2 - End User Licence Agreement
The full OPAL End User Licence Agreement from Genome Studios Inc.
GENOME STUDIOS INC. - OPAL END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT
Effective Date: the date on which this EULA is first accepted for the applicable version of OPAL.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. This End User Licence Agreement (the “EULA”) is a legal agreement between Genome Studios Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Alberta (“Genome”), and the individual or organization that accepts this EULA (“User”, “you”, or “your”).
By clicking “I Agree”, “Accept”, or a similar button through the OPAL website, installer, update process, or first-run process, you agree to be bound by this EULA. If you accept this EULA for an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and “User” includes that organization. If you do not agree, do not download, install, copy, access, or use OPAL, and delete any copies in your possession or control.
OPAL is Genome’s proprietary standalone desktop application that helps users manage Open 3D Engine (O3DE) projects, assets, engine installations, builds, and production workflows. OPAL is an independent third-party product. It is not an official O3DE product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Open 3D Foundation, the Linux Foundation, or the O3DE project.
1. Definitions
(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to a party, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that party, where “control” means the ownership or control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities or equivalent ownership interest.
(b) “Authorized User” means an individual employee, officer, contractor, or consultant of an Organization who requires access to OPAL for that Organization’s activities and is subject to obligations consistent with this EULA.
(c) “Brand Assets” means the OPAL name, logos, logo-and-type pairings, standalone type treatments, colour palettes, templates, screenshots supplied for promotional use, and other brand materials made available by Genome.
(d) “Brand Guidelines” means Genome’s then-current OPAL branding guidelines made available through the Website or another location designated by Genome.
(e) “Documentation” means any user guides, release notes, help materials, technical instructions, and other documentation that Genome provides for OPAL.
(f) “Media Content” means screenshots, audiovisual recordings, livestreams, tutorials, reviews, articles, presentations, documentation, social media posts, and other media that depicts, discusses, or demonstrates OPAL.
(g) “Official Package” means the complete, unmodified OPAL installer or distribution package obtained from Genome’s official website or another distribution source expressly approved by Genome, including all EULA files, notices, signatures, checksums, and accompanying materials supplied with it.
(h) “OPAL” means Genome’s proprietary software currently marketed as the “OPAL Launcher”, together with its proprietary code, interface, Documentation, updates, upgrades, fixes, and other materials supplied by Genome, but excluding Third-Party Components to the extent governed by separate licences.
(i) “Organization” means a corporation, partnership, studio, educational institution, non-profit organization, government body, or other legal entity on whose behalf an individual accepts or uses OPAL.
(j) “Project Materials” means a User’s projects, source code, scripts, assets, builds, configurations, engine installations, data, content, and other materials that the User creates, owns, licenses, manages, processes, builds, or launches using OPAL.
(k) “Third-Party Components” means third-party and open source software, data, fonts, icons, libraries, frameworks, plugins, and other materials included in or used by OPAL and identified in notices supplied with OPAL or otherwise made available by Genome for the applicable release.
(l) “Website” means Genome’s official OPAL website at https://opallauncher.com and any successor URL designated by Genome.
2. Acceptance; Eligibility; and Organizational Use
(a) This EULA becomes effective when User first affirmatively accepts it through Genome’s website, installer, update process, first-run process, or another electronic acceptance mechanism. Merely visiting the Website or reviewing this EULA does not by itself constitute acceptance.
(b) An individual accepting for an Organization represents and warrants that the individual has authority to bind the Organization. The Organization is responsible for the acts and omissions of its Authorized Users and for ensuring that they comply with this EULA.
(c) An individual accepting in a personal capacity must have reached the age of majority and have legal capacity to enter into this EULA. A person who does not meet those requirements may use OPAL only through, and under the responsibility of, a parent, legal guardian, or Organization that validly accepts this EULA where permitted by law.
(d) If User is prohibited by applicable law from receiving or using OPAL, User may not accept this EULA or use OPAL.
3. Licence Grant and Permitted Use
(a) Subject to User’s continuing compliance with this EULA, Genome grants User a no-charge, non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable (except as expressly permitted in this EULA), non-sublicensable licence to download, install, execute, and use OPAL for personal, educational, internal business, and commercial production purposes. The licence continues until terminated under section 14.
(b) User may install and use OPAL on devices owned, leased, or controlled by User and may make a reasonable number of copies of the Official Package for backup, disaster recovery, and internal deployment purposes.
(c) An Organization may allow its Authorized Users to install and use OPAL solely for the Organization’s activities. User may provide an exact copy of the Official Package internally to Authorized Users and may permit contractors to use OPAL solely on User’s behalf, provided they are bound by confidentiality and use restrictions that protect Genome and OPAL at least as effectively as this EULA.
(d) User may use OPAL to create, manage, build, launch, publish, distribute, sell, license, and otherwise exploit User’s Project Materials and products created from them, including commercial games and software, without paying Genome a royalty or obtaining further permission, subject to any rights and obligations that apply to O3DE, other engines, third-party tools, assets, software, platforms, or content used by User.
(e) No source-code licence or ownership interest is granted. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Genome and its licensors.
4. Internal Distribution and Public Mirrors
(a) Internal Distribution. User may distribute the Official Package within the same Organization to Authorized Users as permitted by section 3. Internal distribution does not permit delivery to customers, portfolio companies, unrelated studios, or other third parties except contractors using OPAL solely on User’s behalf.
(b) Public Mirrors. Genome grants a limited permission to host and redistribute the Official Package through a public mirror only if the mirror operator:
- distributes the complete, exact, unmodified Official Package obtained from Genome or verifies it against Genome’s published signature or checksum;
- does not charge a fee for OPAL, sell OPAL, condition access on payment, or use OPAL as consideration for another transaction;
- does not modify, repackage, wrap, inject advertising into, add software to, remove files from, or otherwise alter the Official Package;
- does not bundle OPAL with a game, engine build, application, hardware product, subscription, service, package manager, app-store listing, download manager, or other product or offering;
- preserves this EULA, the Licence Notice / README, all third-party licence and attribution notices, copyright notices, digital signatures, and other proprietary notices included by Genome;
- clearly identifies the source as an unofficial mirror, links users to the Website, and does not state or imply that Genome sponsors, endorses, operates, or is responsible for the mirror;
- uses commercially reasonable security measures and does not knowingly distribute a compromised, obsolete, or materially vulnerable version after Genome has requested its removal or replacement; and
- promptly removes or disables access to the mirrored copy if Genome reasonably notifies the operator that the mirror violates this EULA, presents a security or legal risk, or no longer reflects an authentic Official Package.
(c) No Other Redistribution. Except for internal distribution and compliant public mirrors under this section, User may not distribute, publish, transmit, make available, or provide OPAL to any third party without Genome’s prior written permission.
(d) The permissions in this section do not grant any right to use Genome’s or OPAL’s trademarks except for accurate identification of the software and source in accordance with section 7.
5. Restrictions
Except to the limited extent that a restriction is prohibited by applicable law or a separate Third-Party Component licence grants broader rights solely for that component, User will not, and will not permit any other person to:
(a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decode, translate, or attempt to derive or discover OPAL’s proprietary source code, underlying structure, algorithms, file formats, non-public interfaces, or trade secrets;
(b) circumvent, disable, defeat, tamper with, or interfere with any security feature, integrity check, access control, update mechanism, digital signature, technical limitation, or protective measure in OPAL;
(c) modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works of, or combine proprietary portions of OPAL with other software except through interfaces and configuration methods that Genome makes available for that purpose;
(d) sell, resell, license, sublicense, rent, lease, lend, commercialize, time-share, provide as a hosted or managed service, or otherwise exploit OPAL itself for the benefit of a third party;
(e) redistribute OPAL except as expressly permitted by section 4, or bundle, pre-install, embed, package, or deliver OPAL with any other product, service, application, engine build, game, hardware, or commercial offering;
(f) extract, copy, publish, post, disclose, or distribute proprietary OPAL code, application resources, Documentation, or non-public technical materials except as necessary for User’s permitted use;
(g) remove, alter, obscure, or misrepresent any copyright, trademark, licence, attribution, digital signature, or proprietary notice in OPAL or the Official Package;
(h) use OPAL to introduce malicious code, gain unauthorized access, infringe third-party rights, violate law, or damage, disrupt, test, probe, or interfere with systems or networks without authorization; or
(i) represent that OPAL is User’s own software, an official O3DE product, or sponsored, certified, supported, or endorsed by Genome, the Open 3D Foundation, the Linux Foundation, or the O3DE project when that is not true.
Where applicable law gives User a non-waivable right to reverse engineer or obtain interoperability information, User must first give Genome reasonable written notice and a reasonable opportunity to provide the information through a lawful alternative, except where notice is prohibited by law.
6. Ownership; Project Materials; and Feedback
(a) Genome Ownership. As between Genome and User, Genome and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to OPAL, the Documentation, Brand Assets, and all updates, improvements, modifications, and derivative works of the foregoing, including all related copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights.
(b) User Ownership. As between Genome and User, User retains all right, title, and interest in and to User’s Project Materials. This EULA does not transfer ownership of Project Materials to Genome. User is responsible for securing all rights required for Project Materials and for complying with all licences and laws that apply to them.
(c) No Implied Rights. Except for the express licence in section 3 and the media permissions in section 7, no right or licence is granted by implication, estoppel, exhaustion, or otherwise.
(d) Feedback. If User voluntarily provides ideas, suggestions, bug reports, enhancement requests, or other feedback concerning OPAL (“Feedback”), User grants Genome a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, commercialize, and otherwise exploit the Feedback without restriction or obligation, and User waives any moral rights in the Feedback to the extent permitted by law. Genome is not required to publicly identify User as the source without permission. User should not provide Feedback subject to confidentiality obligations owed to another person.
7. Media Content; OPAL Branding; and Public References
(a) Media Permission. User may create, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and monetize Media Content that truthfully depicts, demonstrates, reviews, teaches, comments on, or otherwise discusses OPAL, including screenshots and recordings of OPAL’s user interface, subject to this section and applicable law.
(b) Ordinary Commentary. Genome’s advance approval is not required for truthful reviews, criticism, tutorials, journalism, educational materials, streams, screenshots, or factual references to OPAL that do not use supplied Brand Assets beyond what is reasonably incidental to depicting the software and do not imply endorsement.
(c) Brand Guidelines. Any custom promotional, marketing, co-branded, or community media that deliberately uses the OPAL logo, logo-and-type pairing, standalone OPAL type treatment, supplied promotional assets, or other Brand Assets must comply with the Brand Guidelines. Without limiting the Brand Guidelines:
- Brand Assets may be used only in the approved forms designated by Genome, including the logo alone, logo-and-type pairing, or type alone;
- approved colour specifications, clear space, proportions, and other presentation requirements must be followed;
- Brand Assets may not be modified, distorted, recoloured, animated, combined into another logo, or used as the primary source identifier for User’s own product or service without Genome’s written approval;
- User may not state or imply that Genome sponsors, endorses, certifies, or is affiliated with User or User’s content, products, or services unless Genome has agreed in writing.
(d) Reasonable Updates. Genome may update the Brand Guidelines prospectively. An update will not retroactively make Media Content non-compliant if it was created and published in good faith under the then-current Brand Guidelines, but Genome may require changes to ongoing campaigns, new publications, or continued prominent use of Brand Assets where reasonably necessary to prevent confusion, misuse, or harm.
(e) Legal Rights Preserved. Nothing in this EULA limits lawful fair dealing, criticism, review, news reporting, parody, or other rights that cannot be restricted by contract under applicable law.
8. Third-Party Components and O3DE
(a) OPAL includes or uses Third-Party Components identified in notices supplied with OPAL or otherwise made available by Genome for the applicable release. Those components are governed by their applicable third-party licence terms. If this EULA conflicts with a third-party licence, that third-party licence controls solely with respect to the affected Third-Party Component.
(b) This EULA does not restrict rights granted directly under an open source licence for a Third-Party Component, and no open source licence expands User’s rights in Genome’s proprietary OPAL code, Brand Assets, Documentation, or other materials.
(c) User is responsible for obtaining and complying with the licences, terms, permissions, and technical requirements that apply to any O3DE installation, engine build, Gem, SDK, repository, asset, package, platform, or third-party service that User obtains or uses separately from OPAL.
(d) Open 3D Engine, O3DE, and related names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners. No trademark licence or endorsement relating to O3DE is granted by this EULA.
9. Updates; Changes; Support; and Availability
(a) No Commitment. Genome has no obligation to maintain, update, upgrade, improve, continue developing, make available, or support OPAL, and makes no commitment regarding any release, feature, roadmap, compatibility target, response time, or service level.
(b) Optional Updates. Genome may, but is not required to, release updates, fixes, security patches, changes, or replacement versions. Updates may add, remove, disable, or change features, interfaces, dependencies, compatibility, or system requirements.
(c) Updated Terms. Genome may require User to affirmatively accept a then-current EULA or supplemental terms before downloading, installing, or using an update or new version. Those accepted terms govern the update or new version and User’s use after acceptance. Genome will not unilaterally reduce the licence rights for a previously installed version solely by posting new terms, except where reasonably necessary to address a security vulnerability, legal compliance obligation, intellectual property dispute, or regulatory requirement. Continued distribution, download, online functionality, or support may be conditioned on then-current terms to the extent permitted by law.
(d) Discontinuation. Genome may discontinue OPAL, the Website, download availability, update channels, compatibility, or any related feature at any time. Genome is not required to provide source code, replacement software, migration services, or continued access after discontinuation.
(e) Support. No technical support, training, maintenance, consultation, migration, troubleshooting, or other service is included. Any service Genome agrees to provide must be governed by a separate written agreement or other written terms accepted by Genome.
10. User Systems; Project Data; Third-Party Services; and Privacy
(a) User Responsibility. User is solely responsible for selecting, configuring, securing, maintaining, and backing up User’s devices, systems, repositories, credentials, O3DE installations, Project Materials, and production environments. User should maintain independent, tested backups before using OPAL to move, rename, modify, build, or launch Project Materials.
(b) Local and Third-Party Access. At User’s direction and depending on User’s configuration, OPAL may access local files, invoke external applications, interact with engines or command-line tools, and connect to third-party repositories, websites, services, or infrastructure. User authorizes those actions when initiated or configured by User and is responsible for the necessary access rights, credentials, and third-party terms.
(c) No Custodial Role. Unless Genome expressly agrees otherwise in a separate written agreement, Genome is not a custodian, escrow agent, backup provider, fiduciary, system administrator, or regulated service provider for User’s Project Materials, credentials, repositories, or systems.
(d) Privacy. To the extent Genome collects, uses, discloses, retains, or otherwise processes personal information in connection with OPAL, Genome will describe that processing in a privacy notice made available through the Website or OPAL. Third-party services used or accessed through OPAL may have their own privacy practices and terms.
11. Warranty Disclaimer
(a) OPAL is developed and provided without charge. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OPAL, THE DOCUMENTATION, THE WEBSITE, UPDATES, AND ALL RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE”, “WITH ALL FAULTS”, AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, CONDITION, GUARANTEE, OR COMMITMENT OF ANY KIND.
(b) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GENOME AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, AND COLLATERAL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY, COMPATIBILITY, DURABILITY, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE.
(c) Genome does not warrant that OPAL will meet User’s requirements; operate without interruption, delay, vulnerability, or error; remain compatible with any operating system, O3DE version, engine build, project, asset, plugin, repository, service, or hardware; preserve data; produce accurate or successful builds; or that defects will be corrected.
(d) Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions. Nothing in this EULA excludes a warranty, condition, remedy, or other right that applicable law does not permit the parties to exclude.
12. Limitation of Liability
(a) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GENOME, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, CONTRIBUTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, AGGRAVATED, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL, REPUTATION, PRODUCTION TIME, PROJECT MATERIALS, DATA, BUILDS, OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OPAL OR THIS EULA, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.
(b) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF GENOME AND THE OTHER PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION 12(a), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OPAL OR THIS EULA, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (i) ONE HUNDRED CANADIAN DOLLARS (CAD $100); AND (ii) THE AMOUNT USER PAID DIRECTLY TO GENOME SPECIFICALLY FOR OPAL DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. FOR CLARITY, THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION DO NOT LIMIT OR CAP USER’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 13.
(c) The exclusions and limitations in this section apply regardless of the form of action, legal theory, failure of essential purpose, or availability of another remedy. They do not exclude or limit liability to the extent that applicable law prohibits exclusion or limitation, including any mandatory liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence where it cannot be excluded, fraud, or other non-excludable liability.
(d) User acknowledges that the no-charge nature of OPAL and the allocation of risk in this EULA are material bases of Genome’s decision to make OPAL available.
13. Organizational User Indemnity
(a) If User is an Organization, or an individual using OPAL for commercial or professional purposes other than personal, family, or household use, User will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Genome, its Affiliates, licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from: (i) User’s or an Authorized User’s unlawful use of OPAL; (ii) Project Materials alleged to infringe or violate third-party rights; (iii) unauthorized distribution, resale, bundling, modification, or representation of OPAL; or (iv) a material breach of this EULA by User or an Authorized User.
(b) Genome will give the Organization reasonably prompt notice of a claim for which indemnity is sought; provided, however, that a failure or delay in providing notice will not relieve the Organization of its obligations under this section except to the extent the Organization demonstrates material prejudice directly caused by the delay. Genome will permit the Organization to control the defence and settlement with counsel reasonably acceptable to Genome, and provide reasonable cooperation at the Organization’s expense. The Organization may not settle a claim in a manner that admits liability by Genome, imposes non-monetary obligations on Genome, or fails to provide Genome with a full release, without Genome’s written consent.
(c) This section does not apply to an individual using OPAL solely for personal, family, or household purposes to the extent prohibited by applicable consumer law.
14. Term and Termination
(a) This EULA begins when accepted and continues until terminated. User may terminate it at any time by permanently ceasing all use of OPAL and deleting all copies in User’s possession or control.
(b) Genome may terminate this EULA and User’s OPAL licence if User materially breaches this EULA and fails to cure the breach within fifteen (15) days after written notice, if the breach is capable of cure. Genome may terminate or suspend access immediately where reasonably necessary to address unauthorized resale or distribution, malicious use, circumvention, a material security risk, infringement, fraud, illegality, or a breach that cannot reasonably be cured.
(c) On termination, User must immediately stop using OPAL and, within thirty (30) days, delete all copies of OPAL and Documentation in User’s possession or control. A mirror operator must also remove mirrored copies. User is not required to delete Project Materials, products, builds, screenshots, videos, articles, or other User-owned output that does not itself contain proprietary OPAL code or Documentation, but User may not continue using OPAL to maintain, rebuild, or modify them after termination.
(d) Sections 5 through 8, 10 through 17, and any other provision that by its nature should survive, will survive termination to the extent necessary to give effect to their meaning.
15. Compliance with Laws; Export and Sanctions
(a) User will use OPAL in compliance with applicable laws and will not use, export, re-export, transfer, or make OPAL available in violation of applicable export control, economic sanctions, anti-corruption, or trade laws.
(b) User represents that User is not prohibited from receiving OPAL under applicable sanctions or export laws and will not make OPAL available to a prohibited person, entity, destination, or end use.
16. General
(a) Governing Law and Courts. This EULA is governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Alberta, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any mandatory consumer forum rights, the parties irrevocably attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Alberta for disputes arising out of or relating to this EULA or OPAL. User acknowledges that a breach of sections 5, 6, or 7 may cause irreparable harm to Genome for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and Genome may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property, confidential information, security, or distribution rights without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond.
(b) Mandatory Consumer Rights. If User is a consumer, nothing in this EULA excludes, restricts, or waives any non-waivable right, remedy, jurisdiction, or protection available under applicable consumer law. Any provision inconsistent with such a mandatory right will apply only to the maximum extent permitted.
(c) Assignment. User may not assign or transfer this EULA or the OPAL licence without Genome’s prior written consent, except that an Organization may assign this EULA in connection with a merger, amalgamation, reorganization, or sale of substantially all of its business or assets if the assignee agrees in writing to be bound and Genome has provided prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld). Genome may assign this EULA to an Affiliate or in connection with a corporate reorganization, financing, merger, amalgamation, or sale of all or substantially all of its business or assets relating to OPAL.
(d) Entire Agreement. This EULA and any additional terms expressly accepted for an update or new version constitute the entire agreement between Genome and User concerning OPAL and supersede prior or contemporaneous understandings on that subject. Third-Party Components remain governed by their applicable third-party licences, as identified in notices supplied with OPAL, and nothing in this EULA modifies those licences. A separate written services agreement governs any services purchased from Genome.
(e) Severability; Waiver. If a provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum permissible extent and the remaining provisions will continue. A waiver must be in writing and applies only to the specific instance stated. Delay in enforcing a right is not a waiver.
(f) Electronic Contracting. Electronic acceptance, records, and signatures have the same effect as originals to the extent permitted by law. User should retain a copy of this EULA for its records.
(g) Headings; Language. Headings are for convenience only. “Including” means “including without limitation”. This EULA is made available in English. Genome will make any other language version required by applicable law available before acceptance in the manner required by law. If Genome has not made a mandatory language version available, OPAL is not offered for acceptance in the jurisdiction where that version is required.
(h) Notices. Genome may provide operational notices through OPAL, the Website, release notes, or email. Legal notices to Genome must be sent using the legal contact information then published through the Website and by a delivery method that provides confirmation of receipt where the notice concerns termination, infringement, or a legal claim.
Current product, licensing, and legal contact information is available through the Website:
| Item | Details |
|---|
| Licensor | Genome Studios Inc. |
| OPAL Website | https://opallauncher.com |
| Legal / Licence Contact | Use the current legal or licensing contact method published through the OPAL Website - see Contact. |
Last updated: 4 August 2026
3 - Privacy
The OPAL Privacy Policy from Genome Studios Inc.
GENOME STUDIOS INC. - OPAL PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 9 September 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Genome Studios Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Alberta, Canada (“Genome”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and retains information in connection with the OPAL website at https://opallauncher.com (the “Website”) and the OPAL desktop application (“OPAL”). It is the privacy notice referred to in section 10(d) of the End User Licence Agreement.
Please read this Policy carefully. By using the Website or OPAL, you acknowledge the practices described in this Policy.
1. Summary
This summary is provided for convenience only and does not replace the sections that follow.
- We collect anonymous usage data only.
- We do not use cookies to track Website or OPAL usage.
- Anonymous usage tracking in OPAL is optional and is disabled by default.
- Anonymous usage data is collected directly by Genome. No third-party analytics provider is involved.
- We do not sell, rent, or trade information to third parties.
- Your projects, settings, and other application data remain on your device.
(a) Anonymous usage data. We collect anonymous usage data relating to the Website and OPAL. Anonymous usage data does not identify you and is not associated with any individual. We do not create user accounts, require you to sign in, or assign you a persistent identifier.
(i) Website. The Website collects anonymous page-view data recording which pages are viewed. This applies to all visitors.
(ii) OPAL. Anonymous usage tracking in OPAL is disabled by default. OPAL requests your consent once during first-run setup, and the setting may be changed at any time under Settings > Analytics. While the setting is disabled, the tracking component is not loaded and no usage data is transmitted. While the setting is enabled, OPAL records which application screens are opened. Pre-release and development builds do not transmit usage data.
(b) Information you provide to us. If you submit the contact form on the Website, we collect the name, email address, subject category, and message content that you provide. If you contact us by email or through community channels such as Discord, we receive the information contained in that communication. You are not required to provide this information in order to download or use OPAL.
(c) Information we do not collect. Genome does not collect, through the Website or OPAL:
- your name, email address, or account credentials, except where you provide them to us under section 2(b);
- the contents of your projects, including
project.json, gem.json, source code, or assets; - the names, contents, or file system locations of your projects;
- which engines you install, or what you build;
- file paths, machine names, or hardware identifiers.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We do not use cookies to track Website or OPAL usage. We do not use tracking pixels, advertising cookies, cross-site trackers, or third-party cookies for this purpose. The Website does not present a cookie consent banner because no such tracking technology is deployed.
OPAL stores your application preferences in local storage on your own device. That local storage is used to operate the application and is not transmitted to Genome. See section 6.
We use the information described in section 2 only for the following purposes:
- to understand how the Website and OPAL are used, in aggregate, and to guide improvements to both;
- to identify and diagnose defects, errors, and usability problems;
- to respond to enquiries, support requests, bug reports, and media requests that you send to us;
- to comply with applicable law and to enforce the End User Licence Agreement.
We do not use collected information for advertising, profiling, automated decision-making, or any purpose unrelated to operating and improving the Website and OPAL.
(a) No sale, and no third-party analytics. We do not sell, rent, trade, licence, or otherwise disclose collected information to third parties for their own purposes. Anonymous usage data is collected and processed using analytics software operated by Genome on Genome’s own infrastructure at metrics.genomestudios.ca. No third-party analytics provider, advertising network, or data broker receives this data.
(b) Service providers. Contact form submissions described in section 2(b) are transmitted and delivered to us through Formspree, a third-party form-processing service, which processes that information on our behalf and is not authorized to use it for its own purposes. Formspree’s handling of that information is also subject to its own privacy practices.
(c) Legal requirements. We may disclose information where we reasonably believe disclosure is required by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, or where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Genome, our users, or the public.
(d) Business transfers. If Genome is involved in a merger, amalgamation, reorganization, financing, or sale of all or substantially all of its business or assets relating to OPAL, information held by Genome may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this Policy or a successor policy providing comparable protection.
6. Local Application Data
OPAL stores its configuration and cached data on your device, including your application settings, the O3DE manifest data it reads, and its cache of indexed gem repositories.
This data remains on your device. It is not transmitted to Genome, is not uploaded or backed up to Genome, and is not recorded for usage-tracking purposes. Enabling anonymous usage tracking does not change this.
You are responsible for the security and backup of your own device and project materials, as set out in section 10 of the End User Licence Agreement.
7. Network Connections Initiated by OPAL
Separately from usage tracking, OPAL connects to external services in order to perform actions that you initiate or configure:
| Connection | Purpose | Under your control |
|---|
| O3DE release metadata | List installable engine versions | Used only when you open Engine Downloads |
| Custom engine sources | List engine builds from hosts you add | Only the hosts you configure |
| Configured gem repositories | Index gems for the Asset Library | Only the repositories you add; remove one to stop |
| Gem and engine downloads | Retrieve the files you choose to install | Only what you queue |
| Git hosts (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) | Retrieve release notes and clone gem source | Only for gems you inspect or download |
Each connection occurs in response to an action you take or a source you configure. Removing a configured source ends the corresponding connection.
8. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website and OPAL contain links to, and may connect to, websites and services operated by third parties, including those listed in section 7 and community channels such as Discord. Genome does not control those websites and services, and this Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website or service that you access.
9. Data Retention
We retain anonymous usage data for as long as necessary for the purposes described in section 4. Because that data is anonymous, it is retained in aggregate form and is not associated with any individual.
We retain information you provide under section 2(b) for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and to maintain a reasonable record of the correspondence, after which it is deleted or archived in accordance with our internal retention practices.
10. Security
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards intended to protect information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. No method of transmission over the internet, and no method of electronic storage, is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. International Transfers
Genome operates in Canada. Information collected through the Website or OPAL may be processed and stored in Canada, the United States, or other jurisdictions in which we or our service providers operate. Those jurisdictions may have data protection laws that differ from those of your jurisdiction, and information may be accessible to courts, law enforcement, and national security authorities in accordance with the laws of those jurisdictions.
12. Your Choices and Rights
(a) Usage tracking. You may enable or disable anonymous usage tracking in OPAL at any time under Settings > Analytics. Disabling it takes effect immediately.
(b) Anonymous data. Because anonymous usage data is not associated with you, it cannot be located, retrieved, corrected, exported, or deleted on an individual basis.
(c) Information you have provided. Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of information you have provided to us under section 2(b) by using the contact details in section 15. We may require information reasonably necessary to verify your request, and we may retain information where retention is permitted or required by law.
(d) Complaints. If you have a concern about our handling of your information, please contact us using the details in section 15. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the privacy regulator in your jurisdiction.
13. Children’s Privacy
The Website and OPAL are not directed to children. Consistent with section 2(c) of the End User Licence Agreement, an individual accepting in a personal capacity must have reached the age of majority and have legal capacity to do so. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us using the details in section 15 and we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above indicates when it was last revised. Material changes will be recorded in the Changelog following OPAL’s public release. Your continued use of the Website or OPAL after a revision takes effect constitutes acknowledgement of the revised Policy.
| Item | Details |
|---|
| Organization | Genome Studios Inc. - Alberta, Canada |
| OPAL Website | https://opallauncher.com |
| Privacy Contact | Use the contact method published through the OPAL Website - see Contact. |
5 - Branding Guidelines
The OPAL Brand Guidelines — name, logo, colour, and typography rules, with the source deck available to download.
This page reproduces that document as a browsable reference, and is the Brand Guidelines referenced by section 7 of the End User Licence Agreement. If anything below and the PDF ever disagree, the PDF is authoritative — let us know so we can fix the page.
The short version
If you are reviewing, teaching, reporting on, or streaming OPAL, you already have permission — go ahead. You do not need our approval, and you may monetize it. The rules below matter when you deliberately use our logo or type treatment in your own promotional material.
Using the OPAL name
- Refer to the product as OPAL or OPAL Launcher.
- Do not use OPAL, or anything confusingly similar, as the name of your own product, service, app, or company.
- Do not incorporate OPAL into your own logo, wordmark, domain name, or social handle in a way that suggests it is ours or that we back it.
Accurate, factual references are always fine — “built with OPAL”, “OPAL tutorial”, “a review of OPAL”.
The brand, in one line
Every colour of OPAL is you.
The underlying meaning and core to the brand is:
Opal is what you make of it. Start with an idea, bring it to Opal, and discover endless outcomes.
With opal stones, one light source splits into multiple, beautiful colours. Opal’s message is similar: one software, multiple projects; one application, countless assets and tools.
Additional Taglines
The brilliance is yours; OPAL makes sure it shines.
The one that’s with you from first engine to finished game.
The OPAL logo may be used in exactly three approved forms:
| Form | Use it when |
|---|
| Logo alone | The mark on its own, where OPAL is already named nearby |
| Logo and type pairing | The default lockup — mark plus wordmark, in the supplied proportions |
| Type alone | The standalone OPAL type treatment, where the mark would be too small to read |
Use the supplied artwork as-is. Do not rebuild, retrace, or approximate it.
The mark itself
The logo — nicknamed Pal — is a companion that visually embodies the values and intentions behind OPAL. It’s a reference to opal stones’ play-of-colour: when light hits an opal’s surface, it diffracts and splits into multiple pure spectral colours, because the stone’s body is made of silica spheres. One light source, many colours out — the same relationship OPAL has with what you build in it.
Logomark and wordmark
Correct application of the OPAL logo is required to retain brand integrity — colours, proportions, and position must be maintained. When the wordmark and logomark appear together, the wordmark always sits on the left-hand side of the logomark, in the supplied proportions, to keep the pairing balanced.
Alignment. The wordmark’s height lines up with the marks above — its baseline matches the bottom of Pal’s circular body, and its cap height matches the highest point where Pal’s body meets its leftmost ray.
Spacing. To get the gap between wordmark and logomark right, take the inside strokeline of the O in “Opal” and rotate it 90 degrees. That’s the breathing space to leave between the two elements.
Clear space. The logo must always be surrounded by clear space based on the inside strokeline of the a in “Opal”. For the top and bottom margins, rotate that same strokeline 90 degrees.
Minimum size. To protect legibility, don’t run the logomark smaller than 16px in height for web or digital use.
Bubbles variant
A bubbles variant exists for occasions where a bigger footprint is called for, or where the default lockup leaves awkward empty space. Because the mark’s rays give it a wide, uneven silhouette, the bubbles are there to fill that space back in for better balance — not as a decoration to add at will.
Colour and orientation options
Every lockup — with or without bubbles — is available in full-colour, solid black, and solid white. Pick whichever keeps the mark legible against its background; the bubbles variant and the vertical lockup below both follow the same three-way split.
A vertical lockup — logomark stacked above the wordmark — is also approved, for square or narrow formats such as social avatars where the horizontal lockup won’t fit.
Colour variations
On occasions where the default violet isn’t being used, the logo may exist in these four colours instead, each paired with the background shown. These are the only secondary colours the logo is permitted to take — see Colour palette below for the values.
What you may not do with brand assets
Per section 7(c) of the EULA, OPAL Brand Assets may not be:
- modified, distorted, stretched, rotated, or otherwise altered;
- recoloured outside the palette above, including tinting, gradients, or duotone treatments;
- animated, or given effects such as shadows, glows, or bevels;
- combined or locked up with another logo to form a new mark;
- set within a sentence, or have the wordmark’s letter spacing altered;
- used as the primary source identifier for your own product or service, without our written approval.
You also may not remove or obscure copyright, trademark, or attribution notices, and you may not state or imply that Genome Studios sponsors, endorses, certifies, or is affiliated with you or your work unless we’ve agreed to it in writing.
Colour palette
The violet used throughout the logo and bubbles is OPAL’s core colour, its default across every surface. Four colours make up the primary palette, each with a darker “high contrast” partner for use against light or busy backgrounds — and every one of the four is identical whether the surface around it is dark or light. What changes with theme is the contrast partner, not the brand colour itself.
Primary palette
| Colour | Hex | RGB | CMYK |
|---|
| Violet | #A799D8 | 167, 153, 216 | 23, 29, 0, 15 |
| Yellow | #FCE989 | 252, 233, 137 | 0, 8, 46, 1 |
| Pink | #ED90D9 | 237, 144, 217 | 0, 39, 8, 7 |
| Navy | #455DAC | 69, 93, 172 | 60, 46, 0, 33 |
Dark high-contrast palette
Used against light or busy backgrounds, and as the gradient’s far stop (see Gradients below). Gives the brand flexibility while keeping readability and visual consistency.
| Colour | Hex | RGB | CMYK |
|---|
| D Violet | #7B6CBA | 123, 108, 186 | 34, 42, 0, 27 |
| D Yellow | #F7D35C | 247, 211, 92 | 0, 15, 63, 3 |
| D Pink | #DA63BC | 218, 99, 188 | 0, 15, 63, 3 |
| D Navy | #273881 | 39, 56, 129 | 70, 57, 0, 49 |
Software styling legend
The neutral scale and status colours OPAL’s own interface is built from — five depths per background tint, for dark-mode software surfaces.
Purple background palette — High #8C92A9 · Mid #171A25 · Back #12151F · D Back #0E1019 · Footer #09090B
| Alert | Hex | | D Alert | Hex |
|---|
| Blue | #A4C5EB | | D Blue | #78A2D6 |
| Green | #B1EBA4 | | D Green | #89D678 |
| Orange | #FCC289 | | D Orange | #F79D5C |
| Red | #ED9090 | | D Red | #DA6363 |
Gradients
Gradients appear frequently in OPAL’s own interface — most often as the fill on primary and secondary buttons. Each pairing below runs its base tone into its high-contrast partner.
| Gradient | 0% | 100% |
|---|
| Violet #A799D8 | D Violet #7B6CBA |
| Pink #ED90D9 | D Pink #DA63BC |
| Yellow #FCE989 | D Yellow #F7D35C |
| Navy #455DAC | D Navy #273881 |
| Blue #A4C5EB | D Blue #78A2D6 |
| Green #B1EBA4 | D Green #89D678 |
| Orange #FCC289 | D Orange #F79D5C |
| Red #ED9090 | D Red #DA6363 |
Light-surface variants
The guidelines deck publishes a second, light-background version of every palette above. The four primaries (violet, yellow, pink, navy) don’t change — what changes is the high-contrast partner and the direction of the gradient, which now runs from the light tone into the base tone rather than base into dark.
Light high-contrast palette
| Colour | Hex | RGB | CMYK |
|---|
| L Violet | #C1BAE3 | 193, 186, 227 | 15, 18, 0, 11 |
| L Yellow | #FFEDB3 | 255, 237, 179 | 0, 7, 30, 0 |
| L Pink | #F0B5E1 | 240, 181, 225 | 0, 25, 6, 6 |
| L Navy | #9BA3C8 | 155, 163, 200 | 23, 19, 0, 22 |
Light software styling legend — Purple background: High #EEECF4 · Mid #E8E5F0 · Back #DDD8E9 · D Back #D5CFE6 · Footer #8C859C.
Light alert palette — Blue #A4C5EB · Green #B1EBA4 · Orange #FCC289 · Red #ED9090, contrasted against L Blue #BFD5EF, L Green #C8EFBF, L Orange #FFD2B1, L Red #F1B5B5.
Light gradients — the same eight pairings as above, reversed: L Violet #C1BAE3 → Violet #A799D8; L Pink #F0B5E1 → Pink #ED90D9; L Yellow #FFEDB3 → Yellow #FCE989; L Navy #9BA3C8 → Navy #455DAC; L Blue #BFD5EF → Blue #A4C5EB; L Green #C8EFBF → Green #B1EBA4; L Orange #FFD2B1 → Orange #FCC289; L Red #F1B5B5 → Red #ED9090.
Do not recolour the logo into any of the software-styling or alert colours above — those are interface tones, not logo colours. The logo is restricted to the primary palette and the colour variations shown earlier.
Typography
Primary — Quicksand Variable. An elegant, smooth, edgeless typeface that pairs with the OPAL logo and its overall visual language. Reserved for the wordmark and all headlines. Source
Every colour of OPAL is you.
Secondary — Arial. Used for body copy, labels, paragraphs, and UI/interface text such as navigation and button text. It complements the primary typeface while keeping long-form text readable across digital applications.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
| Role | Typeface | Use |
|---|
| Primary headline | Quicksand Variable, Bold | The wordmark, and every bold, attention-grabbing headline |
| Secondary headline | Quicksand Variable, Medium | Smaller headlines |
| Body / paragraphs / UI text | Arial, Regular | Body copy, labels, paragraphs, button text |
Headline line height. Short copy set in Quicksand Bold should run 105-110% line height. Longer copy set in Quicksand Medium should run a slightly looser 110-115%. Tighter than that starts to feel cramped.
Composition. Two rules the deck calls out specifically:
- When text is the primary content of a visual, keep it centre-aligned.
- Give the logo and any accompanying text proper breathing room — don’t crowd the mark against copy.
Brand use examples
A few applications from the guidelines deck, shown as reference for tone and layout rather than as templates to copy directly.
Screenshots, video, and streams
You may capture, publish, and monetize screenshots and recordings of OPAL’s interface. No approval needed, and no special treatment required — screenshots of the software as it actually looks are not restricted by the logo rules above.
Two asks, both practical rather than legal: show a current version where you can, and if you’re demonstrating something that has since changed, say which version you captured.
OPAL and O3DE are different things
OPAL is an independent, third-party launcher for O3DE. It is not an official O3DE product, and it is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Open 3D Foundation, the Linux Foundation, or the O3DE project. Please don’t describe it as official, bundled, or endorsed.
Open 3D Engine, O3DE, and related names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners, and nothing here grants any right to use them.
Requesting assets or approval
For raw logo files in a format not shown here, a co-branding or partnership arrangement, or written approval for a use the rules above don’t cover — get in touch.
