Terms of Service

Last updated: October 31, 2026

These terms cover your use of Puzzle Temple ("the service"), the Sudoku, Climb Sudoku and Jigsaw games at this site, which is run by Vanja Radulovic (Serbia), referred to as "we" and "us". By using the service you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the service. How we handle personal data is described in the Privacy Policy.

The service, as-is

This is a small, independently run project. It is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied: we don't guarantee it will always be available, error-free, or suited to any particular purpose, and rooms, scores and photos may be lost if something goes wrong. We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of it at any time. The service is free.

Accounts and guest play

You must be at least 16 to create an account, and one person may hold one account.
You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for activity under your account. Give an accurate email address you can read: it is used for verification and account recovery, not marketing, and some features (such as the leaderboards) need a verified one.
Guest play needs no account. A guest identity is tied to your device and browser and is not a substitute for an account if you want your scores or rooms to last.
You can delete your account at any time in Settings, and everything tied to it goes with it (see the Privacy Policy).
We may suspend or end an account or block a guest that breaks these terms, without notice for serious or repeated breaches.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Bypass rate limits or security controls, or otherwise abuse the service's infrastructure.
Try to get into any part of the service or its systems that isn't meant for you.
Use bots, scripts or other automation to play, submit scores, or collect data (scraping) from the service.
Get around a room's ban, for example by changing your name, device or network to rejoin a room that removed you.
Harass, impersonate or abuse other players, or choose a name or username that does.
Upload anything illegal, anything that infringes someone else's rights, or anything you don't have the right to use.

We may remove content or restrict access for any of the above.

Photos you upload

You keep whatever rights you already have in a photo; we don't claim ownership. You alone are responsible for having the right to upload it, and for what it shows.
By uploading, you allow us to store the photo, show it to the players in your room, cut it into puzzle pieces, and, if you are signed in, keep a small picture of the finished puzzle in your own gallery. That permission is only for running the service and ends when the photo is deleted (see the Privacy Policy for when that is).
A photo's web address is private only in the sense that it is long and random: anyone who has the address can open the photo. Don't upload a photo you would not want a player in your room to pass on.
We don't check photos in advance. We may look at a photo that has been reported, and remove it, the puzzle made from it, or the account that uploaded it.

Photo collections

The Collections tab offers photos we have chosen. Where the photographer or source asks for credit, we show it in the room and in your gallery; because a puzzle cuts the photo into pieces and may show it cropped or scaled, a credited photo is shown as adapted. Those photos stay with their owners and their licences; solving a puzzle with one gives you no rights in it beyond playing.

Reporting a photo or a copyright problem

If a photo infringes your rights, or shows something that should not be here, use "Report this photo" in the room, or the contact form (choose "Content / copyright report"), or write to contact@puzzletemple.com. Tell us what the photo is (the room code helps), who you are and what right you hold in it, and where we can reach you. We look at reports promptly and remove what should not be there.

Leaderboards

Rankings are for fun and show the results our systems recorded, with your username. We may correct, remove or reset scores that look like the result of a bug, abuse or automation.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law permits, we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, or for loss of data, scores, rooms or photos, arising from your use of the service. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be excluded by law, and nothing takes away rights you have as a consumer under the law of the country where you live.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of Serbia, except that any mandatory consumer protection rules of the country where you live still apply to you.

Changes to these terms

When we change these terms we update the date at the top of this page, and for a change that matters to you we will say so on the site. If you keep using the service after a change, you accept the updated terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email contact@puzzletemple.com.