Notice to parents and guardians
Giant Leap is a free, educational space game run by (, ). It has no adverts, purchases or chat. This page tells you what happens when your child plays, and what you can do.
Children under 13 play on their own, for now
Online play, alongside other players, is for players aged 13 and over for now. A child who tells the game they are under 13 plays the whole single-player game: the landing at their home base, walking and driving on the Moon, building, the Apollo missions and the objectives. We collect nothing when they do: their progress is saved only on your device. They cannot sign in or start a guest account.
If we open online play to children under 13, we will ask a parent or guardian to agree first, as the law (COPPA in the US, and similar rules elsewhere) requires, and we will update this page and the privacy notice before that happens.
Teenagers (13 to 17) online
A player aged 13 or over signs in with an email code, Google, Microsoft or a phone, and we keep a little to make online play work:
- an account number, and their email address only as a scrambled copy we cannot read;
- a call sign picked from our word list, such as "Kestrel-7";
- their game progress (objectives, distances, suits unlocked) and where they last stood;
- their age group (13 to 17), never a date of birth.
Other players see only the call sign, the suit, the country flag they picked, where the astronaut is on the Moon and, even while the player is offline, which call sign's base stands where on the Moon. Nobody can type names or messages in the game, so players cannot share personal details through it: the radio has fixed phrases only. We never sell or advertise with this information. Full details are in the privacy notice.
The game never asks anyone for money, and there is nothing to buy. Grown-ups who want to help keep it running can donate from the supporters page; a donation unlocks nothing in the game.
Seeing, deleting and getting help
At any time you or your teenager can see what we hold and delete it: open Settings → Account in the game while signed in, or email . Deleting removes the online account and progress at once, and from our encrypted nightly backups within 30 days; single-player progress on your device is not affected. If something in the game worried your child, write to the same address: a person reads every message.