Privacy Policy

Effective: January 2025  ·  Last reviewed: January 2025

1. Colour Palette & Overview

StarForge — Neon Forge uses a dark steel-crimson palette of smoldering forge embers, red-hot metal, and dark volcanic iron. It is a blacksmith rhythm game where players strike a sliding hammer into a timing zone to forge increasingly complex weapons with more required hits. The game offers 8 starting lives, giving players ample opportunity to improve before the session ends. Provided entirely free of charge. Our fundamental commitment: we collect no personal information whatsoever.

Everything stays on your device. No data is sent to any server. No account needed.

2. Data We Never Collect

We do not collect, store, process, or transmit:

3. Local Storage

We store only your best score under sf2_best using browser localStorage. This exists only on your device, is never transmitted, and can be cleared via browser Settings → Site Data → Clear.

No cookies. No sessionStorage. No IndexedDB. Only one localStorage key for your score.

4. No Real Money or Gambling

This game is 100% free. No purchases, no virtual currencies, no loot boxes, no gambling, no prizes. All scores have zero monetary value.

Hammer Timing & Spark Mechanics

StarForge uses requestAnimationFrame to update hammer position each frame. The timing zone and perfect zone are fixed pixel ranges within the track. Hit quality (PERFECT vs GOOD) is determined by hammer position within sub-zones. Spark particle effects are CSS animations injected into the DOM. No timing data or rhythm session information is transmitted externally.

7. Google Fonts

We load Orbitron and Rajdhani from Google Fonts CDN. Google may log anonymised font-request metadata. No other third-party service is embedded. Block fonts.googleapis.com if desired — the game falls back to system fonts.

8. Hosting Logs

Our hosting provider may retain minimal server logs (HTTP status, timestamps) for security. These are not linked to individuals and are auto-purged.

9. Children's Privacy

We collect zero personal data. This complies with COPPA, GDPR-K, the UK Children's Code, and equivalent global laws.

10. Your Rights

We hold no personal data server-side. Clear your score anytime via browser site-data settings.

11. Changes

Material updates are reflected by a revised effective date. Continued use constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

Questions? Email: privacy@example.com