Privacy Policy
Ashen Duel is a free sword-duel game you play in your browser. This page explains what we keep about you, why, and how to remove it. In short: we keep only what the game needs, we don't show ads, and we don't sell your data.
If you play as a guest
Your account details are not involved: your coins, fighters, level and settings stay in your own browser (its local storage) and disappear if you clear your browser data. The only thing sent is the anonymous play count described under Cookies and play counts.
If you make an account
| What | Why |
|---|
| Your email address and a login password (stored only as a secure hash by our login provider) | To log you in and to send the confirmation and password-reset emails you ask for |
| If you use Google sign-in: your name and email from your Google account | To log you in. We don't receive your Google password, contacts or anything else. |
| Your username | So other players can see who they are fighting |
| Game progress: coins, unlocked fighters, tutorial, wins, matches, XP and level | So your progress is kept on every device |
| Ranked data: rank points, wins, losses, streak and a record of ranked results | To run ranked matchmaking and ranks, and to stop cheating |
What other players can see
Your username, the fighter you pick, and in ranked matches your rank and points. Your email is never shown to anyone.
Online matches
When you play online, your game connects to our server, which pairs you with an opponent and passes your moves between your two browsers. Like every website, the server sees your IP address while you are connected. We don't store it, but our hosting provider may keep short-term technical logs.
Services we use
- Supabase: our database and login provider. It stores the account data listed above.
- Our hosting provider: runs the game server and the website.
- Google: for Google sign-in (only if you choose it), and for the fonts on the site.
- jsDelivr: a content network that delivers parts of the game's code to your browser.
These services handle data only to provide their part of the game. They may process it in other countries.
Cookies and play counts
We don't use cookies, ads or third-party analytics. The game keeps your settings, guest progress and login session in your browser's local storage so it works the next time you visit.
To see how many people play, the game makes a random number the first time you visit and keeps it in local storage. When the game opens or a match starts, it sends that number and the kind of match (for example, versus AI) to our server. The server keeps only a scrambled version of the number, per day, to count daily players and how many come back the next day. It is not linked to your account, name or IP address. If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, no number is made and only the visit is counted. Clearing the site's data resets it.
How long we keep it
Until you delete your account. After that it's gone from the game's database right away. Copies may stay in our providers' backups for a short time before those expire.
Delete your data
In the game: Account → Delete my account. Confirm, and your login, username, coins, fighters, levels, rank and match records are deleted for good. Guest progress lives only in your browser: clear the site's data to remove it.
Children
Ashen Duel contains stylised sword fighting and blood effects (blood can be turned off in Settings). It isn't made for young children. If you are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian before you create an account.
Your rights
You can see your data in the game's Account screen, change your username, and delete everything at any time. For anything else, such as a copy of your data or a correction, contact us below.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change is important, we'll mention it in the game.