I’m making a horror game and need some advice on what’s allowed and what’s not.
I already had mode a post on the same thing before, and I got a lot of answers, but I still have some unanswered questions.
Okay, so first of all here’s some important things about the game:
The game will be 13+.
All the blood and guts are gonna be blue. (for asthetic purposes and just so it’s less violent. )
No harmful content in the game, excep, will be glorified or condoned.(the abusing for example. )
All the abusive/too violent scenes will be cut out( so for example a character leaps at another character with a knife, then the screen fades to black, and then the other character is shown bleeding, etc. So the actual attack won’t be seen.)
There will be a huge trigger warning in the description of the game and at the beginning of it.
Most importantly this game us about healing and awareness, again, not glorifying any harmful content in it.
And now onto the things in my game that I’m questioning whether they’re allowed or not:
1.An animal starving to death due to it’s owner’s poverty.
Schizophrenia (I’m not sure how to explain this), but there will be 2 endings, one where the character heals, and the other where she doesn’t. (The one where she doesn’t will be warned as unhealthy, and the whole game is about healing, changing for the better, and cutting negative people out of your life)
Sorry if the post is short, I got a lot of my questions answered already.
your game sounds really interesting and it’s clear you’ve put a lot of thought into handling sensitive topics. for the animal starving situation, it should be fine as long as it’s not graphic or overly detailed. maybe focus on implying the situation through dialogue or subtle environmental cues instead of showing it directly. this keeps it impactful without crossing any lines.
for schizophrenia and mental health themes, roblox is usually okay with these kinds of topics if they’re handled respectfully. just avoid stereotypes and try to approach it in a way that feels honest. having both a healing and unhealthy ending is fine, as long as the unhealthy one doesn’t feel too harsh or glorifying. the trigger warnings are a really good idea too.
youre game will be fine as long as you give the right trigger warnings basicly and dont make it too deep or detailed in the sensitive topics, Good luck!
Of course! the game sounds amazing and with the right exposure and right storyline thats all you really need before youve got 100, 500, 1k people playing consistently!
I tend to be a bit of a pessimist, but when you’re done with a story driven game, you’re generally done with it. It wouldn’t retain a long-term player base due to the shackles of the very nature of premade story-based gameplay.
As for the starvation of animals, I’d advise against explicit statements of death by malnourishment. Make the animal skinnier over time and then have it die offscreen.
But my main objective right now is to build a fanbase and then make more games. So hopefully my fanbase likes my game and sticks around for new ones.
As for the animal death thing, would showing the corpse be okay? I wont show it dying, and the corpse won’t be deformed or anything, it’ll look more like it’s just sleeping, but the dialogue will make it clear that it’s not.
Although I did see someone on devforum post about a game with schizophrenia in it and there didn’t seem to be a problem with that. But I’ll look into it more and think about the storyline for a bit.