But the game isn’t explicitly about COVID-19. It’s just a Plague Inc. clone.
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It’s still not appropriate to create a game like that at this time, and I strongly doubt that a moderator would exhibit sympathy given the severity of the ongoing pandemic.
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I fail to see how an ongoing world event should result in an entire genre being prohibited. While it is sad, the game the OP is trying to make is not related to COVID-19 at all aside from the fact that the game would be about creating a plague. Surely even the Roblox mods aren’t that overbearing.
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I think this rule can be broadly misintrepted. If he is not mentioning the current pandemic, he should be fine. It may not be 100% morally right to make during a pandemic but it does not violate a rule. Let’s take WWI for example. A complete tragedy but many games have been made about it on roblox.
furthermore games like this are on roblox. Bad ratings but are still there. @YumReesesPuffs No you’re not breaking the rules but be careful to stay within the lines of reason. i hope this helped
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If it’s not about an actual disease or a tragedy, there’s no reason for it to be against the Rules.
However, take note that majority of the game audience is young therefore sensitive to types of stuff like this, it might not get your game deleted but ratings will drop heavily. It’s possible to get your game reported as well.
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As others have pointed out, no reason for it to be against rules however, crossing lines during certain situations (for example, creating a game about forest fires when there is a literal one) and other similar cases can lead to heavy criticism of creating a game during those situations.
You might not get warned/banned but it is very much on the grey line.
All of those games are undeniably against Roblox’s policy on tragedies, they’re just not enforcing it; but that’s not a reason to make the game.
Your reputation will be suffer and you will get hate; and if Roblox wakes up on the right side of the bed, your game will be removed and you will be banned.
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I think they have not reinforced this rule due to the broadness. It’s not against the rules unless he makes it about actual tragedies that happened & he’s not using as a reason to make the game. But yeah, I do agree with the reputation part. As the pic I provided above ^ those games got considerable hate. I doubt roblox will enforce this rule as much as others because they would be killing a lot of games and creators.
To be brutally honest, I don’t think a majority of the common players care enough about said tragedies to complain about them. Most general people, who are also children, play Roblox because they want to have fun. Sure, they probably know that Covid is going on and that it’s a global event that’s unfortunate, but to most of them it’s just something happening in the background.
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But those games aren’t about Covid. They’re just plague simulators. Again, I really doubt the Roblox mods are going to ban an entire genre of games just because a world event happens to share its theme. You have to consider that perhaps the creators of these games didn’t have covid in mind when they were making these types of games, and that they simply did it because they had an idea that they thought was cool at the time.
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Moderation enforcement can change swiftly especially when it is already against the rules.
Please stop trying to justify this kind of inappropriate game design. Just don’t make a game on the subject given the current circumstances.
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Sorry, but I still concur. You’ve failed to explain to me how making a simulator, that’s not even about COVID-19, should be banned. You just keep referring back to the rules, even though TOS term you refer to only applies to “Overly violent content and/or content related to tragic current events or circumstances”, which the OP’s game doesn’t refer to at all because the game is not about covid. None of those games are, they’re just plague simulators. You keep trying to use the connotation to say that they’re breaking the rules even though the games aren’t about COVID-19 at all.
I’m gonna agree with Luxorz here and say that I think you’re interpreting the rules way too broadly there, champ. By that exact same logic, I could point my finger at places based off of things like Tienanmen Square and have them all banned because they happen to share a connotation with a tragedy, even though the games have nothing to do with said tragedies outside of that.
If you still think the mods would agree with you, I gladly invite you to ask them personally. After all I mean, it is the mods who decide the fate of these kinds of issues. Judging by the fact that the games Luxorz mentioned are still on the front page though, I don’t think they mind this kind of game.
Most of this is a gray area and too vague in terms of details, but moderators can definitely assume that it is related to COVID-19 due to its current timing and you might be moderated. I simply suggest against it.
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After this quarantine is all over, you can start making your game. Plague Inc. was banned in China, so if you make it now your game will most likely be removed from Roblox.
Come on, even to children, COVID-19 isn’t just a thing going on in the background unless they are a really dumb child.
The rules are very clear cut.
Overly violent content and/or content related to tragic current events or circumstances. We do not allow such content, including:
- Atrocities, massacres, and other shocking real (or pseudo-real) world events; and
- Extreme violence, physical or psychological abuse.
Roblox Community Guidelines. Accessed 16 July 2020.
Interpretation can be spotty sometimes but violations and such are highly judged against the context of your content. World War I games are war games depicted in real settings, much like any other war game on Roblox. You need to avoid covering specific tragedies of World War I. The same goes for World War II and using any symbolism from the time. WWII has been cleared by moderation before but you need to sidestep specific references such as those to Third Reich Germany and the swastika.
On the other hand, other games existing of a certain genre does not make it okay for the OP to do it as well. If another user is breaking the rules and you use the “others do it so it should be fine” justification, that could invite you to also break the rules too and be liable for punishment. Every case is different and you should focus specifically on the case raised as opposed to others. There are few times where the “others can” justification is applicable, this isn’t one of them.
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I completely agree but WWI&WWII and other war like games very much depict murder (as you’re literally murdering others on a battlefield)
And I wasn’t using “if others do it you should too”, my example was more like a “these games are allowed and have concurrent players with no apparent punishments”
…which is literally the same thing
I suggest you take a look at this post that has already been made on this “issue.” I’ve already said my fair share in it, so I hope you can take it with a grain of salt.
We’ve already had a thread like this achieve almost 100 replies on a topic people didn’t take lightly. I’d like it if it wasn’t done again.
No. I’m not encouraging people to do it because others are. This is the difference.
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