Terms of Service

Introduction

Bounty Bay is a competitive negotiation game operated by Transformative Solutions B.V., registered at Johanna Westerdijkplein 2, The Hague, the Netherlands (“Bounty Bay”, “we”, “us”). These Terms govern your access to and use of the Bounty Bay website, game, matchmaking, AI opponents, rankings, feedback systems and related services (collectively, the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. Our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Fair Play Rules, and any rules displayed for a particular game mode, competition or event also apply. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

1. About Bounty Bay

Bounty Bay is an entertainment product built around simulated negotiation and bargaining. Players may negotiate against other human players, artificial-intelligence-controlled characters or other game systems. Gameplay may involve offers, concessions, communication, incomplete information, strategic behaviour, scoring systems and simulated economic decisions. Bounty Bay also uses gameplay data and selected negotiation research to provide players with feedback intended to support reflection, experimentation and learning. Bounty Bay is not a psychological assessment, employment assessment, professional certification or professional negotiation service. Performance within Bounty Bay reflects performance under the particular rules, incentives, information, opponents and scenarios presented by the game. It does not establish a person’s general negotiation ability or predict performance in other contexts.

2. Scores, rankings and performance metrics

Bounty Bay may calculate scores, ratings, rankings and statistics based on gameplay. Depending on the game mode, these may include agreement outcomes, value captured, bargaining-range performance, offers, concessions, communication behaviour, match history and other gameplay variables. These are game metrics designed to describe or compare performance within Bounty Bay. They should not be interpreted as psychological, employment, educational or professional assessments. Scoring and ranking systems may change as Bounty Bay develops. The methodology applicable to a match or competition is the methodology identified for that game mode at the relevant time. Historical scores generated under different versions of a scoring system may not be directly comparable.

3. AI opponents

Some Bounty Bay opponents are controlled wholly or partly by artificial intelligence or automated game systems. AI-controlled opponents will be identified within the Service where required. AI opponents may differ in strategy, difficulty, communication style, information-seeking behaviour, concession patterns, patience and other characteristics. Unless a game mode expressly provides otherwise, information designated as private to a player—such as a private MAX (buyer) or MIN (seller) or confidential game instruction—is not intended to be available to the opposing AI solely because it is controlled by Bounty Bay. AI-generated dialogue may be inaccurate, inconsistent, inappropriate or unexpected. Statements made by opponents during a negotiation may also intentionally be strategic, incomplete, misleading or false as part of the simulated negotiation. Such statements should not automatically be understood as factual claims merely because they are presented by an AI character.

4. Characters and historical figures

Bounty Bay contains fictional characters, generic archetypes and fictionalized interpretations of historical figures. Dialogue, strategies, visual depictions and personality traits attributed to historical figures may combine historical inspiration with invented material for gameplay and entertainment purposes. Unless expressly identified otherwise, they are not quotations, historical reconstructions or representations of documented conduct. Generic contemporary characters and archetypes are fictional composites and are not intended to depict any particular living individual. The appearance of a person, character, institution or historical figure in Bounty Bay does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation.

5. Feedback and negotiation analysis

Bounty Bay may analyze actions taken during a match, including offers, concessions, timing, outcomes and communication, to provide post-match feedback. Feedback may distinguish between:

• observed behaviour, such as making three consecutive concessions;
• calculated game metrics, such as the proportion of an available bargaining range captured; and
• interpretations or suggestions, such as identifying a negotiation pattern or proposing something to experiment with in a future match.

Automated analysis can be incomplete or incorrect. Bounty Bay analyzes behaviour observed within a game. It does not determine why a player behaved in a particular way. Feedback should therefore not be interpreted as determining a player’s personality, motives, emotions, mental state, psychological characteristics or general professional capability.

6. Research-based insights

Bounty Bay may connect observed gameplay patterns with findings, theories or frameworks from negotiation research. Research references displayed through the Service are drawn from a curated source library. Bibliographic information and research references are not intended to be freely invented by generative AI. Research findings may have been produced under particular experimental conditions, populations, negotiation structures or other limitations. A finding observed in one context does not necessarily predict what will happen in another negotiation. Accordingly, statements such as “research suggests”, “is associated with”, “may” or similar formulations should be understood as qualified descriptions rather than guarantees. Where practical, Bounty Bay may provide access to information about the research underlying a particular insight. Reference to a publication, researcher, university, journal, publisher or framework does not imply that its authors or associated institutions endorse, sponsor or are affiliated with Bounty Bay. All third-party publications and materials remain subject to the rights of their respective owners.

7. Learning and real-world use

Bounty Bay is designed to allow players to practice decisions, observe outcomes and experiment with negotiation approaches. We do not guarantee that using Bounty Bay will improve negotiation performance or produce any particular professional, financial, educational or personal outcome. Bounty Bay provides gameplay analysis and educational information, not professional advice. Do not rely on game outcomes or feedback as the sole basis for consequential real-world decisions. Players remain responsible for deciding whether and how to apply anything encountered through Bounty Bay outside the game.

8. Player communication

Bounty Bay may allow players to communicate with each other. You remain responsible for content you submit through the Service. You must not use Bounty Bay to unlawfully threaten or harass others, impersonate another person, commit fraud, disclose another person’s personal information unlawfully, transmit illegal content or otherwise violate applicable law or these Terms. Where available, players may report content or behaviour they believe violates these rules. We may use automated systems and, where appropriate, human review to detect abuse, fraud, cheating, security threats or violations of these Terms.

9. Your content

You retain ownership of content you submit to Bounty Bay to the extent that you hold rights in that content. You grant Bounty Bay a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit and display that content to the extent reasonably necessary to operate, secure, moderate, analyze and improve the Service and provide features you request. Where submitted content constitutes personal data, its processing is additionally governed by our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection law. Unless separately disclosed and lawfully implemented, these Terms should not be understood as granting Bounty Bay unrestricted rights to use private player communications to train third-party general-purpose AI models.

10. Fair play

Competitive integrity is fundamental to Bounty Bay. You must not:

• operate multiple accounts to manipulate results or rankings;
• collude with other players to arrange outcomes;
• manipulate matches, ratings or competitive metrics;
• use unauthorized bots or automation;
• exploit bugs or vulnerabilities to obtain an unfair advantage;
• interfere with matchmaking;
• obtain or attempt to obtain information designated as private to another player;
• circumvent technical or security measures; or
• otherwise fraudulently manipulate competitive play.

Where we reasonably determine that competitive integrity has been compromised, we may invalidate matches, remove illegitimate results, adjust affected rankings, restrict competitive participation or take appropriate action against the relevant account.

11. Accounts, restrictions and suspension

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for activity conducted through your account to the extent permitted by applicable law. You must provide accurate information where required and must not impersonate another person or create accounts for fraudulent purposes. We may restrict, suspend or terminate access where reasonably necessary to protect players, maintain competitive integrity, prevent fraud or abuse, protect the security or operation of the Service, comply with legal obligations or enforce these Terms. Where required by applicable law, affected users will be provided with applicable reasons and available means of redress. Applicable minimum-age requirements will be communicated during account creation or elsewhere within the Service.

12. Matchmaking and game rules

Different game modes may operate under different rules. Rules displayed for a particular game mode, competition or event form part of the conditions governing participation in that mode. Matchmaking may consider factors including player availability, rating, experience, region, connection quality and other gameplay variables. We do not guarantee an opponent of identical ability. AI opponents may operate according to different strategies or behavioural parameters from human opponents. We may introduce, rebalance, modify or discontinue characters, scenarios, game modes and gameplay systems as Bounty Bay develops, subject to applicable law.

13. Virtual currency and digital items

Bounty Bay may offer virtual currency, cosmetic items, progression items or other digital content. Unless expressly stated otherwise, virtual items:

• exist only within Bounty Bay;
• are not legal tender;
• do not constitute money, deposits, securities or financial assets;
• have no independently guaranteed monetary value; and
• cannot be redeemed for cash.

Purchasing digital content provides the applicable contractual right to use that content within the Service, subject to these Terms and mandatory consumer rights. Where purchases are available, applicable prices, material conditions and required information will be displayed as part of the purchasing process. Nothing in these Terms limits statutory rights relating to digital content, digital services, withdrawal, refunds, conformity or other mandatory consumer protections.

14. Competitions, rewards and events

Bounty Bay may operate rankings, challenges, tournaments, seasonal events or promotional competitions. A competition or event may be governed by additional rules specifying eligibility, scoring, timing, participation requirements, rewards and other conditions. Unless expressly stated in the applicable rules, game rankings, scores, virtual currency and achievements do not create an entitlement to money, prizes or anything else of monetary value. We may investigate and disqualify fraudulent, manipulated or otherwise ineligible results in accordance with the applicable rules and applicable law. Any competition involving prizes or other items of value may be subject to separate terms and eligibility restrictions.

15. Intellectual property

Bounty Bay and its original software, game systems, characters, artwork, interfaces, branding, text, audiovisual material and other original content are owned by or licensed to Transformative Solutions B.V. and are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. Third-party works, academic publications, historical materials and other referenced content remain the property of their respective rights holders. A citation, hyperlink or reference does not transfer ownership of the referenced work to Bounty Bay. Except where applicable law permits otherwise, you may not reproduce, distribute, commercially exploit, scrape, circumvent, modify or reverse engineer protected portions of the Service without authorization. If you believe material available through Bounty Bay infringes rights you hold, contact us at support@wally.house with sufficient information to identify the material and your claimed rights.

16. Availability, updates and errors

Bounty Bay is an evolving online service. We may update, rebalance, add or remove features, characters, content, scoring systems or game modes as the Service develops. We do not guarantee that the Service will always be available without interruptions, latency, technical failures or errors. AI systems and automated analysis may produce unexpected results. Where applicable consumer law provides remedies for defective or non-conforming digital content or services, nothing in these Terms restricts those rights.

17. Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we do not guarantee any particular outcome from using Bounty Bay, including improvement in negotiation ability, rankings, match outcomes or real-world results. Bounty Bay is not responsible for decisions made independently by a player based solely on simulated negotiations, AI dialogue, game metrics or feedback, except where liability cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for matters for which liability cannot legally be excluded or limited, or restricts mandatory consumer rights.

18. Privacy

Operating Bounty Bay requires us to process information relating to accounts, devices and gameplay. Depending on the features used, this may include account information, game actions, offers, messages, match outcomes, technical information and interaction data. Our Privacy Policy explains what personal data we process, why we process it, the applicable legal bases, retention periods, recipients, international transfers where relevant and the rights available to users.

19. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. If you are a consumer, this choice of law does not deprive you of mandatory protections available under laws that apply to you and cannot contractually be excluded. Nothing in this section prevents a consumer from exercising rights regarding jurisdiction or dispute resolution that apply under mandatory law.

20. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms where reasonably necessary to reflect changes to the Service, applicable law, security requirements, business operations or the functionality we provide. Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate notice of material changes. The effective date of the current version will be displayed at the top of this page.

21. Contact

Bounty Bay is operated by: Transformative Solutions B.V. besloten vennootschap (B.V.) Johanna Westerdijkplein 2, The Hague, the Netherlands KvK 97144886 support@wally.house For information about personal-data processing, please see our Privacy Policy.