Workshop's Rules for Content Submission

[TomasGestinger 41]

Welcome to the big thread about what is allowed on the Workshop and what isn't. You can ask any questions here and search for help with anything related to the Workshop and exporting.

Rules for Content Submission

• No offensive content, language or imagery - Do not post any information in the game or in connection with the game that contains nudity, excessive violence, abuse, harassment, or offensive subject matter or that contains a link to such content

• All submissions have to include a relevant thumbnail and a description - Provide basic and accurate information about your creation and add a relevant thumbnail that has to be taken as a screenshot of your creation, don't advertise anything else other than your submission here

• Correctly tag and categorize your creations – Use tags that accurately represent your creation only, do not mislead people on purpose

• Do not use other people’s or copyrighted content - Your content must not infringe anyone's copyrights or author rights, it must not be offensive to people or illegal in any other way

• Write in English - Descriptions and titles have to have an English version

• Do not abuse the reporting system – Do not report creations unless they break the rules written above or have other significant technical problems

• All monetized content has to provide value - Do not submit monetized games that give nothing to the player in return or serve as a donation service
• Test submissions have to be hidden by the creator - Hide any submissions you're using for testing or development purposes during the exporting process

If your creations do not follow rules for content submission, moderators of the Workshop can block them without further notice. All games are only blocked, not deleted, and if a creator changes their submission to follow the rules, they can always be made public again. If you have any questions, you can ask them here, message me or write me an email at tomas.gestinger@bistudio.com

[TomasGestinger 41]

Hey there, Ylanders.

Version 1.2 is out and with it, our Workshop rules change slightly. After our first big clean up of the Workshop, we decided to introduce a few additions to the rules and we'll keep this thread up to answer any future questions about them. The Workshop is under construction now so there will be more changes to how exporting and managing creations goes and we'll make sure you're always updated on all the new stuff.

Feel free to ask about anything, enjoy the new update and as always,

Stay classy!

[Hunter-Over-Fire 123]

Anything you say?  So how long do you think a train of box cars would need to be to be considered a decent sized level with a 10-15 minute deadline to complete? 

Edited March 25, 2020 by Hunter-Over-Fire

[RedEagle_P1. 905]

How does one set things to hidden? 

[Hunter-Over-Fire 123]

What is the hidden option?  Cause I never heard of it.

[Adam Snellgrove 1451]

In the workshop, you can choose to hide your creation, so it is not visible to others. This is good when just putting out a test version, so you don't clog up the workshop with unfinished games.

[TomasGestinger 41]

The Hide option is available at the very end of the uploading process right before you publish a game. You can see the whole process in the new Dev Diary video.

[JohnMFSteel 93]

What rules should we be following when making games?
I've been looking at the rating system, as far as I can tell PEGI 12 is equivalent to ESRB T and GSRR PG-15.
The website only says PEGI 12, and the rules here don't talk about some things such as Casinos, and damage effects.
PEGI 12 and the other I've said are equivalent allow authentic in game gambling.
They also allow non-humanoid fantasy characters to have more graphic deaths and damage impact effects.(the distinction between human and fantasy appears to just be a PEGI thing)

[Adam Snellgrove 1451]

I think even with more "mature" content, if you warn the player in advance, it should be fine. I wouldn't go completely over the top with mature concepts, especially sexual and vulgar content, but with proper warning certain leeway on our part is expected.