Founder terms

The short version

You are supporting development, not pre-ordering a product. There is no release date and no promise of one. You can have a full refund for any reason within 30 days. After that, the money has gone into building the game and is not refundable, including if the game is never finished.

If that is not a trade you want to make, please do not buy a founder tier. Joining the Hatch List is free and costs you nothing but an email address.

Refunds

Email support@gecktopia.com within 30 days of your purchase and you will be refunded in full. You do not need to give a reason. Refunds go back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, and usually take a few working days to appear.

When a purchase is refunded, the founder benefits attached to it end. That includes any founder number, which returns to the pool.

If Gecktopia never launches

It might not. It is being made by one person alongside other work, and plenty of games like it are never finished. You should decide whether to support it with that possibility in mind rather than in spite of it.

After the 30 day window, founder purchases are not refundable, and that includes the case where development stops. The money will already have been spent on the work. Promising otherwise would mean holding it in reserve instead of using it, which would defeat the point of raising it.

What is promised instead: if development stops, you will be told plainly and promptly rather than left to work it out from an abandoned site.

What is not promised

• No release date, and no estimated release date.
• No beta date, and no guarantee that a beta will happen.
• No guarantee that any particular feature described anywhere on this site will exist in the finished game, or that it will work the way it is described today.

The rewards listed below are exact. Each tier includes everything in the tier before it, and its Opals and growth items are totals, not additions to the tier before it.

What each tier includes

Benefits described as permanent are intended to last for the life of the game. If a named feature is replaced by a different one, the recognition moves with it rather than disappearing.

In-game items and currency

Opals, items, cosmetics and founder designations are licensed for use inside Gecktopia. They are not property, they have no cash value, they cannot be exchanged for money, and they cannot be sold or transferred outside the game.

Your rewards reach your game account through a claim link sent to the email you bought with. A link works for 30 days, and you can ask for a fresh claim link at any time.

Who can buy

You must be at least 18 years old to make a founder purchase. Gecktopia itself will be playable by younger people, but payment has to come from an adult. See the terms for the age rules in full.

A parent or guardian can buy a founder tier for a younger player. The claim link goes to the email used to pay, and the rewards join whichever Gecktopia account is signed in when the link is opened, so it can be passed on to them.

Who you are buying from, and questions

Founder purchases are sold by Built by Dusty, a sole proprietorship operated by Dusty Mumphrey. Payment is handled by Stripe, and card details never reach this site. How your information is used is set out in the privacy policy.

For anything at all, including a refund, email support@gecktopia.com.