Community Guidelines

Sprig is a working community for indie game developers. People come here to build games in the open: post projects, write devlogs, find collaborators through open calls, run and join jams, and talk shop. These guidelines describe what belongs here and what gets you removed. They sit alongside the Terms of Service — the Terms are the contract, this is how we read it day to day.

The short version: post your own work, be straight with people, and don't make this a worse place for the next developer.

Some content is removed on sight and gets the account terminated. There is no warning step for any of this:

• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any sexual content involving minors, real or fictional, drawn or generated. We report CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by law and preserve the relevant records for the authorities.
• Credible threats of violence or content that incites, plans, or celebrates serious harm to people.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery and content that sexualizes someone without their consent.
• Doxxing — publishing someone's private personal information (home address, phone, government ID, workplace) to expose or endanger them.
• Content that promotes terrorism, organized violence, or the sale of weapons, drugs, or other clearly illegal goods.

Disagreement is fine; cruelty isn't. Don't target another person or group with sustained insults, slurs, intimidation, or coordinated pile-ons. Don't attack people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Critiquing a game, a design decision, or a public figure's public work is part of how developers improve. Going after the human behind it is not.

Sprig is a professional creative community, not an adult site. Games legitimately explore mature themes, so some mature content is allowed — but it must be marked sensitive when you post it. Use the sensitive-media toggle on a post, and set your project's maturity accurately. Marked content is blurred by default and hidden from anyone who has chosen to hide sensitive media.

Pornographic content posted for its own sake (rather than as part of a game's creative work) doesn't belong here, and unmarked sexual content is removed regardless. Anything involving minors falls under Section 2 and is never permitted.

Promoting your own game is the whole point — that's not spam. Spam is the mechanical stuff: repetitive posting, follow/comment farming, link dumps, engagement bait, and bot activity.

• Don't post the same thing repeatedly across projects, threads, or comments.
• Don't run scams disguised as open calls — a "paid" role that's actually unpaid, fake studios, advance-fee schemes, or phishing.
• Don't turn Sprig into a storefront. Selling games, accounts, keys, or in-game items through the platform isn't allowed. Linking out to your own Steam, itch, or site is encouraged.

Post your own work, or work you have the rights to. Don't upload assets, music, or art you don't have permission to use, and don't pass off someone else's game or art as your own. Copyright complaints are handled through our Copyright & DMCA Policy.

Don't impersonate another developer, studio, or Sprig itself. If your project uses AI-generated assets, disclose it honestly with the project's AI-disclosure settings — misrepresenting how work was made misleads collaborators and players.

Sprig runs on community reporting plus human review. Anyone can flag a post, project, profile, devlog, comment, jam, or open call with the flag button. Reports route to our moderator queue, where they're grouped by target and sorted so the most serious ones surface first.

Depending on what we find, a moderator may:

• Dismiss the report if nothing was broken.
• Warn the account and leave the content up.
• Hide or permanently remove the content.
• Suspend the account — temporarily hidden, or fully blocked for serious or repeated violations.

When enough distinct, established accounts report the same post or comment, the system may automatically hide it pending review. That's a temporary measure to slow obvious abuse, not a final decision — a moderator still makes the call, and the content is restored if the reports don't hold up.

We weigh severity and history. A first minor slip usually gets a warning; bright-line violations (Section 2) and repeat offenses get removal or termination. We keep a private moderation log of actions taken, used only for safety and consistency.

If you think a moderation action was a mistake, you can appeal it. When we warn you, hide or remove your content, or suspend your account, the notification you receive explains how to respond. We review appeals and reverse actions we got wrong. Bright-line violations and confirmed illegal content are not eligible for reinstatement.

The fastest way to flag something is the flag button on the content itself — it routes straight to the moderator queue. For broader safety concerns you can email safety@sprig.gg.

If someone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first — we can act on content, but we are not an emergency responder. For suspected child sexual abuse material, you can also report directly to NCMEC's CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org.

We'll update these guidelines as the community grows and new problems show up. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent meaningful change. Continuing to use Sprig after a change means you accept the updated guidelines.