Moderation

You can help improve the building community by becoming a moderator of new games! Check the "Moderate" box on the You page to reveal a new "Influence" heading on the very bottom of the Arcade page. Once you press the button in there, unreviewed games are revealed, where you decide whether a game should be approved or not. This is done on the basis of whether the game violates the Terms of Use. If you are unsure, you can ask other people via Discord, or simply avoid reviewing.

If you choose to approve a project, the fields are as follows:

• Category: This is where you indicate what type of project you are reviewing. Usually the project will not explicitly state its own type. Use your judgement to allocate a category. If there isn't one which stands out, choose "None". Again, if unsure, you can ask or avoid reviewing.
• Quality: This is where you rate the quality of the game. 1 indicates a project (anything from a game, demo, kit, script) that is very bad, 5 indicates a project that is very good. This rating is entirely up to your own judgement.

If you choose to reject a project, the fields are as follows:

• Reason: This is where you state the reason of your rejection decision:
  • "Cursing" pertains to any common swear words (if you're unsure if a word is a sufficiently bad curse word, you may ask).
  • Offensive material constitutes anything which may be seen as harassment to a certain individual or group (e.g. racism, sexism, gore, mocking a certain user, and so on).
  • "Spam" pertains to a game that is either direct plagiarism of another Fancade project (usually game), a mediocre knock-off of another game, or the same game reposted. Note that an updated version of a pre-existing game, or a 2nd installment of a game series does not necessarily fall under this rule.
  • If none of the above applies, but you still believe that rejection is necessary, then select "Other".
• Place: This is where you indicate where exactly the issue is; what made you reject the game. If a title has a swear word, choose "Title"; if the description insults someone, select "Description"; and so on. If none of the above applies, select "Other"

Additional information:

• You need to sign in to a Fancade account to review games.
• Your vote will not be the final decision. Thus a game isn't automatically rejected or accepted after your review.
• You can't review your own games.
• When reviewing a game, try to also think from the perspective of a child. A project that may be tolerable to you may not be suited for a younger user.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What about "message games"? Games that use only comment blocks to communicate to other users?

A: They should be rejected with the reason of "Spam". We have a dedicated service for that.

Q: Should I approve a game that is an identical copy of another user's game?

A: No, this violates the Terms of Use under spamming "multiple essentially similar games".