Terms of use

These are the terms between you and Simon's Game Studio (SGS, the Netherlands), the maker of ShadyShizzle. By playing the game or using this site, you agree to them. We've kept them as short and readable as we can.

1. It's a game

ShadyShizzle is fiction. It's set on the real world map, but every character, family, gang, company and politician in the game is made up. Nothing in the game encourages or explains real crime. Money, crypto, casinos and bets in the game are fake and worth nothing outside the game.

2. In development

The game is in development. Things can break, change or disappear. Balance, rules and numbers get adjusted. Test worlds may be wiped; we'll say so in advance. There's no guarantee the game is always available or works without errors.

3. Who can play

• You are 18 or older.
• One person per account. You're responsible for your account and your secret key.
• You choose a street name that isn't a real person, brand or organisation and isn't offensive. We may refuse or change a name.

4. What's not allowed

Threats, betrayal and extortion are allowed between characters, inside the game. Not outside it. So don't:

• threaten, intimidate or harass real people, including in chat;
• share personal details of yourself or others (names, addresses, phone numbers, photos);
• post hateful, sexual or otherwise inappropriate content;
• cheat: exploit bugs, get around the rules, or use bots or modified software;
• trade accounts, in-game money or items for real money outside the game;
• attack, overload or try to break into our servers.

Found a bug? Report it to [email protected] instead of using it.

5. What we can do

If you break these terms, we can remove messages, change a street name, roll back progress, or (temporarily) block or delete an account. For serious threats against real people we may inform the police. We try to act fairly and proportionately, and explain why when we can.

6. Payments

During testing you can't buy anything. If purchases are added later: paying speeds things up or buys looks, but never buys strength above the cap. No paid loot boxes. Purchases go through your platform's store, and we'll add the purchase terms here before they go live.

7. Who owns what

The game, its texts, images, code and the name ShadyShizzle belong to Simon's Game Studio. You get the right to play the game for personal, non-commercial use. Your account and what you own in the game don't make you an owner: they're part of the game. Map data comes from Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; fonts are under the SIL Open Font License.

8. Liability

We provide the game as it is. As far as the law allows, we're not liable for lost progress, in-game money or indirect damage. Your statutory rights as a consumer always apply.

9. Stopping

You can stop and delete your account at any time, in the game under Menu → Delete account. We may end the game or a test phase; we'll give notice in good time.

10. Other

These terms are governed by Dutch law. If we change them, the date at the top changes and big changes are announced in the game. Questions: [email protected]. See also the privacy policy.