Clarification and Reminder on Inappropriate Workshop Content in Tower Unite
After some discussions with the community on Steam, on our Discord, and among our team about Workshop, we want to clarify our rules on inappropriate sexual content. We have always had rules about sexual content, but, going forward, we want to be more clear about them and how we will be enforcing them as developers, when necessary.
So, this is our clarified policy on inappropriate sexual content on Workshop as of October 5, 2020:
We will not allow content that is inappropriate, sexually offensive, or over-sexualized, such as:
Models that break these rules should be reported to us through Steam, and we will continue to go through and ban/remove models which break the rules when we have the time.
We will not make a content filter to hide or allow this content.
If you have uploaded content in the past which breaks these rules, including content that is currently marked as inappropriate, we’d recommend removing it as soon as possible, as it will be removed from our Workshop when we are made aware of it, resulting in a temporary workshop ban issued by Steam.
You have until October 9th, 2020 to remove models that break these clarified rules on your own before they may be removed by us, unless there is a pressing issue requiring their removal.
Our reasoning for these rules is that Tower Unite is intended to be a place for people to hang out, have fun, and make friends. Allowing sexual, lewd, inappropriate, and pornographic content can make people feel uncomfortable and disrespected, and that is not the environment we want, nor do we desire to make it easier for that type of content to exist in our game.
Please remember to review our Workshop rules and Steam’s rules before uploading, and remember that Tower Unite’s Workshop does not permit users to upload political, racist, or sexist content either.
Keep in mind that Tower Unite is not complete, and we will continue to add features to our game (such as improved tutorials, Workshop system settings, Canvas system settings, and the improved Condo browser) which will foster a comfortable and safe environment for players to have fun, while still allowing user-uploaded content.
Thank you,
Pixeltail Games
Additional clarification can be found here: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/clarification-and-reminder-on-inappropriate-workshop-content-in-tower-unite/39456/23
So, this is our clarified policy on inappropriate sexual content on Workshop as of October 5, 2020:
We will not allow content that is inappropriate, sexually offensive, or over-sexualized, such as:
- Models that include sexually explicit language
- Models with hypersexualized features (for example: over-exaggerated chests, hips, “bulges”, etc.)
- Models with inappropriately exposed skin (for example: nudity, a character only wearing a thong or small underwear, etc.)
- Models only wearing underwear
- Models with modeled genitalia (both visible and hidden)
- Models that clearly allude to sexual fetishes (again: over-exaggerated features, fetishistic clothing, etc.)
- Models from a sexual/pornographic source
Models that break these rules should be reported to us through Steam, and we will continue to go through and ban/remove models which break the rules when we have the time.
We will not make a content filter to hide or allow this content.
If you have uploaded content in the past which breaks these rules, including content that is currently marked as inappropriate, we’d recommend removing it as soon as possible, as it will be removed from our Workshop when we are made aware of it, resulting in a temporary workshop ban issued by Steam.
You have until October 9th, 2020 to remove models that break these clarified rules on your own before they may be removed by us, unless there is a pressing issue requiring their removal.
Our reasoning for these rules is that Tower Unite is intended to be a place for people to hang out, have fun, and make friends. Allowing sexual, lewd, inappropriate, and pornographic content can make people feel uncomfortable and disrespected, and that is not the environment we want, nor do we desire to make it easier for that type of content to exist in our game.
Please remember to review our Workshop rules and Steam’s rules before uploading, and remember that Tower Unite’s Workshop does not permit users to upload political, racist, or sexist content either.
Keep in mind that Tower Unite is not complete, and we will continue to add features to our game (such as improved tutorials, Workshop system settings, Canvas system settings, and the improved Condo browser) which will foster a comfortable and safe environment for players to have fun, while still allowing user-uploaded content.
Thank you,
Pixeltail Games
Additional clarification can be found here: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/clarification-and-reminder-on-inappropriate-workshop-content-in-tower-unite/39456/23
