PRIVACY
POLICY.
This page explains what information the Wattcraft website and game collect, and why.
The website
When you visit this site, Cloudflare processes request data such as your IP address, browser details and requested pages to deliver and protect the website. Google Analytics loads only after you allow it. Google then processes page visit and device or browser data to help us understand site usage. Your choice is saved in this browser and can be changed with “Analytics choices” in the footer. We do not use the website for advertising.
The contact form asks for your name, email address and message. We use this only to respond to you. Cloudflare Turnstile checks form submissions for abuse; Cloudflare Email Service sends the message to our support inbox. Do not put sensitive information in your message.
The game and your data
Wattcraft has no chat, ads or in-app purchases, and you never need to create an account. It does not ask for your email address, contacts, photos or precise location. Saved grids and settings stay on your device, or in your browser’s storage for the web game; they are not uploaded to us. Pictures you share from the game go only where you send them.
When gameplay analytics is enabled in a distributed build, the game sends events to GameAnalytics to help us understand play and fix problems. These can include run starts and ends, construction, in-game map positions, milestones, blackouts, menu and settings choices, frame timing, fixed save/load error codes, device model, operating system and version, app version, language, session timing and identifiers provided to the SDK. GameAnalytics may derive approximate country from IP address. We do not add your player name, contact details, real-world location, saves or screenshots to these events. The game works offline; no analytics are sent while offline.
Online leaderboards
The game ranks your best peak power on each map, separately for phones, tablets and computers. When you are online, the game takes part automatically and sends the following to our leaderboard service, which runs on Cloudflare:
- A player identity: a random player ID and a secret credential the game creates for your installation. We store only a hash of the credential.
- Your player name: a generated name such as “Operator 1a2b3c4d” until you choose your own. On iOS it may start as your Game Center alias, and on Android as your Google Play Games name.
- Your country: when a score is submitted, Cloudflare tells us which country your connection comes from. We store it and show it as a flag. It is derived from your IP address and may be wrong if you use a VPN or roam. We use the IP address itself only to limit how often requests can be made, and do not store it.
- Your runs: for each ranked run, the map, the seed, the device category, the score, a record of your building actions and a picture of your final grid. We use these to check that scores are genuine.
- Your Google Play Games account (Android only): if you are signed in to Play Games, the game lets our service read your Play Games player ID, so that your rankings follow you to a new device or a reinstall.
Other players see your player name, your country’s flag, your scores and your rank. Nothing else is public. Choose a name that does not identify you if you prefer to stay anonymous; offensive names may be reset and their players removed from the rankings.
Action records and final-grid pictures are deleted after 30 days. Your player name, country, scores and run summaries are kept until you ask us to delete them. A run started offline is never ranked, and the game sends nothing to the leaderboard service while it is offline.
Service providers
Cloudflare hosts and protects this site, checks contact-form submissions with Turnstile, sends form messages through Email Service, and runs the game’s leaderboard service. Google Analytics measures website use only if you allow it. GameAnalytics processes gameplay events in builds with analytics enabled. Their own privacy policies explain their processing in more detail: Cloudflare, Google, and GameAnalytics.
Children
Wattcraft contains nothing unsuitable for children, but it is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your choices and rights
You can contact us to access or delete your messages, the gameplay analytics associated with your device, or your leaderboard player (its name, scores and runs). Include your platform, your player name and the approximate date you played so we can find it. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, the UK GDPR, the CCPA or Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance), you may have further rights, which you can exercise the same way. Browser controls and privacy tools can limit website analytics; you can play the game offline without sending gameplay events or leaderboard data.
Changes
We will update this page and its effective date when this policy changes.
Contact
Use the contact page or email to reach the Wattcraft team when contact details are published.