Request for Non-18+ Lobby Name Auto-censor & Further Protections for Minors

[Kaiju]

Hello, I am making this discussion post bc tonight was the first time I spoke with a kid on this game. I was speaking to someone else in the global chat and this person said how they're 13, wanna be a computer engineer, all that stuff, super smart kid and with a really bright future; however, it made me really think about it for the first time when starting to play this game, how this game lacks really any protections for minors, despite the game literally basically being animal crossing and def appealing to younger audiences.

On behalf of this person and likely so many other minors who play this game, I'd really like to see that lobby names with any sort of sexual innuendo be prohibited for Non-18+ lobbies; anytime I open the lobby browser I'll see stuff as well with fetish innuendos in the names like "furry fart party" literally just now as a Non-18+ lobby.

I understand there is only one dev behind this, but I ask that there are at the very least SOME protections put in for them; I've had weird ass people come up to me and take off their clothes and start kissing me and ♥♥♥♥ and without even knowing my age, there are def some really weird ppl that play this game, and especially people that could pose a threat to a younger audience.

Maybe a way to fix this is to sorta have what Roblox has implemented, where there is a 17 or less mode and an 18+ mode, where if you're under 18 you can't see 18+ lobbies at all and can only play with other minors. I'm not sure what the best solution is to this, but I'd love to see something done about it.

Thank you,

- Ashe

[Kaiju]

Commenting again so this is put at the top of the feed lel (i really hope the dev sees this asap)

[rabidcopy]

Game is actually doomed. It's becoming a breeding ground for a specific thing right now. No pun intended.

[Freya]

rin lähetti viestin:

Spooky Vanilla lähetti viestin:

Exactly. Is a parent's job to parent their kids and don't let them have access to the internet WITHOUT supervision. Is not my fault that you guys just throw a kid your phone and tell them to piss off instead of giving them the attention and care they need lol.

if the bouncer is bad at their job, and a minor is in a bar, you shouldn't buy that minor a drink and try and date them, and then go "well the bouncer was supposed to do their job not my fault I tried to sleep with a minor" it's your fault

This isn't a bar. That isn't even a fair comparison and you are just using a strawman argument.

"Well, Hitler also drank water so how do you explain this, huh?"

[Yellow]

Marcie lähetti viestin:

The game should check your date of birth from your steam account

Steam does not save the user's DoB to their servers. This is why you have to enter it constantly any time you look at a game which is age-restricted. Within the last few years, they save the date you enter as a cookie on your computer, but this isn't saved to their servers. If you log in on a new device, Steam will ask you for your DoB again when you open age-restricted content.

The developer could create an age prompt which appears at the first launch of the game. The user's input could be saved to the game's save data and the game can filter content accordingly.

[DescipleOfZen]

Yellow lähetti viestin:

The developer could create an age prompt which appears at the first launch of the game. The user's input could be saved to the game's save data and the game can filter content accordingly.

There is nothing stopping the end user from lying about their age, this would be just as useless as the "yes/no" prompt in 18+ servers.

If Steam cannot offer this functionality in their SDK, then it's completely down the the parent to police their child, but of course, we already know they're not.

Most parents are just going to look at a few images, and the trailer, and just say "this is cute for lil' Timmy", unbeknownst to the identity politics and player base included with the game.

The game has some filters now, and even a chalk toggle, but they're not on by default; You have to neutron activate yourself to actually find them at the bottom.

Hypothetically though, even if Valve did offer age checking and profile verification within their SDK, who's to say there won't be a bypass mod? GDScript byte code id being researched because of this game, full decompiled/recompiled. The game is blown open.

There's no real way to police this, and the developer couldn't even handle his own Discord server getting too big, not to mention he apparently doesn't even check Steam forums.

If you see something bad, all you can do is take screenshots and send them to Valve, let them handle it hopefully; If you're a parent and reading this, remember that Steam has a TWO HOUR refund policy... PLAY PURCHASES before your child, don't just glance surface level.

My two cents.

rabidcopy lähetti viestin:

Game is actually doomed. It's becoming a breeding ground for a specific thing right now. No pun intended.

Common furry community L

[Freya]

DescipleOfZen lähetti viestin:

Common furry community L

Wait until you find out who made the game

[DescipleOfZen]

Spooky Vanilla lähetti viestin:

Wait until you find out who made the game

Yeah, I sadly only found out way after two hours playtime had passed. Well aware.

[OkaMeow]

Server names in general shouldn't be sexual, as everyone can see it.

[some guy]

DescipleOfZen lähetti viestin:

Most parents are just going to look at a few images, and the trailer, and just say "this is cute for lil' Timmy", unbeknownst to the identity politics and player base included with the game.

I'm kind of tired of the base level negative rumors against the community. Not to say that there aren't bad actors, but that's a universal saying for any community.

I don't wanna speak for others, but I've literally joined only 18+ servers and I've seen more normal conversations with decent people than anything remotely sexual, and even then I never saw any flirting or ERP. Also It's a little nuts to imply that a "gay" title is harmful to children. And I haven't seen a gr__ming story, let alone a bad experience come out of this yet.

Not to say there shouldn't be moderation, I think some better attention should be paid to that, such as more involved age checking ingame to just make sure, but there really is no good solution in this game as of now. Responsibility shouldn't just fall on a parent (though we do need actually attentive parents nowadays).

DescipleOfZen lähetti viestin:

The game has some filters now, and even a chalk toggle, but they're not on by default; You have to neutron activate yourself to actually find them at the bottom.

Is it that hard nowadays to activate a simple few brain synapses to look in a simple settings menu to use a toggle?

DescipleOfZen lähetti viestin:

Hypothetically though, even if Valve did offer age checking and profile verification within their SDK, who's to say there won't be a bypass mod? GDScript byte code id being researched because of this game, full decompiled/recompiled. The game is blown open.

There's no real way to police this, and the developer couldn't even handle his own Discord server getting too big, not to mention he apparently doesn't even check Steam forums.

I'm sadly not surprised at this. Decompilers for Godot games have existed for a while. I notable remember using one to make and play mods on Cruelty Squad, so its not too surprising that you can also crack into everything inside of WF.

Also, I don't blame the developer since from what I've heard, this was just a basic ass gamejam game that got popular over night. Similar thing happened to Friday Night Funkin', basic gamejam game that got extremely popular overnight and eventually lead to a lot chaos over the years.

[Freya]

postaldumbass lähetti viestin:

Also, I don't blame the developer since from what I've heard, this was just a basic ass gamejam game that got popular over night. Similar thing happened to Friday Night Funkin', basic gamejam game that got extremely popular overnight and eventually lead to a lot chaos over the years.

Yep, kids just ruins every game and then everyone has to bend their knees for them. There shouldn't be kids online without supervision, period. And is the fault of the parents for not checking on what their kids do online.

I'm just really tired of kids getting into ♥♥♥♥ they could not possibly understand and ruining everything.

[some guy]

Spooky Vanilla lähetti viestin:

Yep, kids just ruins every game and then everyone has to bend their knees for them. There shouldn't be kids online without supervision, period. And is the fault of the parents for not checking on what their kids do online.

I'm just really tired of kids getting into ♥♥♥♥ they could possibly not understand and ruining everything.

Im perfectly fine with it as long as I can separate myself from them, and I'm not blamed if a kid ♥♥♥♥♥ up. But I agree kids can make ♥♥♥♥ a damn mess and I'm pretty tired of it. I wish it were easier to separate adults from them to make things actually safe.

[Freya]

postaldumbass lähetti viestin:

Spooky Vanilla lähetti viestin:

Yep, kids just ruins every game and then everyone has to bend their knees for them. There shouldn't be kids online without supervision, period. And is the fault of the parents for not checking on what their kids do online.

I'm just really tired of kids getting into ♥♥♥♥ they could possibly not understand and ruining everything.

Im perfectly fine with it as long as I can separate myself from them, and I'm not blamed if a kid ♥♥♥♥♥ up. But I agree kids can make ♥♥♥♥ a damn mess and I'm pretty tired of it. I wish it were easier to separate adults from them to make things actually safe.

Yep, like how Garry's Mod is a mod for Half-Life 2, an M rated game, which you would think would be full of boomers. But nope! Is full of annoying kids. And because they are always the most toxic people online, a lot of awesome projects, campaigns and addons just get abondoned because the creators get fed up with all the kids constantly harassing them.

Garry's Mod is my go-to-game for replaying old source games, but time and time again I see that my favorite projects get abandoned or even straight up taken down because of all the kids that dominate the workshop platform.

And to think about it, that's not the only game where kids just entirely ruin a game's workshop and/or an entire community. Heck, even games aimed at kids like A Hat in Time or Rivals of Aether has some of the most toxic people around the workshop and just spitting all the insults and harassment they can in comments and forums because they know their parents are too busy watching TV or doing literally anything else but take care of them.

[Kaiju]

commenting so this goes back to the top of the discussions board

[scottpilgrim]

not just minors like i'm pretty sure most people don't wanna see that typa stuff. plus, i gifted this to my brother who's a kid so we could play together

[Freya]

scottpilgrim lähetti viestin:

not just minors like i'm pretty sure most people don't wanna see that typa stuff. plus, i gifted this to my brother who's a kid so we could play together

Why would you gift your little brother a chat room? Are you nuts?