and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) under number 42206486.

Address: Randveen 568, 2544 RM ’s-Gravenhage, the Netherlands
VAT number: NL005584053B72
Email: support@snowtycoon.app
Contact form: send us a message

In these terms, "we" and "us" mean JdN Studios, and "you" means the person who plays the game or visits this website.

Your licence to play

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and play the game on devices you own or control, for your own entertainment and not for commercial use. The game is licensed to you, not sold.

You may not:

copy, sell, rent, lend or redistribute the game or any part of it;
decompile, reverse engineer or modify the game, except where the law expressly allows it;
remove copyright notices, or use the game's content outside the game, except as allowed on our press page or by law;
use the game in a way that breaks the law or harms others.

The licence ends if you seriously break these terms. You can end it at any time by deleting the game.

Snow Tycoon is meant for players aged 13 and over.

Purchases in the game

The game is free to download. Some content, such as expansion packs, can be bought inside the game. Each purchase is a one-time payment that unlocks that content for your store account.

You buy and pay through Google Play or the Apple App Store. Their terms, prices and refund rules apply to the payment. We never see or store your payment details.
The store shows you the price, in your currency, before you confirm.
If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian before you buy anything. The store's family settings can require their approval for every purchase.
The content is delivered straight after you buy it. The store asks you to agree to that immediate delivery, and by agreeing you give up the 14-day right of withdrawal that EU consumer law otherwise gives you. Your other rights stay intact, including your rights if the content does not work as described.
For a refund, contact the store you bought from. If something you paid for doesn't work, tell us and we'll help.
Purchases belong to your store account. After reinstalling the game or moving to a new device, sign in with the same store account to get them back. On iPhone and iPad you can also restore them in the game's shop.
Purchases have no cash value and can't be exchanged or transferred, except where the store allows it.

Your saved games

Your resorts, saves, settings and trophies are stored on your device, and in your phone's own backup if you use one. We don't keep a copy, so we can't restore them if they are lost, for example when you delete the game or lose your device. Content you bought is not lost this way: you get it back through your store account. Trophies you win while signed in to Google Play Games or Game Center also stay on your profile there.

Updates and availability

We may update the game to fix problems, add or change content, or keep it working on new devices and operating systems. Some updates may be needed to keep playing. We do our best to keep the game available, but we can't promise that it runs on every device or that the stores will offer it forever.

Intellectual property

The game and this website, including the code, graphics, models, sounds, text, and the Snow Tycoon name and logo, belong to JdN Studios or to the licensors named under Credits. These terms don't give you ownership of any of it.

Credits

The mountains in the game are made from public elevation data, shrunk and smoothed for the game. We gratefully credit:

Switzerland: ©swisstopo. swissALTI3D elevation model of the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo.
Austria: © BEV. ALS terrain model (1 m, 2025) of the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, data.bev.gv.at, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changed: shrunk and smoothed.
Italy: Laser-scan terrain model (2.5 m) of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, released under CC0. LiDAR terrain model (5 m) of the Autonomous Province of Trento, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changed: shrunk and smoothed.
Canada: CanElevation elevation models of Natural Resources Canada (HRDEM and MRDEM). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. MRDEM: This product was in part produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
Japan: Source: GSI website (maps.gsi.go.jp/development/ichiran.html). Created by editing GSI Tiles (elevation tiles) of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.
Fonts: in the game, Rubik (© 2015 The Rubik Project Authors), Inter (© 2016 The Inter Project Authors) and Liberation Sans (© 2010 Google Corporation, © 2012 Red Hat, Inc.); on this website, Manrope (© 2018 The Manrope Project Authors) and Atkinson Hyperlegible Next (© 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors). All are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Liability

We make the game with care, but it is a game and is provided as it is. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect damage or for the loss of saved games. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow us to limit, such as for intent or gross negligence.

Your rights as a consumer

If you are a consumer, you keep every right that the law of your country gives you and that a contract can't take away. Nothing in these terms limits those rights.

Which law applies

These terms are governed by Dutch law. If you are a consumer living in another country, you also keep the protection of that country's mandatory rules. Disputes go to the competent court in the Netherlands, unless the law lets you go to a court where you live. We would always rather solve a problem together first, so please contact us.

If you got the game from the App Store

These extra terms apply when you downloaded the game from Apple's App Store:

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for the game and its content.
Your licence lets you use the game on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as the App Store's Usage Rules allow.
Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the game.
If the game fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the game, if any. As far as the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the game.
We, not Apple, are responsible for handling any claims about the game or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the game fails to meet any legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws.
If a third party claims that the game or your use of it infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for investigating, defending, settling and discharging that claim.
You confirm that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Questions, complaints and claims about the game go to us, at the details under Who we are.
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and, once you accept them, have the right to enforce them against you.

This website

You may browse this website and use the press files as described on the press page. Don't try to disrupt the website or the contact form, or use the form to send spam. Links to other websites, such as Instagram and the app stores, lead to services run by others, and we are not responsible for their content.

Changes to these terms

We may change these terms, for example when the game gets new features or the law changes. Each version has a number, shown at the top of this page with its date, and earlier versions stay available on this page.

Small changes, such as clearer wording or new contact details, don't change your rights. They apply as soon as we publish them, and the version number stays the same.
Important changes get a new version number. We publish them here at least 30 days before they apply to you, unless the law or your safety requires a change sooner. The game then shows you the new terms when you start it: you can accept them straight away, or tap Later and decide before the day they apply. From that day, the game asks you to accept them before you play on.
New players accept the newest version when they first start the game.
If you don't agree with a change, you can stop playing and delete the game. A change never takes away anything you already bought. If you stop playing because of a change and can no longer use content you paid for, contact us: where the law gives you a right to a refund, we'll honour it.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email support@snowtycoon.app or use the contact form.