HeartDEV Terms of Use and Digital Products

Effective Date: September 22, 2026
Last Updated: September 22, 2026

At a glance

These Terms govern heartdev.dev and, when incorporated or accepted for a specific product, HeartDEV digital products and services.

HeartDEV develops video games, software, developer tools, plugins, extensions, demos, updates, DLC, documentation, code, and other digital products.

Purchases made through Steam, Google Play, itch.io, Unity Asset Store, or another external platform are also subject to the applicable platform’s agreements and rules.

IMPORTANT: Section 18 contains an individual binding arbitration agreement, a jury-trial waiver, and a class/collective-action waiver, subject only to limitations that applicable law does not permit the parties to waive.

1. Acceptance and scope

By accessing or using heartdev.dev, you accept these Terms for use of the website.

When a HeartDEV application, game, developer tool, software product, license, EULA, or purchase flow expressly incorporates these Terms, they also apply to the identified product unless a more specific agreement controls.

A product-specific EULA, software license, privacy policy, marketplace agreement, or other product term may supplement or supersede portions of these Terms for that product.

2. Operator

HeartDEV LLC
Registered/legal mailing address: 30 N Gould St Ste N
Sheridan, WY 82801, USA

General/legal: contact@heartdev.dev
Collaborations/administration: admin@heartdev.dev

3. HeartDEV’s business

HeartDEV is a digital development and publishing company that may create, license, distribute, promote, or support:

PC, mobile, VR, and other video games;
applications and software;
developer tools;
Unity and other engine tools, plugins, and extensions;
scripts, shaders, utilities, and digital components;
demos, prototypes, alphas, betas, and test builds;
patches, updates, and improvements;
DLC and other downloadable content;
technical documentation;
open-source and proprietary code;
related digital services.

HeartDEV does not sell physical goods directly through heartdev.dev at this stage.

4. Website

The site may present:

projects;
games;
tools;
documentation;
trailers and screenshots;
devlogs;
technical information;
links to stores and communities;
collaboration opportunities.

The website does not directly process payments or offer user accounts at this stage.

5. Permitted use

You may use the public website for lawful personal and informational purposes.

Access, purchase, or download does not transfer ownership of HeartDEV intellectual property except for rights expressly granted by an applicable license.

6. Digital products and licenses

Purchase, download, or access to a digital product generally provides a limited license to use the product, not a sale of the underlying intellectual-property rights.

The specific license scope may be defined by:

a product EULA;
an open-source license;
platform terms;
marketplace terms;
license documentation distributed with the product.

Unless specifically authorized, a user license does not grant a right to:

resell the software;
redistribute files or keys;
commercialize extracted assets;
sublicense the product;
claim ownership of HeartDEV code or content.

7. Free and open-source software

Some tools or components may be distributed under MIT or another open-source license.

For those components, the license included in the repository or distribution controls use of that component.

Nothing in these Terms reduces rights expressly granted by an applicable open-source license.

8. Commercial software

Commercial tools or products may have a dedicated EULA or commercial license.

Where a specific EULA exists, it controls product-specific matters such as:

installation;
users/seats;
commercial use;
restrictions;
updates;
support;
license termination.

9. External platform distribution

HeartDEV may distribute products through:

Steam;
Google Play;
itch.io;
Unity Asset Store;
other authorized digital platforms.

The external platform may control:

payment processing;
taxes;
license/key delivery;
downloads;
updates;
refunds;
currency;
regional availability.

When a transaction occurs entirely through an external platform, that platform’s payment and refund rules also apply.

HeartDEV does not promise an independent refund right that conflicts with mandatory platform rules or applicable law.

Platform payments, taxes and refunds

Third-party marketplaces may process payment, tax, refund and distribution functions under their own current terms. HeartDEV does not represent that every marketplace has the same legal/payment role in every country or transaction model. HeartDEV remains responsible for its own applicable corporate and tax obligations.

10. Product privacy

Each product must accurately describe its own data practices.

A game or tool that does not collect data will not be described as though it does.

A product using SDKs, analytics, accounts, advertising, multiplayer, cloud saves, purchases, sensitive permissions, or telemetry must have current disclosures and, where appropriate, a product-specific policy.

Google Play Data Safety and other store declarations must remain consistent with the product’s actual behavior and published privacy policy.

11. Updates, patches, and compatibility

HeartDEV may publish:

fixes;
updates;
patches;
new versions;
compatibility changes;
connected-service changes.

Continued updates or support are not guaranteed indefinitely unless a specific agreement says otherwise.

Operating systems, hardware, engines, SDKs, and third-party platforms may change in ways that affect compatibility.

12. Projects in development

Alphas, betas, demos, prototypes, screenshots, roadmaps, dates, mechanics, and announced features:

are preliminary;
may change;
may be delayed;
may be cancelled;
may differ from the final product.

Development communications do not guarantee that a particular feature will ship.

13. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, HeartDEV LLC or its licensors retain rights in:

games and software;
source code and executables;
tools and plugins;
scripts and shaders;
names and logos;
artwork and animation;
models and textures;
owned audio/music;
videos and screenshots;
interfaces;
documentation;
websites and promotional materials.

Third-party materials remain subject to their own licenses.

14. Prohibited conduct

Unless a specific license or applicable law permits otherwise, you may not:

extract and redistribute assets from commercial products;
resell or sublicense software without authorization;
distribute unauthorized copies;
fraudulently share license keys;
bypass access or license controls;
introduce malware;
attack or abuse infrastructure;
impersonate HeartDEV using its branding;
reverse engineer where such a restriction is legally enforceable.

Nothing here restricts reverse engineering, interoperability, security research, fair use, or another activity protected by non-waivable law.

15. Feedback

If you voluntarily submit ideas, feedback, or suggestions without a prior confidentiality agreement, the submission does not by itself create confidentiality, employment, partnership, or joint-venture obligations.

Do not submit confidential or third-party material without authorization.

16. Kickstarter and crowdfunding

HeartDEV may use Kickstarter or another crowdfunding platform for specific digital projects in the future.

A Kickstarter campaign creates its own obligations between the creator and backers under:

Kickstarter’s Terms;
the campaign page and promises;
applicable law.

These general website Terms do not purport to override mandatory Kickstarter obligations.

Campaign development may involve ordinary development risks, changes, or delays. HeartDEV must communicate in good faith and fulfill campaign obligations in accordance with the platform’s governing rules.

17. Warranties and liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WEBSITE AND FREE WEBSITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

Paid products may be subject to non-waivable consumer warranties, platform terms, or statutory rights.

Nothing in these Terms removes mandatory consumer rights.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HEARTDEV LLC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES where such damages may lawfully be excluded.

17A. U.S. sanctions and export controls

HeartDEV digital products and services may be subject to applicable U.S. sanctions, export-control, re-export and trade laws, including rules administered by OFAC and applicable U.S. export-control authorities.

You may not use, export, re-export, transfer or provide a HeartDEV product in a manner prohibited by applicable law. Nothing in these Terms requires HeartDEV to provide a product or service where doing so would violate applicable sanctions or export-control restrictions.

18. INDIVIDUAL BINDING ARBITRATION; JURY AND CLASS-ACTION WAIVERS

18.1 Agreement to arbitrate

In any relationship where these Terms validly form part of the agreement between you and HeartDEV, and except for a non-waivable rule of applicable law, every dispute, claim, or controversy concerning:

the website;
these Terms;
a HeartDEV license;
a HeartDEV digital product;
HeartDEV software, games, or developer tools;
HeartDEV digital content or services;

will be resolved exclusively through final and binding individual arbitration, rather than ordinary court litigation.

This agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., to the extent applicable.

18.2 Mandatory pre-arbitration notice

Before filing arbitration, the claimant must send notice to contact@heartdev.dev containing:

name and contact information;
nature and basis of the claim;
requested relief.

The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the matter for 30 days.

18.3 AAA

Consumer disputes will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its then-current Consumer Arbitration Rules.

Genuine B2B commercial disputes may use the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules as appropriate.

18.4 Authority

Except for matters that mandatory federal law reserves to a court, the arbitrator will resolve issues concerning scope, interpretation, applicability, arbitrability, and enforceability of the arbitration agreement.

18.5 INDIVIDUAL PROCEEDINGS ONLY

Covered disputes must proceed individually.

To the fullest extent permitted, the parties waive:

class actions;
collective actions;
representative actions;
consolidated arbitration of different persons’ claims without written agreement or non-waivable legal requirement.

18.6 JURY-TRIAL WAIVER

YOU AND HEARTDEV LLC EXPRESSLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL for disputes validly subject to arbitration.

18.7 Limited court access

The parties intend arbitration to be the exclusive dispute-resolution mechanism to the fullest enforceable extent.

Court access is limited to:

claims that governing law does not permit to be subjected to predispute arbitration;
rights under 9 U.S.C. § 402 where applicable;
small claims where applicable arbitration rules or non-waivable law preserve that right;
proceedings necessary to compel arbitration or confirm, modify, vacate, or enforce an award as permitted by the FAA;
a matter that mandatory law exclusively reserves to a court.

These exceptions are intended to be narrow.

18.8 Costs

Fees and costs will be allocated under the then-current AAA rules and mandatory applicable law.

18.9 Severability

If part of this Section is unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted without eliminating the remaining arbitration agreement unless mandatory law requires otherwise.

18.10 Survival

This Section survives termination of these Terms and the relevant relationship.

19. Governing law

Except where the FAA or other federal law controls a specific issue, these Terms are governed by Wyoming law.

20. Changes

HeartDEV may revise these Terms prospectively. Material revisions will be identified by an updated date and any additional notice required by law.

21. Severability and entire agreement

If a provision is invalid, the remaining provisions continue to the maximum lawful extent.

Validly incorporated licenses, EULAs, marketplace terms, product-specific policies, and campaign agreements may supplement these Terms.

22. Language

The English and Spanish versions are intended to state the same substance.

If they conflict, the English version controls to the extent permitted by applicable law.

23. Contact

HeartDEV LLC
Registered/legal mailing address: 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA

General / legal: contact@heartdev.dev
Collaborations / administration: admin@heartdev.dev