Off The Clock
Disclosure
Privacy
Off The Clock is a static site. The arrow puzzle game runs in your browser. There is no login and no player database in this version.
What stays on your device
Your chapters, current attempt, trophies, personal times, hint records, sound preference
and Home Screen reminder preference are saved on this device using the key
otc:journey:v1. You can export and import a progress backup in Levels.
Clearing site data or removing the app may delete local progress. Your browser and Home
Screen app may use separate storage; backups are not automatic cloud synchronization.
Sharing
Sharing happens only when you choose it. The shared text contains the puzzle, completion time, hint category and a game link, not your progress backup.
Visitor and page-view measurement
We use Vercel Web Analytics on the public game, guide and privacy pages to understand page views, estimated visitors and traffic sources. Vercel processes page visits, referrers and browser/device information, with approximate location information. Web Analytics does not use cookies to identify visitors. Its visitor identification is short-lived, so visitor totals do not identify a person across devices or over time.
We remove URL fragments and query parameters from the page URL before sending it, except for a fixed set of campaign labels. Saved progress and progress backups are not sent to Vercel Web Analytics. An optional session-only internal-testing flag suppresses analytics in that tab. Local development and preview domains are excluded.
See Vercel Web Analytics privacy information. Blocking analytics does not prevent you from playing or reading the guides.
Optional Google Analytics
If you choose “Allow analytics”, we load Google Analytics 4 to measure page visits, traffic sources, guide-to-game clicks, actual arrow interactions, level completions, completion times, hint counts and continued play. We send the game mode and level label, not your full save, exported backups, name, email or local attempt identifier.
Google Analytics uses cookies to distinguish browsers and visits, and processes device, browser and approximate location information. Our Analytics cookies are configured for up to 180 days and can renew on visits. Counts do not reliably identify people across devices. Google advertising signals and advertising personalization are disabled.
Google Analytics does not load until you allow it. You can change your choice using the choice below the page header, or “Analytics preferences” at the bottom of any public page. Declining leaves the game playable and keeps the separate cookie-free Vercel page-view measurement described above. Withdrawing consent stops new GA4 collection and clears our GA cookies; it does not erase reports already collected. We store your preference locally and, after consent, keep guide/next-level attribution in this tab for up to 30 minutes.
Our custom events use fixed labels. Page URLs exclude arbitrary query strings and fragments; external referrers are reduced to their origin. See Google’s privacy policy and Google’s Analytics opt-out tool.
Hosting and ads
The hosting provider processes ordinary requests needed to deliver the website. No advertising network, payment system or push notification service is connected to this game flow. Adding the game to your Home Screen does not subscribe you to notifications.