Yup, in retrospect my brain kinda betrayed me here.
The update I'd like to see here is to explicitly allow gaming hardware related topic in rule 1, to avoid having an overworked mod go on a moderation spree.
If I strictly apply rule 1, this should be removed. But at the same time, after talking with OP via PM, it is true that it is still kinda related to games.
For now I'm gonna keep it, but an update to the rules is needed, to better define and explain them.
Edit : After a night of sleep I have to admit I was mistaken here.
Still, I'll talk with the other mods about better defining the rules, I feel like it is needed.
With my kinda rigid interpretation of Rule 1, this should be posted on an hardware community. !gaming@lemmy.world maybe ?
Edit : After a good night of sleep I have to admit I was too rigid here. I'll be more lenient in the future about hardware related subject, when it has to do with gaming. I'd probably still remove a topic about the latest AMD CPU or similar, but games consoles and its peripherals are indeed related enough to games to be allowed.
For those who wonder, @Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world has my autorisation to promote his game, as long as he do not break the rules.
No need to report this post :
Rules 3 is not breached as long as OP do not spam the community. Promotion is allowed on this sub, as long as it does not become "excessive".
Rule 4 is not breached as it is no meme content (anymore 😉 ), and it doesn't fall under the "low effort" rule due to all the effort necessary to make such a game
Giveaways could be tolerated if verified by a moderator first. There are a lot of scams involving game code giveaway, so to protect the community we opted for banning it until we find a reliable way to verify such codes beforehand.
It could fall under rule 4, but would require to be sure that it is indeed AI generated.
There are people that throws AI accusation around with no evidences other that a gut feeling, so I prefer to be cautious.
If you feel like an user may be a bot, please report it to a mod so we can put said user under observation in order to access its behavior.
Your comment seem well documented, but that's something that should be sent to the mods via PM, not posted on the open.
If you were wrong, and he was legit, you'd have triggered an harassment campaign against him by encouraging others to just conclude he must be a bot because someone said so with a lengthy comment they don't have the time to fully check.
Edit: clarifying why this shouldn't be done that way, as my previous take was kinda harsh (I was a bit tired)
For those who never tried it, it is an excellent "Monster Catcher" game with a lot of good ideas.