Privacy
First Fire is a small game, and it tries to know as little about you as it can. There are no accounts, no ads, and no cookies. The only thing it ever asks for is an email address, and only if you want news.
What stays on your device
Your game is saved in your own browser: your group, your settings, and a short line for each group that came before. It never leaves your device unless you make a save code and share it yourself. Clearing your browser's data for the site erases it.
What we count
To learn whether people enjoy the game, it sends a few anonymous counts to GoatCounter, a privacy-friendly counter that uses no cookies. The counts are things like:
- the game was opened, by a new player or a returning one
- a group lit its first fire, lived through its first winter, heard its first old story, or finished its first year
- a group was lost, the ash winter came, or a group crossed the mountains
To tell a returning player from a new one, the game keeps a random code in your browser. That code is never sent anywhere. Nothing you type, such as your group's name, is ever sent. If you block GoatCounter, the game plays exactly the same.
If you test the game on your own devices, Settings has a "Don't count my play" switch, under Privacy, that keeps that browser out of the counts.
If you sign up for email
After your first winter, the game offers to tell you by email when the next era comes. It's always optional. If you sign up, your email address goes to Buttondown, the service that sends the emails, and only First Fire's maker can see it. It's used only for First Fire news, never sold or shared, and every email has a link to unsubscribe. You need to be 13 or older to sign up.
Other services the pages use
- The game and this site are hosted on GitHub Pages, which keeps ordinary server logs.
- The lettering comes from Google Fonts, so your browser asks Google for the font files.
- The Discord link takes you to Discord. What happens there is covered by Discord's own privacy policy.
Questions
Email grandvillain@firstfire.world, or ask in the First Fire Discord. To have your email address removed, unsubscribe from any email, or write to that address.