Before you send us your game.

Your game stays yours. Here is what that means in practice.

• Submitting transfers nothing

  You keep every right to your game. We acquire only the limited right to review it and decide whether to offer you a partnership. Any actual deal happens later, in a written agreement you sign — never by submitting a form.

• A real confidentiality commitment

  For one year from your submission, we protect your materials with the same care we give our own confidential information — and we commit, in writing, not to use them in our own products without your consent. That is more than the law requires of a reviewer, and it is in the agreement below, not just on this page.

• Two people see your submission

  Reviews are done by the founding team — the same people who designed and launched our own game. Your submission is not shared with manufacturers, distributors, or retailers unless you say yes first.

• The law already protects your expression

  Under the Copyright Act, 1957, your written rules, text, artwork, and characters are protected the moment you create them — no registration needed. Keep dated records of your design work, and send us copies and files, never your only prototype.

• The honest part: independent development

  We design games in-house and read many submissions, so two people genuinely can arrive at similar mechanics independently — and ideas or mechanics as such aren’t anyone’s property under copyright law. The agreement says this plainly, the same way the industry’s largest publishers do, because it protects both sides from a misunderstanding neither of us wants. What it never does is give us your game.

Concept Disclosure Agreement.

Foxnut Studios · Bengaluru, India. Effective when you submit the form below.

1. Parties and acceptance

   “Foxnut”, “we”, and “us” mean Foxnut Studios, incorporated in India with its principal place of business in Bengaluru, Karnataka. “You” means the person submitting a game concept, prototype, rules, artwork, or related material through our submission form (together, the “Submission”; the written and recorded materials within it, the “Information”). Submitting the form — including ticking any acceptance checkbox it contains — constitutes your electronic acceptance of this Agreement under the Information Technology Act, 2000, effective on the date of submission.

2. What we review (scope)

   Our publishing program covers physical card games, board games, and party games designed for two or more players. Digital games and apps, scripts, screenplays, storylines, stand-alone character or entertainment IP, RPG sourcebooks, and large-format miniatures games (“Out-of-Scope Material”) are not part of the program: we may decline them without review, and we accept no obligations under this Agreement — including confidentiality — for Out-of-Scope Material submitted anyway.

3. Your warranties

   You confirm that: you are at least 18 and competent to contract (Indian Contract Act, 1872; Indian Majority Act, 1875); you are the sole owner of the Submission or have the unqualified right to submit it, with every co-creator (“Contributor”) informed of this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by it; the Submission is original and does not, to your knowledge, infringe any third party's rights; and you are under no obligation — to another publisher, an employer, or anyone else — that conflicts with submitting it. If we decide to proceed with your game, each Contributor will sign a written confirmation of consent within ten days of our request. You agree to indemnify Foxnut and its officers, employees, and agents against claims arising from a breach of these warranties.

4. How the review works

   Your Submission is reviewed by our founding team. Our practice is to give you an honest assessment within five business days: commercially ready and why, or not ready yet and what would change that. Deeper evaluation or partnership discussions may be covered by additional written agreements (for example a mutual NDA or a publishing agreement). We may accept or decline any Submission at our discretion. Send files, photographs, video, or copies only — never your sole prototype or original artwork; we cannot guarantee the return of physical materials or accept liability for loss in transit.

5. Our confidentiality commitment

   For the Confidentiality Period (clause 9), we will handle and protect your Information with the same degree of care we give our own confidential information, and will not disclose it to any third party except as this Agreement permits: to our founding team, employees, and professional advisers bound by confidentiality obligations, as required by law or judicial or governmental action, or — for prospective manufacturing, distribution, or retail partners — only with your prior consent.

6. Our non-use commitment

   During the Confidentiality Period, we will not Use your Information for Commercial Purposes without your written consent. “Use” means the conscious and deliberate implementation of your Information in the development or design of a product or service; “Commercial Purposes” means products or services offered for sale or licence.

7. What the commitments don't cover (exclusions)

   Clauses 5 and 6 do not apply to Out-of-Scope Material, or to information that: (a) we can demonstrate we knew before your disclosure; (b) was public, or later becomes public, through no breach by us; (c) you disclosed to a third party without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) we independently developed without breach of this Agreement; (e) we received in good faith from a third party not bound to you; or (f) consists of ideas, themes, or game mechanics as such, which the Copyright Act, 1957 does not protect. Your protectable expression — written rules text, artwork, characters, registered designs and trademarks — always remains yours.

8. Independent development

   We design games in-house and review multiple Submissions. Similar or identical concepts may already exist in our pipeline, arrive from other designers, or arise independently. Our selection of an alternative concept — our own or another designer's, received before or after yours — creates no obligation to you. No presumption of internal sharing or copying arises merely because someone at Foxnut has seen your Submission.

9. Confidentiality Period

   The commitments in clauses 5 and 6 run for one year from the date of your Submission. When the period ends, we have no further obligations for that Submission — but your ownership of your intellectual property is never affected, and if we sign a publishing agreement together, its terms take over from this Agreement.

10. Your side of the discretion

    You agree not to disclose the terms of this Agreement, any proposal we make to you, or non-public information about Foxnut's products or plans that you learn during the process. Until you receive our decision, you agree not to publicly announce that your game is under review with Foxnut. You remain entirely free to playtest, exhibit, and show your own game. If you materially breach this clause, our obligations under clauses 5 and 6 end.

11. No partnership; compensation only by written agreement

    This Agreement creates no agency, partnership, employment, or licensing relationship, and no payment, royalty, or other compensation is owed for the Submission or its review. If we decide to work together, the partnership will be recorded in a separate written agreement signed by both parties — and that agreement alone will govern fees, royalties, credit, ownership, and licences.

12. Liability and remedies

    To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect, consequential, punitive, or exemplary loss under this Agreement, and remedies are limited to actual loss suffered. Nothing in this Agreement limits either party's rights in respect of its subsisting intellectual property.

13. Governing law and disputes

    This Agreement is governed by the laws of India. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with it shall be referred to arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, before a sole arbitrator appointed by mutual agreement, with its seat and venue in Bengaluru, Karnataka, conducted in English with a reasoned award. Claims may be brought in an individual capacity only, and the arbitration shall be kept confidential except as required by law. The courts at Bengaluru, Karnataka have exclusive jurisdiction for interim relief and enforcement.

14. Entire agreement and severability

    This Agreement is the entire understanding between you and Foxnut concerning Submissions, supersedes any prior communication on the subject, and may be varied only in writing signed by both parties. If any provision is found illegal, void, or unenforceable, it is severed and the remainder stays in full force.