SHELL is an interactive work of immersive fiction. By participating, you agree to the terms below. Please read them — they describe an experience that is intentionally unlike an ordinary game.
SHELL ("the Experience") is a work of experimental theater and interactive storytelling that deliberately blurs the line between reality and fiction. It is designed to feel real. Events, characters, organizations, communications, and scenarios within it are fictional and theatrical, even when they reach you through real-world channels. Nothing in the Experience represents an actual threat, emergency, surveillance operation, or danger to you or anyone else.
You must be 18 years of age or older to participate. The Experience contains mature themes and is not intended for minors. Do not share Experience materials, messages, or access with anyone under 18.
As part of the fiction, you consent to be contacted through real-world channels, which may include:
These communications may appear to come from phone numbers, senders, addresses, or identities you do not recognize. This is intentional and part of the Experience. We only ever use information you have given us; we do not access your accounts, contacts, location, or devices beyond what you voluntarily provide.
Recordings and shared content. You understand that audio, text, images, and other inputs you provide may be recorded and stored, and that anonymized versions of them — including voice recordings — may be presented to other participants as part of the Experience. Your name and identifying details are never attached to them.
You may pause or end your participation at any time:
We will honor opt-outs promptly. No physical or in-person interaction ever occurs without your separate, explicit, signed consent.
All names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents — including but not limited to "EIDOLON," "Vantage Systems," and "Harlan" — are products of the imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual companies or events, is coincidental.
The Experience is fiction and must never be relied upon for real-world decisions. If you are ever experiencing a genuine emergency, contact your local emergency services. The Experience will never ask you to harm yourself or others, break the law, or take a real-world risk.
You agree not to disrupt, attack, or attempt to harm the Experience, its infrastructure, its performers, or other participants. All content, code, characters, and materials are owned by the creators of SHELL and may not be reproduced or distributed without permission.
The Experience is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the creators of SHELL are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your participation. Your participation is voluntary.
We may update these Terms; material changes will be posted here. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Questions: transmission@shell-protocol.com