I’m building with a game, The owner got a warning and the game is deleted/under review.
Gameplay: You start with tokens and sit at a table with other people. You place a custom bet with tokens, which you get for free every few minutes. People take turns drawing cards that give gun or nothing, and shoot others who ragdoll out of their chair. Last one alive doubles their tokens bet, whoever was shot loses what they bet. Tokens cannot be bought with robux. Tokens can buy gun skin crates that guarantee 1 gun. Crates can also be bought with gems/robux. Gems cannot be bet with. There is no way to use the gun on yourself, even the reset button is disabled. Theres very little blood poof when somones shot.
Gampeplay is very similar to Breaking point, Spin the bottle, and The Test, but less gloomy.
What could be the problem? Could the betting be the the problem even thought no robux are directly or indirectly used? Maybe betting combined with guns is bad?
Is it safe to use betting currency to buy crates, when crates can be bought with gems/robux? Or would this somehow give betting currency monetary value? Eg crate cost 1000 tokens or 100 gems/robux.
Things we considered: Remove betting (dev doesnt want to)? Alter the betting system? Make it so you always ‘win’ 1 token back if you lose? OR Just change gun sounds to something funny, or laser, remove realistic colored gun skin, remove the blood and ragdoll?
It may just fall under this description in the Roblox Community Standards mentioning “Except where prohibited by local law or regulation”:
Except where prohibited by local law or regulation, we allow the portrayal of gambling in experiences, no real money, Robux, or anything that can become real money or Robux, may be exchanged in these experiences. We also require that the odds of winning be fair and not skewed in the developer’s favor.
A game named Shady Business, created by the same developers who created Gas Station Simulator, is very similar to the game you’re creating as well as the games you have mentioned. A few weeks ago their game got taken down, and I believe for the same/similar reason(s) you got warned for (Suicide and Self Harm in a Russian roulette game). They appealed but Roblox did not change their decision. I can tell you for a fact that Shady Business did not contain any form of suicide or self-harm because I played it the day before it was taken down.
In your case, I believe it isn’t the betting system that is causing the problem, but the use of guns and the Russian roulette system (Shady Business also contained a betting system but they were not warned for that). I would suggest either altering the gameplay and make it sort of less violent or going for a “toy/water guns” kind of thing.
It was really confusing how a game that is pretty much the same as Spin The Bottle and Breaking Point was taken down while those games still stand. Like, isn’t Spin the Bottle (the irl game) sort of an adult game?? How is that allowed in a children’s game??!? Although the gameplay is different, the name still reflects the irl game
have you tried appealing yet? Also, make sure you address the actual moderation complaint, not some random other issue. Can we see the moderation message?
This is what they sent us,
Rn we are trying to make it more family friendly by making the guns make a laser noise and shoot a laser , but we are not sure yet , we dont want our accounts being banned.We still dont know if the problem is the betting system or what is it exactly since they do not give us the exact reason for the ban.
Nice name (very similar to Shady Business). Now with the introduction of Age Ratings, I believe you may publish your game again and tweak some parts and you should be good to go! (Shady Business republished their game after adding a T&C that you have to agree to when joining the game. Their game is also rated 13+ I believe)
