Youth protection

• From 16 you can use playing.company on your own.
• From 13 to 15 you need the consent of your parents or guardians.
• Under 13 use is not permitted.
• Purchases, subscriptions and gift cards are only made by minors with their parents’ consent.

Before the first build we ask whether you are at least 16 or whether your parents agree. We don’t ask for a date of birth or an ID – we only store your confirmation. This protects your data but relies on your honesty. Parents can ask us at any time at markus@explore-saudi.com to delete their child’s account.

All games must be suitable for a rating of at most 12 and up (guided by USK criteria). Allowed are, for example, cartoon violence against fantasy opponents, space battles or races. Not allowed, among other things:

• realistic or glorified violence, blood, torture, violence against people or animals for its own sake,
• sexual or suggestive content of any kind,
• drug, alcohol or tobacco use as a positive game goal,
• gambling, loot boxes and casino simulations,
• bullying, hate, discrimination, extremism,
• content that calls for self-harm or dangerous dares,
• horror aimed at causing fear.

World projects (Open World 3D, Builder & Economy) are drawn even more narrowly: no weapons, no violence against people or animals, chases end with catching or escaping. AI videos and AI voices stay within the same framework. The full rules are in the usage policy.

• The AI works with fixed instructions that exclude prohibited content. It writes no code but fills a checked game template.
• An automatic filter checks inputs and AI results before the build and before publication.
• For AI videos our description only passes on genre, style and mood and contains fixed additions (“no weapons, no violence, no real people”); content unsuitable for minors stays out of the description. Voices are always standard voices.
• Games are private by default. Only games that were deliberately published appear in the arcade.
• There are no chats between users, no profiles with photos and no purchases inside games.
• Analytics works without cookies, without advertising tracking and without profiling.
• Every public game has a “Report” button; a human reviews notices.

If parents are worried, independent bodies such as jugendschutz.net or the voluntary self-regulation body FSM can also help.