Post by bulmabriefs144 in My creator name is not searchable

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I was wondering about that. Yeah it didn't really fit the Adult category, but it did need some kind of content warning.

NSFW was a funny way of saying that even if it was your job to playtest video games (that is a reality for some people), if someone walked by to THAT game, they might think you were goofing off and not playing videogames.

So my main remaining question is if there is any way for the other games I have to show up. Because as I say, last I checked, I search my own profile for my other games when offline. I could search specifically by game name, but I imagine someone wondering what other games I do being unable to find me.

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redonihunter359 days ago

but it did need some kind of content warning

There is no such thing on itch, that I would know of. Not in the sense, that there is systematic support for such a thing.

You either have minor-restricted games or not. And if you do, your account is "nsfw". Wich means to appear in search and browse, you need to have be logged in and specifically activate "Show content marked as adult in search & browse" in settings. I do not know if there is a statement, why an account get's marked as nsfw, but that is what happens. Maybe because the nsfw game will be linked to from your profile.

They could use better terms for all that. Here they call it adult. But internally it seems nsfw.

Anyways, if you want to have some sort of non mandatory content warning, for whatever reason, you need to do that in your game description. Better yet, at the start of the game, if it is something that comes unexpeted. Like flashing lights. Or having a horror gore game that presents like a fluffy goodfeel kid game. Oh, and actual adult games do often sport their own content warnings (or advertisment).

(The nsfw marking is mandatory in those cases where it, well, where it is "nsfw", whatever is nsfw)

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bulmabriefs144356 days ago

So basically, the short version is, all other games are screwed and there's very little I can do about that. Oh well.

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redonihunter356 days ago

Huh?

So wait a minute.

Is the game in question an "adult" game according to acceptable use on itch or is it not?

And if it is not, can you not just change the metadata back to being non adult?

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bulmabriefs144356 days ago (6 edits)

It's NSFW according to me. I marked it as NSFW figuring to err on the side of caution. My issue is that this one game is clicked as NSFW under metadata, therefore my entire profile shows up like the picture above. There isn't a "separate games are separate games" approach to profiles. Yes, I suppose I could change it back? But then I figure acceptable use might later harass me about it. Ah okay, you talked me into it. If acceptable use complains about it later, do they give me notification that I can properly modify it? Or is it abruptly just delisted? That's the sort of thing I'm concerned about, some sorta scary mod action. Like, being away from itch.io for a year and finding all my games were gone because mods were like "Oracle of Tao has moaning sounds in it."

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redonihunter356 days ago

Do you have naked genitalia shown in the game or at least boobs? Some gory mauled human bodies? No? Your game is sfw!

Look here for a "sfw" game with some disclaimer example you can adapt for your moaning.

https://teamsalvato.itch.io/ddlc

And I bet you will find more than moaning in these sfw games tagged under romance. (be sure to turn adult games off in settings. Now that you are no longer a creator with an adult game, you can turn that off. Creators with adult games can not turn that off. You are visible again, should you not have noticed.)

https://itch.io/games/tag-romance

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redonihunter356 days ago

Acceptable use is a figure of speech. I did not search extensivly for any definition that itch put forth, what must be marked as adult.

But as long as your game is not intended as a porn game or an explicit horror game, it most likely is non adult. Just imagine what rating it would have, if it would have an official rating. If it would be 16 or less, chances are, it is "non adult".

Of course, cultural values are different everywhere. In Europe, naked boobs would get you to maybe 16, depending on context, and violence will quickly get you to 18. In US it is the other way round. Violence seems ok for kids, but beware the occasional naked pixel bosom.

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