Who runs this game

Knight's Quest is a free hobby project, built and run by a single developer. That developer is responsible for the data described below. You can reach them through the Contact page — it works even when you're not logged in.

What we store

Only what the game needs to work:

• Your username and your password — the password is never stored as you typed it, only as a one-way scrambled hash that can't be turned back into the original.
• Your knight and everything about them: name, level, attributes, gold, equipment, inventory, mission history, Tournament Grounds rank, and similar game progress.
• Messages you send to and receive from other knights.
• The date you accepted these terms.
• Which hours your account logged in (just the hour, nothing about what you did), so the developer can see how many players visit and when.
• Your IP address, briefly — to slow down repeated failed login attempts, to limit how often new accounts can be created (kept for 15 minutes) and how often the Contact form can be used without logging in (kept for one hour), and in the server's routine access logs.
• Copies of messages you report, or that are reported about you, for the developer to review.

We don't ask for your real name, and an email address is only collected if you choose to leave one on the Contact form so the developer can reply.

Cookies

The game uses a single cookie, which keeps you logged in. It's strictly necessary for the game to work, so there's nothing to opt into. There are no advertising, analytics, or tracking cookies.

Cloudflare (see below) may also set its own short-lived security cookie, used only to tell real visitors apart from bots and attacks. It isn't used to track you or for advertising.

Who else sees your data

Nobody we sell to — your data is never sold, rented, or used for advertising. The game loads no third-party scripts, fonts, or trackers.

Two outside services are involved:

• Cloudflare, which sits in front of the game to deliver it securely and protect it from attacks and abuse. Every visit passes through Cloudflare, so it handles your IP address, basic browser information, and the pages you request on the way to the game. It processes this only to provide that service, under its own privacy policy.
• Resend, an email delivery provider: when you send a message through the Contact form, or report a message, its contents (and your reply-to email, if you gave one) pass through Resend to reach the developer's inbox.

Other players can see your knight's name, level, and Tournament Grounds rank on The Sword Register, and can view your knight's character sheet from there.

Your messages

Messages between knights are stored on the server unencrypted. The developer can read them when investigating a report of harassment or another rule break, and won't otherwise go looking.

Every message you receive has a Report button. Reporting one sends a copy of it to the developer, who reviews it against the Game Rules.

How long we keep it

For as long as your account exists. When you delete your account, everything tied to it is removed at once — your knight, your progress, and every conversation you were part of. Copies may survive in the server's automatic backups for up to 7 days before those are deleted too. A message that was reported stays in the developer's email inbox as a record of that report.

Your rights

You can delete your account and all of its data yourself at any time, from Settings. You can also ask the developer, through the Contact page, for a copy of the data held about you or for anything in it to be corrected. If you believe your data has been mishandled, you have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

Age

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account, or have permission from a parent or guardian.