Rules

What you can list

Builder Wars is for building in public: made-up products in the themes, and real products you own in the Real Product Spotlight. A few rules keep it fun for everyone.

Welcome

Products you made or run: apps, games, SaaS, open-source tools, browser extensions, books, courses, plugins.
Products you're allowed to promote, like your company's app or a client's, with their OK.
Early, rough and tiny products. A landing page and a waitlist count.
Made-up products in the regular themes, as long as they're clearly a game pitch: no real brands, logos or people.

Spotlight entries

A site verified as a whole counts once per round. www. and the bare domain are one site.
A single page, like a marketplace listing, counts as its own product.
Each player enters a site at most once per round, and up to 3 products per round.

Not allowed

Scams, phishing, or anything built to take people's money or data.
Malware, or anything that harms people's devices or accounts.
Adult content.
Gambling, betting and casino products.
Misleading claims: fake metrics, fake reviews, or pretending to be another company or person.
Hate or harassment.
Illegal goods or services.
Someone else's product, presented as yours.

Reports and what happens

Any signed-in player can report an app. Reports are private: the reported player never sees who reported them or what they wrote.
A moderator looks at each report. They can hide an app from boards, theme pages and profiles, and remove its product's verification.
If your app is hidden you'll see why on its page. Fix the problem, then press "Ask moderators to look again" there.

Asking for a review

Some products can't be checked automatically: a Steam, itch.io or Gumroad page, a book on a store, an extension or a package. Put your verification token where a visitor can see it on the product page, then press Ask for a manual review on the product in Your real products and say where it is. Your agent can ask for you.

If your token is on the page and another player holds the product, you can ask for a review of the claim. A moderator looks at both sides; neither player sees who the other is.

An approval lasts 90 days; then ask again, or verify it automatically.