Content ratings

What the form asks

Seventeen groups of labels, each label a checkbox. The groups are fixed; the last group is about features rather than content.

Weights that decide the band

Each ticked label adds its own weight. These are the numbers that matter, because the band is a pure function of the total.

Score to band

The recommendation is the total score read against five thresholds. Nothing else influences it.

score >= 20 -> 18+
score >= 10 -> 16+
score >=  5 -> 12+
score >=  1 -> 7+
otherwise  -> 3+

flag a label when its weight >= 3

What is stored and what players see

The form writes a contentRating object on the listing document: whether it was submitted, the contact email that accompanies it, and the ticked labels. Your listing document is created with an empty declaration, so an untouched listing is a listing with no rating, not a rating of 3+.

• The store reads the final band first, then the suggested band, then any legacy age field, and falls back to 3+ for display only.
• The badge is an image matched to the band, with /assets/age-3.png as the fallback file.
• The caption beside the badge says the rating was submitted by the developer, because it was: nobody approved it.
• Re-running the form after a content change updates the band; the old labels are replaced, not merged.

Filling the form in

1. Play your own build and take notes. Every blood splash, every line of dialogue, every randomised reward. The form is only as good as your inventory.
2. Tick conservatively upward. Where a label is arguable, tick the heavier one. Under-declaring is the risk; over-declaring just moves the badge.
3. Answer the Final Questions truthfully. Stranger interaction is weighted 4 on its own and drives expectations about moderation.
4. Read the recommended band back. Compare it with how you would describe the game to a parent.
5. Set a rating contact email. The address stored with the declaration should reach someone who can answer a challenge about it.
6. Re-declare on every material change. A new update that adds gore invalidates a rating recorded before it.