Kid-Friendly?

[marbs]

Is this appropriate for kids?

[Azure Zero]

In terms of age rating from what I have played so far;

content wise it is kid safe, (no blood, guts, and or innuendo, though some swearing in messages)
gameplay wise it is not completely kid-friendly, as you have to be through in some missions and some things are not clearly mentioned in game, like breaking a firewall. You also have to deal with some parts that are rather confusing and very specific in how to do them.
There is no real manual for this game.

And the hacking done, is script-kiddie, and am not sure if you get better than that later.

[marbs]

Originally posted by Azure Zero:

In terms of age rating from what I have played so far;

content wise it is kid safe, (no blood, guts, and or innuendo, though some swearing in messages)
gameplay wise it is not completely kid-friendly, as you have to be through in some missions and some things are not clearly mentioned in game, like breaking a firewall. You also have to deal with some parts that are rather confusing and very specific in how to do them.
There is no real manual for this game.

And the hacking done, is script-kiddie, and am not sure if you get better than that later.

How serious is the swearing? And have you finished the game yet?

[Coconut Cream]

The f word is about as bad as swearing gets if I recall correctly, there is one mission where you are given the option to kill a sick man who wants to be put out of his misery by hacking his pacemaker, not too graphic but you see his heartbeats stop slowly. The game has a mild learning curve but the ending is entirely satisfying if I do say so, there is one puzzle in the game which a person must be fairly technical to complete it.

[Azure Zero]

Originally posted by DancingKitten10:

Originally posted by Azure Zero:

In terms of age rating from what I have played so far;

content wise it is kid safe, (no blood, guts, and or innuendo, though some swearing in messages)
gameplay wise it is not completely kid-friendly, as you have to be through in some missions and some things are not clearly mentioned in game, like breaking a firewall. You also have to deal with some parts that are rather confusing and very specific in how to do them.
There is no real manual for this game.

And the hacking done, is script-kiddie, and am not sure if you get better than that later.

How serious is the swearing? And have you finished the game yet?

The amount of swearing is small, but still there
I'm about, I'd say 1/3rd through the game, so I don't know all the missions.
as some missions are really hard, or have very specific requirements (and don't say which requirements are missed when you try to reply saying it's done).

[Orann]

Developer here - I wouldn't say it's "Kid Friendly" - some of the jokes in the game are pretty mature, and some language used is quite strong. In the future i'm going to work on an education build that's a lot stricter in what sort of things it can talk about and what words it can use, with a bigger focus on the tutorial, so you might prefer to wait for that.

[marbs]

Originally posted by Orann:

Developer here - I wouldn't say it's "Kid Friendly" - some of the jokes in the game are pretty mature, and some language used is quite strong. In the future i'm going to work on an education build that's a lot stricter in what sort of things it can talk about and what words it can use, with a bigger focus on the tutorial, so you might prefer to wait for that.

Ah, okay. I was wondering because it looked like a pretty good game, I just wasn''t sure whether it was appropriate for me. I wasn't worried about mechanic wise, (I play KOTOR :P) so it would be cool if you could make a game like this but more appropriate. Is it like Uncharted or inFAMOUS bad (sorry about the bad examples, haven't played many T games), or is it like M rated game bad?

[Aidy]

Originally posted by DancingKitten10:

Originally posted by Orann:

Developer here - I wouldn't say it's "Kid Friendly" - some of the jokes in the game are pretty mature, and some language used is quite strong. In the future i'm going to work on an education build that's a lot stricter in what sort of things it can talk about and what words it can use, with a bigger focus on the tutorial, so you might prefer to wait for that.

Ah, okay. I was wondering because it looked like a pretty good game, I just wasn''t sure whether it was appropriate for me. I wasn't worried about mechanic wise, (I play KOTOR :P) so it would be cool if you could make a game like this but more appropriate. Is it like Uncharted or inFAMOUS bad (sorry about the bad examples, haven't played many T games), or is it like M rated game bad?

I'd probably expect a T-Rating from it if ESRB were to rate it, but my personal opinion on what defines the ratings is a bit different to what they use. The mature language isn't as horrid as it is in some games, like GTA V, but it's certainly there.

[marbs]

Originally posted by Aidy:

Originally posted by DancingKitten10:

Ah, okay. I was wondering because it looked like a pretty good game, I just wasn''t sure whether it was appropriate for me. I wasn't worried about mechanic wise, (I play KOTOR :P) so it would be cool if you could make a game like this but more appropriate. Is it like Uncharted or inFAMOUS bad (sorry about the bad examples, haven't played many T games), or is it like M rated game bad?

I'd probably expect a T-Rating from it if ESRB were to rate it, but my personal opinion on what defines the ratings is a bit different to what they use. The mature language isn't as horrid as it is in some games, like GTA V, but it's certainly there.

Huh, okay.

[Kacey]

Originally posted by Aidy:

Originally posted by DancingKitten10:

Ah, okay. I was wondering because it looked like a pretty good game, I just wasn''t sure whether it was appropriate for me. I wasn't worried about mechanic wise, (I play KOTOR :P) so it would be cool if you could make a game like this but more appropriate. Is it like Uncharted or inFAMOUS bad (sorry about the bad examples, haven't played many T games), or is it like M rated game bad?

I'd probably expect a T-Rating from it if ESRB were to rate it, but my personal opinion on what defines the ratings is a bit different to what they use. The mature language isn't as horrid as it is in some games, like GTA V, but it's certainly there.

It'd be M if it uses f**k.

[marbs]

Originally posted by Kaxey:

Originally posted by Aidy:

I'd probably expect a T-Rating from it if ESRB were to rate it, but my personal opinion on what defines the ratings is a bit different to what they use. The mature language isn't as horrid as it is in some games, like GTA V, but it's certainly there.

It'd be M if it uses f**k.

kk

[Aimeryan]

Originally posted by Kaxey:

Originally posted by Aidy:

I'd probably expect a T-Rating from it if ESRB were to rate it, but my personal opinion on what defines the ratings is a bit different to what they use. The mature language isn't as horrid as it is in some games, like GTA V, but it's certainly there.

It'd be M if it uses f**k.

I wonder if the rating differs based on whether it is text or voice. I mean, a word is a word; it is the vocal presence and intimidation that makes these things unpleasant - at least for me.

There is no voice in Hacknet*, there is no visual display on violence. I guess books have ratings - Hacknet would probably have more in common with a book rating system than a video game rating system.

*I wont spoil the one time there is voice, but it is completely clean and friendly from my memory.

[Aidy]

Originally posted by Aimeryan:

Originally posted by Kaxey:

It'd be M if it uses f**k.

I wonder if the rating differs based on whether it is text or voice. I mean, a word is a word; it is the vocal presence and intimidation that makes these things unpleasant - at least for me.

There is no voice in Hacknet*, there is no visual display on violence. I guess books have ratings - Hacknet would probably have more in common with a book rating system than a video game rating system.

*I wont spoil the one time there is voice, but it is completely clean and friendly from my memory.

If a game has strong language or reference via text to imagery which has sexual implication or violence then they'd treat it the same way as any other game unfortunately. Hacknet's pretty tame in comparison to some games when it comes to strong language which is why I think it'd only really get a T rating, most people nowadays are exposed to that kind of thing anyway outside of the virtual world.

Anyway I digress, as I said, I think that ESRB and whatever other ratings boards there are would treat all games the same regardless of whether it's written or not, so long as you can interact with it. Probably.

[MreeBiPolar]

Here's a more detailed explanation of what you can encounter there:
There's a metric ton of sexual and drug references and innuendo in text files you can access on servers. Almost none of these are related to missions (though there are a couple cases which are -- and one of them you need to actually read through and understand to figure out how to complete that mission) and most of them are more just hilarity (jokes literally copied from bash.org) than anything.

[TurboTanker]

Originally posted by Orann:

Developer here - I wouldn't say it's "Kid Friendly" - some of the jokes in the game are pretty mature, and some language used is quite strong. In the future i'm going to work on an education build that's a lot stricter in what sort of things it can talk about and what words it can use, with a bigger focus on the tutorial, so you might prefer to wait for that.

Any updates on this? Game is on sale right now, and I'm considering purchasing, but I often play around younger siblings and don't want inappropriate content or swearing.

[janglejingle]

Originally posted by TurboTanker:

Originally posted by Orann:

Developer here - I wouldn't say it's "Kid Friendly" - some of the jokes in the game are pretty mature, and some language used is quite strong. In the future i'm going to work on an education build that's a lot stricter in what sort of things it can talk about and what words it can use, with a bigger focus on the tutorial, so you might prefer to wait for that.

Any updates on this? Game is on sale right now, and I'm considering purchasing, but I often play around younger siblings and don't want inappropriate content or swearing.

It's free on humble bundle. ;)