(My first posted topic btw)
I was thinking of making my horror-styled-(semi-realistic)-futuristic-fps-zombie-game as scary as it possibly can.
To prevent my future game from being taken down/or held under hostage, what are the things should I not include/or what should I replace them with?
I’m planning to include the following things:
-Guts flying out of zombies (Just rectangular brick ones colored in deep red with some sphere shaped ones, not actually detailed guts)
-Have the ability to shoot yourself in the head if you’re infected to prevent yourself from turning into a zombie (Or have a survivor do that for you)
-Likely lot’s of blood splatters
-Intensive-horrifying zombie roars and stuff—includes loud as hell screeching
-Decapitating zombie heads
-If a survivor is infected, they continue coughing and has a chance of coughing out blood to indicate that they’re infected
-Very detailed zombie models (That includes blood wounds, with an actual bloodeh mouth, image shown below)
Would be very cool if I can keep all of the features above
Also, I’ve also heard from a few people that lot’s of new members in the DevForums are complaining that many posts are wretched posts—I hope this isn’t one of them.
You’ll also be fine if you let players take themselves out through deadly environmental hazards – as long as you don’t encourage it or talk about it. Smart players will think to jump into a deadly pit or something on their own without you prompting it. If enough smart players start doing this, nearly everyone will because the rest of the players will learn by watching.
I recommend that when a player plays for the first time, you give options to remove blood and/or reduce/remove the screeching.
Every person is affected differently, especially based on past experiences in their lifetime that may be triggered by certain sights/sounds.
If it is already a thing which I am not aware of, or becomes one in the future, I also recommend automatically toning things down for under 13 players.
Other than the suicide aspect, Roblox rules don’t set hard limits, so you need to be careful because you never know for sure when you go too far. Just think about your target audience and judge based off of that.
By references to suicide, I mean anything in the game involving suicide directly. Using “suicide” as a term for environmental hazards/fall damage wouldn’t be considered inappropriate because it’s not being prompted with intentionally killing your own character.
The “Suicide” term used here is just a placeholder for when you didn’t die by a player.
I imagine you could get away with it but I would avoid it. A hidden bonus would be safer, but still a gray area that I would avoid. Essentially, avoid giving players a “suicide bonus”, even by another name.
It will look better if you have a “suicide bonus” just “coincidentally” give you points if you suicide. For example, a bonus that you get for not becoming a zombie at all – which you get in many situations, including suicide, winning, and dying from another player – would look better.
In a similar vein, you could flip the above bonus around: a “zombified” point subtractor that you get if you fully become a zombie. Getting less points for becoming a zombie looks better than getting more points for suicide even if it’s practically the same thing.
