Your privacy and the alpha
This page explains what happens to the details you give when you sign up for the Emberwrought alpha.
What we keep
- Your email address or Discord name (whichever you gave).
- Your answers: what you like to play, and the optional line about yourself.
- Your machine-check result: whether your browser supports 3D (WebGL 2), the graphics chip it reports, the frame rate of the test scene, your browser and its version, your operating system, your screen size, and the number of processor cores and memory your browser reports. If you don't run the test, we still keep what your browser reports, without a frame rate.
- Your connection's IP address, and the time you signed up.
- Whether you ticked "tell me when Emberwrought launches on Steam".
Why
Only to choose who plays in each wave of the alpha, so that we get a good mix of players and machines; to send you your invite or a "you're on the list" message; and to stop spam and repeat sign-ups (that's what the IP address is for).
We never share or sell your details, and we don't use them for advertising.
How long
Everything is deleted when the alpha ends, by 31 January 2027.
If you ticked "tell me when Emberwrought launches on Steam", we keep only your email address or Discord name (nothing else) to tell you about the launch, until you ask us to remove it.
Where it's stored
In the game's database at Supabase, a hosting provider. Only the developer can read it; the sign-up form can add a sign-up but can't read any.
How to be removed
Ask on our Discord, or reply to any email from us. We'll delete your sign-up straight away.
The alpha survey
If you answer the survey during the alpha, we keep your answers, the game version and wave you played, your machine details (as above; the frame rate only if you ran the test on this site in the same browser) and your IP address. We use them only to improve the game and stop spam. An email or Discord name, if you leave one, is used only to ask about your answers. It's all deleted when the alpha ends, by 31 January 2027, or sooner if you ask on our Discord.
Other services this site uses
The site's fonts come from Google Fonts, and the 3D test loads its 3D library from jsDelivr when you press "Test my machine". Like any website, those services see your IP address when your browser fetches from them. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and has no ads or tracking. If you run the machine test, your browser keeps its result in its own storage, and it's sent to us only with your sign-up or survey answers; clearing your browser's site data removes it.