Privacy and terms

Who we are

This website, www.merczgame.com, presents MERCZ, a game by Sebastien Vezina. Questions about your data go to merczgame@gmail.com.

The game

MERCZ doesn't connect to the internet. It sends nothing anywhere: no accounts, no telemetry, no tracking. Your careers and settings are saved as files next to the game on your own computer.

This website

There are no accounts or forms here, and we don't ask for your name or email. What happens when you visit:

• Analytics, only if you accept. On your first visit we ask whether we may use Google Analytics, through Google Tag Manager. If you accept, it sets cookies (named _ga and _ga_…, kept up to two years) and records the pages you visit, the buttons you click (such as the demo download), where you came from, your browser and device, and your approximate location derived from your IP address. We use this only to know how many people visit and download the demo, and which links bring them. We keep it no longer than 14 months, and we don't use it for advertising or sell it. If you decline, none of this loads.
• Your choice is remembered in your own browser's storage, not sent to us. You can change your mind at any time with cookie settings. If you had accepted, clear this site's cookies in your browser to remove the ones already set.
• Hosting. The site is served by Cloudflare, which processes your IP address to deliver the pages and protect the site from attacks. Cloudflare also gives us a count of visits without using cookies.
• The trailer. The YouTube video loads only when you press play, from youtube-nocookie.com. From then on, YouTube's privacy policy applies.
• Links to itch.io, YouTube and X take you to sites with their own privacy policies.

Where your data goes

Google and Cloudflare may process data in countries other than yours, including the United States, under their own safeguards. See Google's privacy policy and Cloudflare's.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you can ask to see the data held about you, have it corrected or deleted, or object to its use; you can withdraw your consent at any time; and you can complain to your data-protection authority. Write to merczgame@gmail.com. Analytics data is tied to a random ID in your browser, not to your name, so the quickest step is usually to decline analytics and clear this site's cookies.

Children

This site isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Using this site

This website and everything on it (text, screenshots, video, logos and art) are © 2026 Sebastien Vezina unless noted otherwise. You're welcome to browse, link to it and share it.

Press and creators

Journalists, streamers and video creators may use the material in the press kit, and footage of the game, to cover MERCZ. Please don't alter the logo or suggest an endorsement.

The game

The demo is distributed through itch.io, and downloading it is subject to itch.io's terms. It is provided free, as is, without warranty of any kind.

Trademarks

MechWarrior and other names mentioned on this site belong to their owners. MERCZ is an independent game and isn't affiliated with them. The Chakra Petch font is used under the SIL Open Font License.

Liability

The site is provided as is. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for any loss arising from its use or from sites it links to.