I want to make a game that restricts any users below the age of 13, because of the content that is shown in my project. I’ve tried filtering the game to players who have the account for 30+ days, but that does not completely filter the game to 13+ only. Are there any features ROBLOX made to filter the game to 13+, and if so, how can I enable it?
[EDIT] The content on my game passes through all the guidelines.
[EDIT#2] Thank you all for the helpful comments! I never expect this many responses. Thank you!.
Currently, there is no way to track a player’s set birthday. This likely wouldn’t become a feature either, because of personal information and security reasons.
you could make a place that you join into telling to say 12345, and if the chat sees ##### it will kick you out, if the chat sees 12345, then it teleports you to the place where the game is played at.
This isn’t a efficient system because servers see through the tags. If you take a look at admin commands let’s say you made a game with Kohls Admin and then played it with someone named 192019, but you were under 13 or even if your over it can tag. Then let’s say that 192 dude started exploiting and you said !kick 192 then it would come out as !kick ###, but the person will still be kicked because the server saw through the tags.
Honestly what you could try doing is “trick” people into giving their real birthday. In game, you ask them for their age. one time you ask them, and the second you put up a message that goes something like: Are you really sure you are [age]??? I think that younger people can’t really know that you don’t actually know their age so they might go along with it.
Content should be safe for users of all ages. Also, attempting to block <13 users is discrimination based on age. Roblox doesn’t want any type of discrimination.
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We have users of all ages and we want to create safe environment for all of them, including children.
If your game is not safe for <13 then just drop the project or make it into something suitable for them.
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It’s not possible. However I don’t understand why some have a negative view of doing this if it was possible. It should be down to the developer to decide why a certain age group should not be allowed to play their game, maybe they don’t want kids playing with guns in their game for personal reasons and beliefs. It doesn’t mean the developer should be limited on what games they can make, as long as all Roblox rules are followed. Obviously the feature (if existed) is pointless due to the fact people lie about their age.
Sometimes having <13 and >13 players in one game can lead to communication issues between players due to certain things being moderated. I personally think it’s absolutely justified to separate the two age groups. Roblox themselves have 13+ items in their catalog. As much as everyone wants to include everyone there are many parts of Roblox that are not available for everyone, paid access games for example. Not everyone has the money to buy Robux, it doesn’t mean the developers are purposefully discriminating those people.
Discrimination: “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.”
Notice the word “unjust” blocking <13 players because the content may not be suitable for them is entirely justified.
In fact, Roblox is heading in the direction game ratings which will filter out what ages can access your game.
