Muse Games

Hi! Let me also jump in for a bit. Firstly, the point you raised is a great one. I think Queso was just saying specifically that moderation action may not be instantaneous in the sense that we may not be able to catch it all the time as soon as someone utters bigotry in game. I think our approach to moderation will be many fold. Firstly, we will need to set a community guideline and terms of use that will clearly prohibit bigotry and hate speech, and give us the ability to have the discretion to take enforcement actions. We'll also need a good set of moderation tools to allow us to act asap. All these we did with Guns as well. We'll also have a ban word list that we'll actively update. While this is not a catch all, it'll give us a baseline to work from. Then I think it's up to us to be active and also have a good moderation structure that allows a group of moderators that we trust to be able to respond quickly in game. With community servers, that essentially provides an additional layer of moderation, as the server hosts also have access to moderation tools on the server. The moderation tools that we and the game moderators are global across all servers, so we can go in and take action on all servers. The community servers that have good track record of moderation and citizenship, we could also feature and promote those servers.

This is what we've thought of so far, and we'll look to do more. Essentially you're right. In order for everyone to enjoy the game long term, we'll need to have good moderation and maintain it.

Hope this adds a bit more detail.

Thanks so much!!

Currently we don't. A big reason is that we don't have experience designing, managing, and promoting free to play games. We've always made games for people to buy. The way we design the game as well as the backend are all geared towards that. With Guns, the in game purchases are for cosmetic only, and with Stars, it'll be the same. We're trying to focus on a gameplay experience that would feel balanced, and we want to avoid pay to win, so it's a decision that we made to go with pay to download. There are obvious trade offs, but at the end of the day, we want to create a game that's fun to play, where people feel like they are getting their money's worth in fun. If we don't make as much money or have as wide of a reach, it's something we'll have to live with. Hope this answers it! Thanks so much for the question!

I think Stars to us conveyed space a little bit better. It was something we came up with, and did some SEO research on, and decided to go with it.

😅. We are working with an indie PR and marketing team called Secret Sauce. It's been pretty great so far. It's definitely better than trying to do everything ourselves.

Thanks so much!