AI Dungeon Community Guidelines

The purpose of these guidelines is to build a safe, fun space in which we can all find, create, and enjoy AI experiences within Latitude products. Every creator is expected to set appropriate content ratings for their published content based on the content ratings below. It's highly encouraged to take the suggested content rating of the AI Rating Tool found at the bottom of the details tab of your Scenario into consideration when doing so.

We reserve the right to update these Community Guidelines at any time, with or without notice, in line with our efforts to protect the integrity of our community experience. Any disputes or gray areas will be handled at the moderators' discretion to align with the safety expectations of the broader player community, and any examples used in these guidelines are for illustrative purposes only and not intended as an exhaustive list of what is or is not allowed. For questions regarding, or disputing of a moderation decision, clarification about a specific guideline, or how to best abide by these guidelines, email [email protected] — Thank you!

These guidelines apply to everything publicly posted on the platform, this includes: Scenarios, Adventures, Cover images, Comments, Usernames and Bios. Usernames and Bios must never exceed a Teen rating nor include any mention of higher ratings, while Comments mustn't exceed the rating of the Scenario or Adventure they are posted on. Direct or indirect mentions of a higher rating or higher-rated content in a Scenario or Adventure will automatically cause it to be that rating. In Multiple Choice Scenarios, the highest rated choice determines the overall Scenario rating.

Private and Unlisted Scenarios and Adventures made for personal use are not moderated and therefore not subjected to these guidelines. Instead, our Walls Approach applies, preventing any content suggesting, promoting, or glorifying the sexual exploitation of children.

Content Ratings

Content ratings do not limit what can happen in an Adventure — If you wish to restrict what kind of content can be generated in your Adventure, please refer to our AI Safety Settings.

Everyone (E)

Content suitable for all ages, comparable with: ESRB E10+, MPAA PG or PEGI 7+

Violence and Danger: Fantasy or cartoon style violence that doesn't depict realistic injury or consequences. Peril or tension where the stakes are low. Competitive conflict.
Romance and Relationships: Simple courtship. Innocent crushes and friendship. Brief friendly contact.
Language and Presentation: Mild language (no profanity) especially when shown as an area for personal growth.
Themes and Subject Matter: Simple moral dilemmas with clearly understood right and wrong. Fun, imagination-filled adventures and fantasy worlds. Content appropriate for pre-teens with straightforward themes. Characters with clear, understandable motivations without complex psychological aspects.

Teen (T)

Content suitable for readers aged 13 and above, comparable with: ESRB T, MPAA PG-13 or PEGI 12+

Violence and Danger: Descriptions of violence where death is possible, injury is depicted, but without gore or excessive detail. Intense peril or thriller tension where there's still a chance for survival or hope for positive resolution.
Romance and Relationships: First romance and dating themes. Flirting and attraction without explicit sexual content. Physical affection appropriate in public settings. Relationship conflicts with low emotional stakes. Mentions of romantic relationships without explicit content. Relationship difficulties that don't involve deep psychological exploration.
Language and Presentation: Single instance of strong language (non-sexual variants only). Moderate use of cursing and vulgar language.
Themes and Subject Matter: More complex social dynamics appropriate for early teens. Social drama and mild conflict with relatable stakes. Characters with nuanced motivations while maintaining clear overall moral frameworks. Psychological themes that introduce complexity but remain accessible and not focused on violence or sexuality. References to personal struggles with identity, belonging, or purpose without extensive psychological depth. Supernatural powers or abilities that raise ethical questions but don't explore deep psychological manipulation. Unsettling encounters or mild boundary violations that create tension without severe psychological distress. References to concepts that could be associated with fetishes, even when not explicitly sexualized or the central focus.
Content that automatically increases the rating to at least Teen

Mature (M)

Content suitable for readers aged 17 and above. Comparable with: ESRB M, MPAA R or PEGI 18+

Violence and Danger: Detailed action sequences with serious blood, death, and injury without glamorizing or romanticizing gore. Intense peril and danger where the stakes are high and the potential for death is present. Content that emphasizes mortality and lethal consequences, even without graphic descriptions. Scenarios where the primary abilities or powers are centered around causing death.
Romance and Relationships: Sexual or romantic tension that implies potential sexual activity. Complex adult relationship dynamics. Relationship themes involving betrayal or infidelity. Brief sexual content (when not the primary focus). Explicit discussions of attraction or desire. Relationship content requiring significant emotional maturity to process. Premises that establish one character with potential romantic/sexual access to multiple others. Scenarios involving pursuing multiple romantic interests or common romance visual novel frameworks.
Language and Presentation: Multiple instances of strong language. Use of some sexual variants of cursing.
Themes and Subject Matter: Dark themes with purpose and meaningful exploration. Significant moral ambiguity requiring adult judgment. Complex moral/psychological themes that challenge conventional thinking. Content requiring emotional maturity to process appropriately. Detailed exploration of psychological trauma, addiction, or mental health issues. Deep examination of existential questions or identity crises. Powers or abilities that explicitly involve deep psychological manipulation of others. Encounters that cause deep psychological distress. Scenarios where characters cannot distinguish reality from fantasy, causing deep psychological distress. Scenarios where a character's embarrassment is clearly meant to be arousing or titillating.
Content that automatically increases the rating to at least Mature

Unrated (U)

Content that has not been rated or is only suitable for readers aged 18 and above. Unrated content mustn't contain any Unpublishable content.

Violence and Danger: Intense combat detail and graphic violence. Gore and injury focus. Brutal conflict resolution.
Romance and Relationships: Sexual content as primary focus (consensual). Content focused on sexual fetishes, kinks, BDSM. Glorifying or romanticizing behaviors where one person manipulates, coerces, or controls another.
Language and Presentation: Sexually provocative or suggestive imagery. Images with exaggerated sexual features. NSFW terminology (NSFW, sex, porn, BDSM, NTR, etc.)
Themes and Subject Matter: Extreme psychological elements designed primarily to disturb or provoke. Systematic removal of character agency as a central theme. Disturbing content explicitly meant to provoke shock, disgust, or severe psychological discomfort. Themes that deliberately push ethical boundaries to their limits.
Content that automatically increases the rating to Unrated

Image Content

When you upload a custom cover image, our image rating system reviews it and assigns it a content rating (Everyone, Teen, Mature, Unrated) using the same scale as the rest of these Community Guidelines. Two things determine that rating: the visual content it depicts and any text found inside the image. Your image's final rating is the most restrictive rating triggered by either one, and some content will cause the image to be marked Unpublishable, meaning it can't be used on published content.

Visual Content

Regardless of any text, the visual content of your image affects its rating. Our system checks your image for the following general categories of content:

Nudity and sexual content - nudity, sexual activity, sexualized poses or behavior, sexual displays, sex toys, and suggestive content.
Revealing clothing - tight-fitting clothing, undergarments, swimwear, and shirtless figures.
Violence and gore - fighting, blood, injuries, graphic gore, corpses, and disturbing body imagery.
Weapons - guns, knives, and other weapons.
Drugs, alcohol, and smoking - alcohol, smoking, pills, marijuana, and injectable drugs.
Self-harm - self-harm imagery, such as hanging or nooses.
Hate and extremist symbols - imagery associated with hate groups or extremist ideologies.
Obscene gestures.
Animal abuse and animal genitalia.

Most flagged content works on a sliding scale: the clearer, more prominent, or more explicit it is, the higher the rating it earns, and your image is always assigned the highest rating that any single element reaches. Ratings are also based on what an image appears to depict or hints at, not only what it literally shows. Content that is framed, cropped, obscured, or styled to imply higher-rated material can be rated as though that material were present.

Visual Content That Maxes Out at Teen

If an image contains only the content below, the rating for it maxes out at Teen, no matter how prominent that content is. Other content detected in the same image can still push the final rating higher:

Shirtless men
Alcohol, drinking, and smoking
Pills
Miniskirts

Visual Content That Maxes Out at Mature

If an image contains only the content below, the rating for it maxes out at Mature, no matter how prominent that content is. Other content detected in the same image can still push the final rating higher:

Tight-fitting athletic wear

Visual Content That Starts at Teen and can Raise the Rating

Everything below starts at Teen when it is mild or ambiguous and climbs to Mature and Unrated as it becomes clearer, more explicit, or more graphic. Pushed far enough, some of this content crosses into imagery that is never allowed on a cover image at all - see Custom Cover Images under the Unpublishable section:

Suggestive and sexual content - suggestive posing or framing, tight-fitting clothing, undergarments, and swimwear. Visible undergarments reach Mature almost immediately, and sexual content escalates quickly.
Violence and gore - fighting, blood, and injuries start low; heavier gore and corpses push ratings to the higher end. Animal cruelty is treated the same way.

Visual Content That Does Not Raise the Rating

On their own, the following content is detected but is ignored and won't raise your image above Everyone. Other content in the same image can still set a higher rating:

Real guns or knives simply shown (held, in hand, or at rest)
Clearly cartoonish or stylized corpses

Restricted Words in Images

If your image contains text (captions, watermarks, speech bubbles, logos, and so on), we scan that text for restricted words. When a restricted word is found, the image is assigned a rating based on the severity of that word, and your image's final rating can never be lower than that.

Explicit sexual terminology - Anatomical terms, sexual acts, sexual slang, and pornographic terminology.
Racial and ethnic slurs - Slurs and derogatory terms targeting racial, ethnic, or national groups.
Profanity and vulgar language - Strong profanity, crude insults, and vulgar slang.
Pornographic references - Names of pornographic websites, genres, or industry-specific terminology.
Hate group references - Terms associated with hate groups, extremist ideologies, or hate symbols.
Fetish and paraphilia terminology - Terms for specific sexual fetishes, paraphilias, or extreme sexual practices.
Drug-related terms - Specific drug names