the rules of the road.
the agreement between you and dirtcube interactive llp when you use riff. read it once. then go ship something dumb.
- 01 · who you're agreeing with
who you're agreeing with
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and DirtCube Interactive LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in India with its principal place of business at C-45/3, TTC MIDC Rd, Turbhe MIDC, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400703 (“Riff”, “we”, “us”).
They govern your use of the Riff website at riff.games, our mobile applications, our embeddable widgets and any related services (together, the “Service”).
By creating an account, signing in, or otherwise using the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
- 02 · your account
your account
- You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. Users under 18 in India must obtain verifiable parental or guardian consent before using the Service, in accordance with the DPDP Act.
- You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity that occurs under your account.
- You agree to provide accurate and current information when creating your account, and to update it as necessary.
- One natural person, one account. You may not transfer or sell your account, share access, or operate multiple accounts to evade limits, suspensions, or anti-abuse systems.
- Automated account creation, scraping, or any use of bots is prohibited unless we have given you written permission.
- 03 · the service
the service
Riff lets you describe an idea in natural language and produces a short, playable web-based micro-game using a combination of large language models, image models and audio models. The Service also includes a vertical feed where users can play, like, comment on, share and remix riffs.
Generated outputs are produced by AI models and may contain inaccuracies, may not reflect your prompt as you intended, and may occasionally produce unexpected results. The Service is provided on a best-effort basis and we do not warrant any specific game quality, gameplay outcome, or factual accuracy.
We may add, change, suspend or remove features at any time. Where a change is material and adverse to paying users, we will give you reasonable advance notice.
- 04 · your content & licence to riff
your content & licence to riff
When you submit a prompt, generate a riff, save a clip, post a comment or otherwise create content on the Service (“User Content”):
- You retain whatever rights you have in your User Content as between you and us.
- You grant DirtCube Interactive LLP a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable licence to host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and otherwise use your User Content for the purposes of operating, providing, improving, promoting and marketing the Service. This includes the right to feature your User Content in editorial selections, social posts, in-product surfaces and trailers.
- You grant other users of the Service a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to access and play your publicly visible User Content through the Service, and where you have enabled remixing, to remix and create derivative works.
- The licences above survive deletion of your User Content only to the extent reasonably necessary, including (a) for backups and compliance, (b) for User Content that other users have already remixed or shared, and (c) for aggregated, anonymised or de-identified data derived from your use of the Service.
You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the licences above and that your User Content does not infringe the rights of any third party.
- 05 · ai-generated outputs
ai-generated outputs
Riffs are produced using third-party foundation models for code, imagery, music and sound. The legal status, ownership and copyrightability of AI-generated content varies by jurisdiction and is evolving.
We make no representation that you obtain copyright in any AI-generated output. As between you and us, we do not claim copyright over your generated games on your behalf, and we do not transfer to you any rights we hold in the underlying templates, system prompts, orchestration code or platform.
You are solely responsible for the prompts you submit and for any downstream use you make of generated outputs, including any decision to use them commercially.
- 06 · acceptable use
acceptable use
You agree not to use the Service to:
- Generate, post, share or transmit content that is illegal, defamatory, harassing, threatening, hateful, or that incites violence or discrimination against any person or group.
- Generate, post, share or transmit any sexually explicit content, and in particular any content that sexualises minors or is child sexual abuse material. This is an absolute prohibition.
- Infringe any intellectual-property right or other right of any person, including copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy or moral rights.
- Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
- Attempt to breach, probe, attack, reverse-engineer, decompile or disassemble any part of the Service, our infrastructure or any third-party model accessed through the Service, except to the limited extent applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction.
- Interfere with the integrity of the Service, including by spamming, flooding, scraping at scale, abusing rate limits, or circumventing access controls.
- Use the Service to develop a competing AI game-generation product or to train a competing model.
- Use the Service in violation of any applicable export-control or sanctions law.
We may, at our sole discretion, remove User Content, suspend or terminate accounts, and report material violations to law enforcement.
- 07 · ads, free tier & paid plans
ads, free tier & paid plans
Riff offers a free tier supported by advertising and one or more paid tiers. The features included in each tier, the price, the billing cadence and the available payment methods are described on our pricing page and may change from time to time on at least 30 days’ notice.
- Advertising: by using the free tier, you consent to the display of advertising, including interstitial and rewarded video formats, served by us and our advertising partners.
- Subscriptions: paid plans automatically renew at the end of each billing period until you cancel. You can cancel at any time in account settings; the cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current billing period.
- Credits and virtual items: any credits, drip coins, or other in-product currency are a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable licence to use features of the Service. They have no monetary value, cannot be redeemed for cash, and are non-refundable except where required by law.
- Taxes: prices may be exclusive of GST or equivalent taxes. Where applicable, taxes will be added at checkout or itemised on your invoice.
- Refunds: except where required by applicable consumer law, all payments are non-refundable. We may grant goodwill refunds at our discretion.
- Payment processing: payments are processed by regulated third-party payment processors. Their terms apply to the processing of your payment data.
- 08 · intellectual property
intellectual property
The Service, including its software, design, brand, wordmarks, logos, doodles, motion vocabulary, system prompts and proprietary datasets, is the property of DirtCube Interactive LLP or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property law.
We grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive and revocable licence to access and use the Service in accordance with these Terms. No other right or licence is granted, whether express or implied.
If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, please send a takedown notice to hello@riff.games identifying the work, the allegedly infringing material, your contact details and a good-faith statement under applicable law.
- 09 · third-party services
third-party services
The Service relies on third-party platforms, models and APIs, and may link to or embed third-party content. We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their content or practices. Your use of any third-party service is governed by that third party’s terms.
- 10 · termination
termination
You may stop using the Service at any time and delete your account from settings. We may suspend or terminate your account, remove User Content, or restrict access to the Service if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or applicable law, or if your use of the Service creates risk or possible legal exposure for us or other users.
On termination, your right to access the Service ends. Sections which by their nature should survive (including IP, licence grants, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law and dispute resolution) will survive termination.
- 11 · disclaimers
disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness or uninterrupted operation.
We do not warrant that the Service will be free from errors, security incidents or service interruptions, or that any AI-generated output will be accurate, useful, original, or fit for your intended purpose.
- 12 · limitation of liability
limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:
- Riff and DirtCube Interactive LLP will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, business, goodwill or reputation, arising out of or in connection with the Service or these Terms, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
- The total aggregate liability of DirtCube Interactive LLP and its partners, employees and affiliates to you, for any and all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service, will not exceed the greater of (i) the amounts paid by you to us for the Service in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (ii) INR 1,000.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- 13 · indemnity
indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DirtCube Interactive LLP and its partners, employees and affiliates from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to (a) your User Content, (b) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms or any applicable law, or (c) your violation of the rights of any third party.
- 14 · governing law & disputes
governing law & disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. The courts at Mumbai, India have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, and you submit to the jurisdiction of those courts.
Before starting a formal legal proceeding, we strongly encourage you to contact us at hello@riff.games. Most issues can be resolved quickly and without lawyers.
- 15 · changes to these terms
changes to these terms
We may revise these Terms from time to time. The “last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Where changes are material we will notify you in advance by email or via an in-product banner, at least 30 days before the changes take effect, except where shorter notice is required by law or to address a security risk.
Your continued use of the Service on or after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service before they take effect.
- 16 · miscellaneous
miscellaneous
- Entire agreement. These Terms (together with our Privacy Policy and any other policies referenced in these Terms) constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
- Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.
- No waiver. Our failure to enforce a right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision.
- Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them without restriction, including to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition or reorganisation.
- Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
- Notices. We may give notice to you by email, in-product banner or by posting on the Service. You may give notice to us at hello@riff.games.
if anything here is unclear, email hello@riff.games. we'd rather explain it than litigate it.
- company
- dirtcube interactive llp
- address
- c-45/3, ttc midc rd, turbhe midc,
turbhe, navi mumbai, maharashtra 400703, india - hello@riff.games
- phone
- +91 97696 14546