DRAFT FOR LAWYER REVIEW — NOT LEGAL ADVICE. This document has not been approved by a lawyer and does not by itself protect the operator or anyone else.

Community Standards

RIFTYARD is an invite-only beta for adults. The games can be dark, loud, violent, sweary and ridiculous. The people making and playing them are still accountable for how they treat each other and for what they publish. "Edgy" describes the creative voice here, not an absence of rules.

These standards apply to games, titles, summaries, prompts, handles, display names, bios, room behaviour and anything else you put on the service. The operator is [OPERATOR LEGAL ENTITY NOT CONFIGURED]. Text marked [LEGAL REVIEW] must be confirmed by the operator's lawyer.

1. Who can be here

• You must be 18 or over and hold a valid invitation, unless the operator has opened registration.
• You confirm your age yourself. That self-declaration is not robust age verification, and we may require a stronger check later.
• The 18+ label is not a licence to publish anything. It does not remove the operator's legal duties or yours.

2. What is allowed

Fictional content of the following kinds is permitted when it is accurately labelled with content descriptors:

• horror themes and frightening imagery;
• combat and fantasy violence, including blood;
• strong language;
• crude and absurd humour;
• flashing lights (this must always be labelled, for player safety).

The current descriptor set is: fantasy violence, horror themes, blood, strong language, crude humour, flashing lights. You must select every descriptor that applies when you submit a version. Mislabelling is a breach.

[LEGAL REVIEW] Whether these descriptors, and the content they permit, are consistent with Australian classification requirements for computer games and with online safety obligations. Descriptors here are platform labels, not an official classification.

3. What is not allowed

Never, under any circumstances

• Exploitation of children. Any sexualisation of a person under 18 or a character presented as one; grooming; content that promotes or normalises child abuse. We will remove it, close the account and report it to the relevant authorities where required or appropriate.
• Sexual exploitation, including non-consensual intimate imagery, sexual coercion or content that promotes sexual violence.
• Doxxing. Publishing or threatening to publish someone's private or identifying information.
• Targeted threats of violence against a real person or group, and incitement of violence.
• Hateful abuse. Attacking or dehumanising people because of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or similar characteristics.
• Malware. Anything designed to compromise a device, an account or the service.
• Scams and fraud, including phishing, fake giveaways, impersonation of staff or other users, and off-platform payment schemes.
• Unlawful content and content that promotes or instructs in serious crime, including terrorism and violent extremism.

Excluded from the initial beta

• Sexually explicit content. Not permitted in this beta, including in fictional or stylised form, and regardless of labelling.

Other prohibited conduct

• Harassment and bullying of other players or creators, in games, names, profiles or reports.
• Infringement. Copying another game's maps, characters, artwork, music, dialogue, logos, names or distinctive interface; unauthorised franchise remakes; using RIFTYARD to rip assets from commercial games or to bypass technical protection measures.
• Evading enforcement. Re-posting removed content, creating replacement mirrors, or opening a new account to get around a suspension.
• Cheating and interference. Forging inputs or results, exploiting bugs to gain ranked times, disrupting rooms, or attacking the service.
• Manipulation. Fake accounts, bots, artificial play counts, or false reports.
• Real-money gambling, loot boxes, cash prizes, cryptocurrency and trading of items or credits. These are not part of the platform and must not be simulated to obtain money from players.
• Impersonation of a real person, a brand, the operator or its staff.
• Depictions of real people in sexual, humiliating or violent scenarios, or in ways that could mislead others about what they said or did.

Fiction can explore difficult subjects. The question we ask is whether content targets, exploits or endangers real people, or is unlawful — not whether it is comfortable.

4. Communication limits in the beta

There is no voice chat and no private messaging. Free-text room chat is switched off by default and will only be enabled when moderation is staffed. Friend requests and invitations are rate limited and respect your privacy settings.

5. Publishing

• Every version is reviewed by a human moderator before it becomes public. There is no instant public publishing in this beta.
• Automated checks may screen prompts and help prioritise the review queue. They are not treated as an infallible legal or safety decision.
• Approval means a moderator found no reason to refuse the version at the time. It is not an endorsement and not a finding that the content is lawful or non-infringing.
• Published versions are immutable. A change means a new version and a new review.

6. Reporting and blocking

• Every game page, profile and room has a Report action. Choose the reason that fits best: copyright, trade mark, harassment, hate, sexual content, child safety, scam or malware, illegal, or other.
• You can block another user. A blocked user cannot send you friend requests or invitations.
• Reports are confidential from the person reported, except where the law or a formal rights complaint process requires otherwise.
• Reports about child safety and credible threats are prioritised.
• Do not use reports to harass. Deliberately false reports are a breach.
• In an emergency or where someone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first.

Rights owners who are not users should use the Copyright and Trademark Complaints process.

7. What happens after a report

1. Triage. A moderator reads the report and sets its priority.
2. Human review. A moderator looks at the reported content and context.
3. Decision. No action; a request to change labelling; rejection or suspension of a version; closing a room; a warning; a strike; suspension or termination of an account.
4. Notice. We tell the affected creator or user what was decided and why, unless doing so would create a safety or legal risk.
5. Record. Staff actions are written to a restricted audit log.

When a version is suspended it leaves public listings, no new launches are authorised, and active rooms may be closed.

Target review times: [CONFIGURABLE — TO BE SET PER JURISDICTION ON LEGAL ADVICE].

8. Appeals

If your version is rejected or suspended, or your account is actioned, you can appeal from the notice you receive. Explain why you think the decision was wrong. An appeal is decided by a person and, where staffing allows, by someone other than the original decision-maker. The outcome is either upheld or overturned, with a note explaining it.

[LEGAL REVIEW] Whether a second-reviewer requirement should be mandatory; appeal time limits; any external complaint avenues that must be disclosed, including to the eSafety Commissioner.

9. Repeat and serious breaches

Strikes are recorded against an account and can be withdrawn if a decision is overturned. Repeated breaches lead to escalating restrictions. Some breaches — in particular anything in the "never" list — can result in immediate termination and referral to authorities without prior warning.

10. What we cannot promise

Review and moderation reduce harm; they do not eliminate it. You may still encounter content you find offensive. Removing a game stops us listing and launching it, but we cannot erase copies already loaded on someone's device.

11. Contact

Safety and legal: [LEGAL CONTACT NOT CONFIGURED]. Rights complaints: [COPYRIGHT CONTACT NOT CONFIGURED].