We are Obsidian Vision LLC, doing business as Silkworm Saga and Shigo, a company registered in Texas, United States at 17350 State Highway 249, #220, Houston, TX 77064.
We operate the websites https://www.silkwormsaga.com and https://www.shigo.world (collectively, the "Sites") and the mobile application Shigo (the "App"), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (collectively, the "Services").
Shigo is a free-to-play mobile strategy and mind training game set in the Silkworm Saga Afrofuturist universe. Players compete on a three-dimensional geodesic sphere, claiming territory and defending against opponents in solo matches against AI opponents and (where available) multiplayer matches. The App includes an AI-powered coaching system, a personality-based warrior archetype identity system, an in-game Legacy Points economy, an optional paid subscription, and an optional player-facing Strategy Codex feature in which players may submit names for emergent gameplay strategies they discover. Shigo is intended for players ages 13 and up.
You can contact us by email at support@silkwormsaga.com or by mail to 17350 State Highway 249, #220, Houston, TX 77064, United States.
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Obsidian Vision LLC. By accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
The Services are intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. Users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Services. If you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read and agree to these Legal Terms prior to you using the Services.
The information provided when using the Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (HIPAA, FISMA, etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the "Content"), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks"). This includes without limitation the names, likenesses, designs, lore, and visual identities of all characters, factions, locations, archetypes, and other elements of the Silkworm Saga fictional universe; the geodesic-sphere playing surface; the Memory Forge mechanic; the warrior-archetype identity system; and the Strategy Codex.
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and trademark laws and treaties in the United States and around the world. The Content and Marks are provided in or through the Services "AS IS" for your personal, non-commercial use only.
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access the Services and download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access, solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Content, or Marks other than as set out in this section, please address your request to: support@silkwormsaga.com.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will terminate immediately.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms; (4) you are not under the age of 13; (5) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the Services; (6) you will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (7) you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (8) your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
You may be required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
We may make available digital products, including but not limited to subscriptions, in-game currency (Legacy Points), and access to additional in-game content. All such products are intended for use within the Services only and have no cash value outside of the Services. Legacy Points and similar in-game items are not redeemable for cash, are not transferable between accounts, and may be modified, devalued, or removed at our sole discretion. We make every effort to display as accurately as possible the products that appear at the Services. However, we cannot guarantee that the descriptions or pricing of any products are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. All products are subject to availability, and we cannot guarantee that items will be in stock.
Subscription and in-app purchases within the App are processed by Apple Inc. through the App Store (for iOS users) or Google LLC through Google Play (for Android users), and are managed through our subscription provider RevenueCat. Purchases of physical merchandise through our Sites (if and when offered) are processed by Shopify Inc. and its associated payment partners. You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed.
We reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order.
Your subscription will continue and automatically renew unless canceled. You consent to our charging your payment method on a recurring basis without requiring your prior approval for each recurring charge, until such time as you cancel the applicable order. The length of your billing cycle will depend on the type of subscription plan you choose.
If you cancel your subscription, your access to subscription-exclusive features will continue until the end of the current paid billing period. After that, subscription-exclusive content associated with your account will be hidden (not deleted). If you resubscribe at any time in the future, your previously associated subscription-exclusive content, history, and entitlements will be restored to your account where technically possible. We do not guarantee restoration of content that has been retired, modified, or removed from the Services between your cancellation and resubscription.
iOS subscriptions can be cancelled at any time through iPhone Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Android subscriptions can be cancelled through the Google Play Store app under Subscriptions. Access to paid features continues until the end of the current billing period. Your cancellation will take effect at the end of the current paid term. If you have any questions or are unsatisfied with our Services, please email us at support@silkwormsaga.com.
We may, from time to time, make changes to the subscription fee and will communicate any price changes to you in accordance with applicable law and the policies of the relevant App Distributor (Apple or Google).
All sales are final and no refund will be issued by us. Refund requests for in-app subscriptions and purchases must be made directly to the relevant App Distributor (Apple App Store or Google Play) in accordance with their refund policies. For technical issues preventing access to purchased content, contact us at support@silkwormsaga.com.
The Services may include an optional feature (the "Player-Discovered Strategy Program") under which a player who discovers a new, previously undocumented strategy in Shigo gameplay may submit a proposed name for that strategy and receive associated in-game recognition (a "Legacy Title") and benefits as described in Section 11.
For the purposes of these Legal Terms, a "Strategy Submission" means any name, label, phrase, or short descriptive text submitted by a player through the Player-Discovered Strategy Program for the purpose of identifying or naming an emergent gameplay pattern, opening, defense, technique, or similar gameplay phenomenon ("Strategy"). A Strategy itself — meaning the underlying sequence of moves, positions, board states, or gameplay patterns — is not owned by any player, is treated as a discoverable fact about the game, and remains the property of Obsidian Vision LLC together with the rest of the Services.
By making any Strategy Submission, you irrevocably grant to Obsidian Vision LLC a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, transferable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, broadcast, and otherwise exploit the Strategy Submission, in whole or in part, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, and for any purpose, including without limitation:
This license survives the termination of these Legal Terms, the closure or deletion of your account, and the discontinuation of the Player-Discovered Strategy Program.
By making a Strategy Submission, you represent and warrant that: (1) the Strategy Submission is your own original creation and does not incorporate any third-party intellectual property; (2) the Strategy Submission does not infringe any trademark, copyright, right of publicity, right of privacy, or other right of any third party; (3) the Strategy Submission does not contain the name, image, or likeness of any real person without that person's permission; (4) the Strategy Submission does not contain profanity, hate speech, slurs, threats, sexually explicit content, or other objectionable content; and (5) you have the legal authority to grant the license described above.
We are under no obligation to accept, use, retain, display, attribute, or compensate any Strategy Submission. We may, in our sole discretion and at any time, reject, remove, modify, rename, retire, replace, or aggregate any Strategy Submission for any reason or no reason.
You may request removal of your personal association with a Strategy Submission at any time by contacting us at support@silkwormsaga.com. Upon receipt of a valid request, we will (i) replace the personalized name with a default identifier (such as "Discovery #47"); (ii) cease attributing the Strategy Submission to you; and (iii) terminate any associated Legacy Title and in-game benefits as described in Section 12. The Strategy itself, and any aggregated or anonymized data associated with it, may continue to be used by us.
All Strategy Submissions are subject to review by us prior to being applied within the Services. The review process is intended to ensure that Strategy Submissions are appropriate for our community, consistent with the tone and content of the Silkworm Saga universe, and free of third-party intellectual-property conflicts. The following standards apply:
If your initial Strategy Submission is rejected, you may submit one (1) revised name for the same Strategy. If the revised submission is also rejected, the Strategy will be assigned a default identifier by us and the player Legacy Title for that Strategy, if any, will not be issued.
All review decisions are final and are not subject to appeal. We retain the right to revisit, modify, or retire any previously accepted Strategy Submission, in our sole discretion, for reasons including but not limited to subsequent trademark conflict, lore evolution, community concerns, or technical limitations.
A "Legacy Title" is an in-game honorific badge associated with the discovery of a new Strategy and may include in-game and ancillary benefits as we determine from time to time. The currently anticipated tiers of Legacy Title are referred to internally as Strategist, Loremaker, Architect, and Legend. The specific tier criteria, in-game point payouts, and ancillary benefits associated with each tier are subject to change at our sole discretion and may not be relied upon as a guaranteed or vested entitlement.
All monthly Legacy Point payouts and related in-game rewards associated with any Legacy Title are in-game value only. They have no cash value, are not redeemable for currency, are not transferable between accounts, and may be modified, devalued, retired, or removed by us at our sole discretion. Nothing in the Player-Discovered Strategy Program creates an employment, agency, partnership, joint-venture, or independent-contractor relationship between you and Obsidian Vision LLC.
Where offered, merchandise discounts associated with Legacy Title tiers are applied through our merchandise storefront at the time of purchase. Discounts may be modified or withdrawn at any time without notice. Discounts cannot be combined with other promotions unless we expressly state otherwise.
We may, in our sole discretion, promote a player to a higher Legacy Title tier based on the adoption, recognition, or impact of a Strategy. We may also retire, downgrade, or reassign a Legacy Title where a Strategy is later found to duplicate a prior discovery, where the Strategy is no longer present in the Services due to gameplay changes, or where the original Strategy Submission has been removed under Section 10.
A Legacy Title and any associated benefits may be terminated or suspended:
If Obsidian Vision LLC is acquired by, merged into, or its rights in the Services are otherwise transferred to a successor entity, Legacy Titles and their associated benefits will continue under the successor entity, subject to that successor's reasonable adjustments to the benefits structure and to these Legal Terms.
If we permanently shut down the Services and do not transfer them to a successor, any then-active Legacy Title in-game benefits will be wound down through a final twelve (12) month period of equivalent benefits where commercially reasonable, after which they will terminate. No cash payments will be made in lieu of in-game benefits.
You acknowledge and agree that we collect and process anonymous gameplay data, including move-by-move match transcripts, board states, win conditions, faction selections, and difficulty tier choices, as further described in our Privacy Policy. This data is used among other purposes to calibrate the behavior and difficulty of our AI opponents.
You further acknowledge and agree that the behavior of our AI opponents may vary by difficulty tier and may be adjusted by us over time in response to anonymous gameplay data, balance considerations, or research findings. AI opponent behavior is not guaranteed to be uniform across tiers, across regions, across versions of the App, or across time. We make no warranty as to the strength, style, fairness, or consistency of any AI opponent.
You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. As a user of the Services, you agree not to:
Other than Strategy Submissions made under Section 9, the Services do not generally offer users the opportunity to submit or post public content. To the extent we may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Services (collectively, "Contributions"), when you create or make available any Contributions, you represent and warrant that your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, misleading, obscene, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, and do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
You and the Services agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data that you provide following the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices. By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services, you agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
Except as set out in Section 9 for Strategy Submissions, we do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights associated with your Contributions.
We may provide you areas on the Services to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria: (1) you should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed; (2) your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hateful language; (3) your reviews should not contain discriminatory references; (4) your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity; (5) you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews; (6) you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct; (7) you may not post any false or misleading statements; and (8) you may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.
If you access the Services via the App, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the App on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the App strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license. You shall not: (1) except as permitted by applicable law, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the App; (2) make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the App; (3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the App; (4) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice posted by us or the licensors of the App; or (5) use the App for any revenue-generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended.
The following terms apply when you use the App obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an "App Distributor"): (1) the license granted to you for our App is limited to a non-transferable license to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems; (2) we are responsible for providing maintenance and support services for the App as specified in the terms and conditions of this license; (3) in the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor may refund the purchase price, if any; (4) you represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a US government embargo or listed on any US government list of prohibited parties; and (5) you acknowledge and agree that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this mobile application license.
The Services may contain links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content"). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Services or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Services.
We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who violates the law or these Legal Terms; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable any of your Contributions or Strategy Submissions; (4) remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property.
We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://silkwormsaga.com/privacy. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Services are hosted in the United States, Germany, and Finland.
These Legal Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION.
If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.
We cannot guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. Nothing in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
These Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a "Dispute"), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.
If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and, where appropriate, the AAA's Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Fort Bend County, Texas.
The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. No arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding, and there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis.
The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect any intellectual property rights, including without limitation rights asserted by us under Section 2 (Intellectual Property Rights) or Section 9 (Player-Discovered Strategy Program and UGC License); (b) any Dispute related to allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief.
There may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.
The services are provided on an as-is and as-available basis. You agree that your use of the services will be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the services and your use thereof, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the services' content or the content of any websites or mobile applications linked to the services and we will assume no liability or responsibility for any errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content and materials, personal injury or property damage, any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers, any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the services, any bugs or viruses transmitted to or through the services, or any errors or omissions in any content and materials.
In no event will we or our directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, or punitive damages, including lost profit, lost revenue, loss of data, loss of in-game currency, or other damages arising from your use of the services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, our liability to you for any cause whatsoever and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to us during the twelve (12) month period prior to any cause of action arising. Certain US state laws and international laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers or limitations may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) use of the Services; (2) breach of these Legal Terms; (3) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Legal Terms, including without limitation your representations under Section 9 regarding Strategy Submissions; (4) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (5) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Services with whom you connected via the Services.
We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SERVICES.
If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Services.
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at:
Obsidian Vision LLC
17350 State Highway 249, #220
Houston, TX 77064
United States
support@silkwormsaga.com