For Parents

1. Who GrimeGrid is for

GrimeGrid is made for a general audience. It isn't designed specifically for children, and it isn't part of the App Store's Kids category. Children are still welcome to play, and plenty of families play it together.

• As our Terms of Use say, if a child plays, their parent or guardian agrees to the terms for them and is responsible for how they use the game, including any purchases.
• For younger children, we suggest playing alongside them the first time they reach a boss fight, so you can see whether it's a good fit.

2. What playing looks like

Most of the game is a bright, friendly puzzle: swap tiles to make matches, build up combos, and wash the grime off one room of the house after another. The grime are goofy cartoon blobs, and cleaning them up is the whole point. There's a gentle story told through short scenes, and some light mini games along the way.

3. Boss fights and the final boss

Some levels end in a boss fight against a big grime, and the game builds to a final boss fight. These are the most dramatic parts of GrimeGrid, and they can be a tiny bit intense for some children:

• Music: boss fights switch to fast, dramatic music with pounding drums and a tense, minor-key sound, a step up from the cheerful music in the rest of the game.
• Scenes: the boss talks in speech bubbles, taunts the player and gets angry. Grime can move around the screen, and the final fight has a few surprise moments in its story.
• Effects: when a boss lands a hit, the board flashes red and the screen can shake.

All of it is cartoonish and in the style of the rest of the game. There's no blood, no one gets hurt, and nothing is realistic or gory. Beating a boss simply washes the grime away. We'd describe it as about as intense as a boss in a family cartoon.

4. Settings that tone it down

Open Settings in the game to adjust these at any time:

• Music volume: lower the music, or turn it off, while keeping sound effects.
• Reduce flashing: softens the red flash when a boss hits.
• Screen shake: turn it off for a calmer screen.
• Sound captions: show what sounds are playing, for players who prefer to play quietly.
• Skip seen scenes: skip story scenes that have already been watched.

5. Purchases and play time

• All purchases are made through the Apple account on the device. Apple's Ask to Buy and Screen Time let you approve or block them.
• GrimeGrid also has its own parental controls behind a PIN. You can block purchases, set a monthly spending limit, and set a daily time limit with a warning before time runs out.
• Lives and Revives are for using in the game only. They have no cash value. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.

6. Accounts and privacy

• Children can play as a guest, or under a parent's Apple or Google sign-in.
• Leaderboards and challenges use Apple's Game Center, so a player's Game Center nickname and scores may be visible to other players. You can manage Game Center in the device's Settings and Screen Time.
• Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and how to delete an account.

7. Questions