What exactly counts as use of alcohol?

[ToastyGamer295 (inv)]

I intend to make a game based around a town bakery in the Middle Ages. In that time, beer or ale was used as a substitute for yeast in baking.
If I include something like ale, with NO option to drink it, NO other use for it other than baking and NO option/opportunity to, for example, put too much alcohol in dough, would the game have to be limited to 17+ or not?

[ar_qx]

Any depiction of alcohol will lead to a restriction of 17+
There are work-arounds to these policies but to have any alcohol depictions would mean you must declare that and have your game restricted.

Sources:

Restricted Content Policy

“Restricted experiences on Roblox may include references to, and depictions of, alcohol use and intoxicated behavior. However, we prohibit users from discussing, depicting, or promoting illegal and some regulated goods, including:…”

Content Maturity Labels

" Restricted May contain strong violence, heavy realistic blood, moderate crude humor, romantic themes, unplayable gambling content, the presence of alcohol, strong language, and/or moderate fear. These experiences are only available to 17+ users who verified their ages by completing ID verification."

Roblox Community Standards

" We do not allow users to discuss or engage in real world illegal activities or encourage others to do so on or off Roblox. We also prohibit the discussion, depiction, or promotion of some illegal and regulated goods or activities. This includes:

• Controlled substances such as pharmaceutical products and recreational drugs, as well as alcohol, tobacco, vaping, and their associated paraphernalia"

[ToastyGamer295 (inv)]

If “the presence of alcohol” is enough for it to be considered 17+, then I guess that answers my question. Thank you!

[ar_qx]

I mean games for years have had bottles of what one can only assume is alcohol, like typical wine bottles, you may be able to get away with having it so long as it has no visual effects, movement effects is purely decorative and labelled as something else like “Water” or “Flavouring”

Would these bottle assets be moderated or against Roblox terms of service?

Sadly, none of us are Roblox moderators, therefore, we never truly know what is going on. I honestly think that depending on the moderator, these assets might get moderated, because some moderators might figure that since the model has no context, it is not just given that they are alcoholic beverages. However, that being said, another moderator might assume these are alcoholic beverages thanks to the colors and the shapes of all the bottles. Honestly, you might want to consider contacting the…

I mean hell people make wine cellars in bloxburg when I was searching up examples.

Wine Cellar Speedbuild - Roblox - Welcome to Bloxburg

This is the “workaround” I am talking about, but ultimately it is your own judgement to decide what’s appropriate.

[ToastyGamer295 (inv)]

Now that you mention it, a good workaround might be to label the bottles as “low quality yeast” or “cheap yeast”, as I had in mind it’s something you upgrade from to actual, proper yeast.

The Bloxburg wine cellars - the game does not contain explicit references to alcohol, and I doubt user made content counts, as those “wine bottles” are actually just recolored ketchup bottles.
There was recently some news that a certain game got moderated only for the fact that it contained wine bottle models on a map… completely ignoring the rather graphic content the rest of the game had. Doesn’t give much hope.