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[jdlsmith]

I've got kids who love to build, and right now they play the single player version, and really enjoy it (even the four year old - building a wooden palisade by himself)...  there are a few concerns that I have about multiplayer or the game-host server:

The game-host.org server tends to get some vulgar language/adult conversation at times...
The basic avatar is a mostly naked chick...

Because of the second, I'm a little leery of even hosting my own server and having my kids all log onto it. 

Are there any plans to make it more kid-friendly?

[pspeed]

I've got kids who love to build, and right now they play the single player version, and really enjoy it (even the four year old - building a wooden palisade by himself)...  there are a few concerns that I have about multiplayer or the game-host server:

The game-host.org server tends to get some vulgar language/adult conversation at times...
The basic avatar is a mostly naked chick...

Because of the second, I'm a little leery of even hosting my own server and having my kids all log onto it. 

Are there any plans to make it more kid-friendly?

I will put some filth censoring in at some point but in the end you are right to be concerned.  I have kids myself (6 and and I'd probably never let them log into my server.  Many of the people who log on are very nice but many don't speak the language and some combination of that and personality can make for some pretty gruff experiences.  In some cases it's not really rudeness but in others it definitely is.  There is only so much control I can exert on a public server.

In that case, running your own server is probably the best bet.  I do the same for my own kids.  I even did that for minecraft.

I've tried to make running a server as easy as possible with the stand-alone server download.

re: the model, I tried to paint enough clothes on the woman so that it was more like a jogging outfit than a bathing suit.  She used to be bald, too, and that was a little weird.  It was an import problem and finally the hair shows up.  (Actually, my kids are kind of disappointed she has hair now. )

It will be a while before I'm able to replace her, though.  Sorry.

[BenKenobiWan]

Sort of on this topic: What ESRB rating are you aiming at?

[pspeed]

Sort of on this topic: What ESRB rating are you aiming at?

I think being able to slice the limbs off of NPCs automatically puts me in "M for Mature" territory.  It's unclear whether the feature toggles will be granular enough to turn that off.  Though it will be possible to run without combat at all in various build modes.

I want a game that I'd let my kids play.  My six year old I'd probably keep in no-mobs mode (like I do for Minecraft) but my 8 year old is probably ready for some mild combat... and he wouldn't be phased by missing limbs.  He's watched me play enough RPGs to have already had talks about "why did the wolf have to die?" and "who is going to come get the barbarian's body?".

I'm shooting for "fantasy simulator" without rape.  Let the chips fall where they may.

[BenKenobiWan]

He's watched me play enough RPGs to have already had talks about "why did the wolf have to die?"

"Because wolf tastes good, son. Being delicious is dangerous in these parts."
 

[pspeed]

He's watched me play enough RPGs to have already had talks about "why did the wolf have to die?"

"Because wolf tastes good, son. Being delicious is dangerous in these parts."
 

Heheh.  I went with "because he would have killed me"... which my son got to witness plenty of times after that.  There was one set of ruins in oblivion where I'd get a wolf to fall on my sword nearly every time I visited.  And since there were 2-3 wolves my son completely understood after a while.

[pspeed]

FYI: the next release will have the ability to hook scripts into the chat event... which makes dirty word filters possible.

I even have a sample dirty word script that makes it easy to filter words in various ways (and avoids the classic->clbuttic types of issues).

Shooting for a release on Monday.  We'll see.

[FutureB]

Paul need me to give u a list of words to add into it??? XD

(Actual list copied and removed by pspeed.  Umm... thanks for the initiative?  Would have been more helpful as a PM, though less funny I guess.)

[Moonkey]

Paul need me to give u a list of words to add into it??? XD

*snip*

You've taken it too far this time FutureB.

[BenKenobiWan]

Glad I missed that...

[FutureB]

sorrrrrry PPFFFFFTBAHAHAHAHA yeaa...

[Sean]

I was playing Halo, Doom, and Max Payne when I was 5 and I turned... alright
...I guess :}

[randomprofile]

Yes... but the real question on hand... is how did you turn up? good, bad? mild?!

[Moonkey]

Yes... but the real question on hand... is how did you turn up? good, bad? mild?!

He said "Alright". I got confused on what he said too.

[jdlsmith]

Been thinking on the topic for a bit... and I'm wondering about chat window options... which everyone would like anyway.

I can tell my kids they can play with the chat turned off, and that would be fine with me, were that possible.

Chat options like a permanent chat window with adjustable opacity, font size, fade after number of seconds, etc...  Of course, you'd probably want a way to do a gm broadcast to everyone in nice big letters, that couldn't be turned off.

Regarding the model: that barely looks like enough to be a swimsuit, let alone a jogging suit... 

thanks,

JS