About and terms
Last updated 7 November 2026. By playing Shock and Ore at shockandore.com you agree to these terms. They're short and in plain English.
A work of fiction, not financial advice
Shock and Ore is a game. The companies, people, gold deposits, share prices and the SAO stock exchange are all made up. Any resemblance to real companies, people, places, projects or listed securities is coincidental. Geology, mining, finance and tax are deliberately simplified to make a game, so nothing in it is a guide to how those work in real life. Nothing in the game is financial, investment, tax or legal advice.
Ownership
Shock and Ore, including its design, rules, text, artwork, names lists and code, is © 2026 Xavier Russo. All rights reserved. Shock and Ore™ is a trade mark of Xavier Russo. Open-source software and fonts used in the game belong to their own authors (see Credits).
Using the game
The web version is free to play for personal, non-commercial use. You're welcome to:
- share links, screenshots and result cards;
- stream, record and post videos of yourself playing, including monetised videos.
Please don't:
- copy, rehost, resell or redistribute the game or its code;
- use bots, scripts or modified copies of the game against the leaderboard or other online features;
- try to overload, break into or interfere with the site.
Feedback and ideas
Feedback is very welcome. Ideas often overlap with things already planned, so to keep things clear:
- You keep ownership of what you write. By sending it, you give Xavier Russo a free, worldwide, perpetual and irrevocable licence to use, copy, change and build on it, in this game and in any future version or related product, including paid ones. You also agree he can pass that licence on to anyone who later owns or publishes the game (for example, a company he sets up).
- There's no payment, credit or obligation to use or respond to anything you send. Using a similar idea isn't a sign it came from you.
- Please don't send anything confidential, or anything that isn't yours to share.
How feedback is stored is covered in the privacy note.
Leaderboard fair play
- Play your own games, by hand. Every posted score is checked by replaying its moves, and scores that don't check out aren't listed.
- Scores, names and whole leaderboards can be removed, corrected or reset at any time, for example for suspected cheating, a bug, or a change to the rules. Leaderboard places carry no prize or value.
- Names are made up by the game from fixed word lists, so nobody can post offensive ones. If a combination reads badly, let us know through the feedback form.
Provided as is
Shock and Ore is an early-access game, provided free and as is. It may change, have bugs, be unavailable at times, or stop. Saved games and results are kept in your own browser and can be lost, for example if you clear your browser data. Rules and balance will change between versions.
To the extent the law allows, Xavier Russo gives no warranties about the game and isn't liable for any loss arising from playing it or relying on anything in it. Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or changes any right you have under the Australian Consumer Law, or any other law, that can't be excluded.
Changes and governing law
These terms may be updated as the game develops; the date at the top shows the current version. They're governed by the law of Victoria, Australia, and you agree to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.
Questions, or to ask about something you sent: use Send feedback in the game, and include your email if you'd like a reply.
Credits and licences
Made by Xavier Russo with AI coding support from Anthropic's Claude Code. Built with React and PixiJS, both under the MIT licence. Fonts: Barlow Condensed, Public Sans and IBM Plex Mono, under the SIL Open Font Licence, served by Google Fonts. The full list of open-source packages included in the game, with their licence texts, is in licenses.txt.