Terms of Use
Last updated 6 November 2026
In short: Détente is licensed to you under Apple's standard terms. Diplomat is an optional subscription you can cancel any time in Settings. Every region of the game can be completed without Diplomat. Play fair, and you keep your rights under consumer law.
Who we are
Détente is made by Frontier Collective ("we", "us"). These terms cover the game and its website, detente.frontiercollective.ai. By downloading or playing the game you agree to them. Write to admin@frontiercollective.ai with any question.
The licence
Détente is licensed to you, not sold, under Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA"), which applies together with these terms. You may use it on Apple devices you own or control, as the App Store's usage rules allow. If these terms and the Apple EULA differ, the Apple EULA governs your use of the app.
The game and your progress
- Your progress (regions, stars, gold, Leverage, weekly results and the isles you draw) is stored on your device only. We can't see it, and we can't restore it if the app is deleted.
- We may update the game: add or change levels, rules and balance, or fix problems. We'll never change a level while you are playing it.
- Leverage and gold are part of the game. They have no money value: they can't be bought with money, sold, exchanged or cashed out.
Diplomat subscription
- Diplomat is an optional auto-renewing subscription, billed weekly at the price shown in the app before you confirm, in your local currency and including any tax.
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before then.
- Manage or cancel any time in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep Diplomat until the end of the period you have paid for.
- Apple handles payments and refunds under its own policies. To ask for a refund, go to reportaproblem.apple.com.
- If the price goes up, Apple tells you first and, where the law or Apple's rules require it, asks for your agreement before the new price applies.
- What Diplomat includes is listed on the Become a Diplomat screen. We may add benefits; we won't remove one you have paid for during the current period.
- If you change device or reinstall, use Restore purchases with the same Apple ID. If the subscription ends, anything you made in the game stays yours.
- Every region of the game can be completed without Diplomat.
Fair play
Don't copy, modify, reverse-engineer, redistribute or sell the game or its content, or use it to break the law. The isles you draw are yours; we claim no rights over them.
Our content
The game, its art, music, text and names belong to Frontier Collective or the people who licensed them to us.
If we stop
We may stop offering the game or a feature of it. If we stop offering Diplomat, we'll stop renewals, and you won't be charged for a period you can't use.
Liability
The game is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for losses that weren't foreseeable, or for business losses. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law doesn't let us limit.
If you are a consumer, you have legal rights that these terms don't affect (in Australia, under the Australian Consumer Law; in the UK, under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). Where the law gives you a guarantee that can't be excluded, nothing in these terms excludes it. Apple's role, including any refund, is set out in the Apple EULA.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of New South Wales, Australia. If you live elsewhere you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer law where you live, and you can bring a claim in your local courts.
Changes to these terms
If these terms change, the new version is posted here with a new date. A change that affects Diplomat or what you can do in the game is also shown in the app before it applies.