Game-controlled avatars cannot use profane, racist, or discriminatory language, nor can they make obscene gestures.Īn avatar is not allowed to hold, be seen around or partake in any controlled substances or paraphernalia including, but not limited to, alcohol, tobacco and drugs. Avatars may leave innocents or bystanders slightly injured, but not dead. Gratuitous insults, bullying, intimidation or otherwise violent or emotional abuse of a position of power are not allowed. No sexual or bodily fluids or substances can come from the avatar.Ĭriminal activities need to be relevant to the story and are presented unfavourably.Īcts of an aggressive or threatening manner Sexual acts or terminology cannot be insinuated or enacted.Įxcretes obscene bodily fluids or substances They are allowed to make individual sounds, such as laughing and crying but otherwise cannot use a voice.Īcts of sexual innuendo or mildly explicit sexual descriptions or images or sexual posturing The player's avatar should not have their own voice. Avatars can die temporarily to depict failure. An example of allowable injuries includes injuries that might befall an avatar in a sporting event such as American football. Violence is allowed as long as there is no blood, gore, dismemberment, decapitation, maiming, or mutilation. Violence which causes blood, gore, dismemberment, decapitation, maiming, or mutilationĬartoon violence is allowed. It can have idle animations and can respond appropriately to game events but it should not interact with the user as if it is separate from the player, try to get the player's attention in an annoying manner. The avatar is under the control of the owning player. Player interacts with their avatar as if it's a separate characterĪ player's avatar does not have an autonomous personality or instinct. So we won't see headless zombie Avatars running around, noiselessly copulating then? Shame. The lengthy list (after the break) stipulates that Xbox Live Indie Game that uses Avatars must be reviewed to make sure it "doesn't let the Avatar commit the following acts, have the act occur to them, or is a spectator to them". The rules and regulations that are sent out to developers who wish to use Avatars in their games has emerged via the XNA Creators Club website revealing that no sex, maiming or indeed talking is allowed.
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