Hi, Steven_Scripts here, creator of Warm Isolation. You may have noticed that Warm Isolation now has a Restricted (aka 17+) rating for romantic themes.
This is not due to any content changes within the game itself; Warm Isolation has remained largely untouched (other than bug fixes and maintenance) throughout the past few years, as I have declared it to be in a finished state. Rather, this is the result of a recent change that Roblox made to their Maturity & Compliance Questionnaire, which is a questionnaire that determines any game’s age rating and restrictions.
In short: If a game takes place primarily in private spaces, for example, a bedroom, it must have a Restricted rating. Because this question was written into a pre-existing question about whether a game contained romantic themes, Warm Isolation is now marked as having romantic themes. Strictly speaking, this is an inaccurate label. Warm Isolation does not and will never contain romantic themes of any kind; this is merely a clerical error on Roblox’s end.
For more information on this change, see the official post from Roblox staff below:
Following this change, Warm Isolation was taken down for its questionnaire being out of date. After contacting the appeals team and submitting my game for re-review, I was able to get it reinstated after two weeks.
Some have suggested that I reupload a version of Warm Isolation with the private spaces removed. Unfortunately, I believe the roles of Warm Isolation’s bedroom and bathroom are baked too deeply into this game’s identity for me to be able to alter those aspects while still retaining the spirit of Warm Isolation. Say the bedroom were turned into a living room; that is still arguably a private space according to Roblox’s criteria, and that still leaves the bathroom as a problem factor. Even if it would be permitted, (which I have no way to confirm without risking being hit by a moderative action,) I would have compromised a significant part of the game’s core identity.
As much as I would like to work with moderation to come to an agreement, I do not have any contacts or connections I could utilize to that effect; I must rely purely on publicly available information and the exact wording of Roblox’s current policies. Based off of that information, as it stands, an unrestricted Warm Isolation is not feasible.
I apologize for those who enjoyed this game and are no longer able to access it, but please understand that I have already considered and/or exhausted all of my options. It’s out of my hands now.
I would like to end this statement with a warning for those that must hear it: Even with Warm Isolation’s Restricted rating, this game was not, is not, and never will be intended to house violative behavior. Do not use this rating change as an excuse to engage in such behavior. The only reason I am keeping this game up at this point is as a form of preservation. If I find that its legacy is being tarnished, I can and will close the game completely, for good. So please, behave.
-Steven_Scripts