LEGAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE

1. Intellectual Property Ownership

All content associated with this website, studio brand, and software portfolio—including but not limited to the studio names Dark Slug Games™ and Knighthunter Thorin Cook™, vector logos, brand iconography, game titles (including "It Speaks"), narrative text, visual assets, audio recordings, source code, and interactive media—is the exclusive intellectual property of Knighthunter Thorin Cook and Dark Slug Games, protected by United States and International copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.

No portion of this website, its associated artwork, or downloadable software builds may be reproduced, redistributed, mirrored, sold, or modified without explicit, prior written consent from the copyright holder.

2. Third-Party Trademarks & Nominative Fair Use

Throughout this website and associated developer communications, Dark Slug Games may reference third-party video games, franchises, or publishing entities (such as Resident Evil™, Silent Hill™, Fatal Frame™, Manhunt™, Capcom Co., Ltd., Konami Digital Entertainment, or Sony Interactive Entertainment) for purely descriptive, historical, or biographical purposes to express artistic inspiration and game design philosophy.

These references constitute **Nominative Fair Use** under trademark law. Dark Slug Games is an entirely independent, self-funded developer entity and claims no ownership over, nor affiliation, endorsement, or sponsorship with any third-party intellectual properties, studios, or publishers mentioned. All third-party trademarks, product names, and company names remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

3. Content Creator & Video Broadcast Policy

Dark Slug Games actively supports the gaming community, content creators, and journalists. We grant express, revocable, worldwide permission to video game streamers, YouTubers, reviewers, and content creators to broadcast, record, review, and monetize video footage and Let's Play content of our games, demos, and trailers across digital video platforms (including YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Facebook Gaming).

This permission is granted under the following simple conditions:

• Attribution: Creators are kindly requested to include a direct hyperlink to the official Dark Slug Games hub or official storefront page (Steam / itch.io) within the video description or broadcast metadata.
• Good Faith: Content must not be used to promote hate speech, unlawful activities, or deliberately malicious misinformation regarding the studio.
• Monetization: Creators are fully permitted to generate ad revenue, subscriber payouts, and creator donations through their broadcasts of our software.

4. Software Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability

All software builds, prototypes, demos, and downloadable assets provided directly through this hub or linked third-party developer portals (including itch.io and Steam) are provided strictly on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

In no event shall Dark Slug Games or Knighthunter Thorin Cook be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including but not limited to hardware instability, loss of data, or system interruption) arising in any way out of the downloading, installation, or execution of our interactive software or web applications.

5. External Storefronts & Third-Party Services

This website contains hyperlinks connecting users to external digital platforms, including Valve Corporation's Steam portal, itch.io, Kickstarter, Ko-fi, and various social media platforms. Dark Slug Games does not govern or control the privacy policies, data collection practices, or terms of service of these third-party websites. Accessing external platforms via hyperlinks provided on this website is done entirely at the user's own discretion and risk.