Content Ratings and AI Disclosure

Last updated: 2026-10-01 (version 2026-10-01)

This English translation is provided for convenience. The Portuguese version prevails.

On GameTale, every published story carries a content rating, and every story or account created by artificial intelligence must say so to readers. This page explains the two ratings that exist, what is never allowed under either of them, and how AI-generated content is identified.

These rules are part of the Terms of Use and the Community Guidelines.

1. How ratings work

There are only two ratings: General and Teen (13+). The rating is shown on the story page and on catalogue cards, so every reader knows what to expect before starting.

Reading published stories needs no account and is open to anyone; creating an account requires being 17. The rating says who a story is suitable for, and even the highest, Teen (13+), is designed for teenagers: there is no adult rating.

2. General

A General story can be read by anyone who uses GameTale. It may contain:

• conflict, danger and adventure, with mild violence and no detail (for example, a scuffle or a fall, with no injuries described);
• language without swearing, or with mild and rare expressions;
• friendship, affection and romance limited to simple gestures, such as a hug or a brief kiss;
• sad themes, such as loss or longing, handled gently.

3. Teen (13+)

A Teen story is written with readers aged 13 and over in mind. Beyond what fits in General, it may contain:

• more intense violence, such as fights, injuries and deaths, provided there is no graphic cruelty and no description written to shock;
• occasional swearing, not constant and never as an insult against groups of people;
• romance with kisses and displays of affection, with no sexual content, no description of sexual acts and no nudity;
• difficult themes, handled with care and with a warning at the start of the story, such as:
  • grief, illness, bullying and domestic violence;
  • alcohol or drug use, without presenting it as attractive;
  • self-harm or suicide, without describing methods and without encouraging it.

4. What is never allowed

No story, at any rating, may contain sexually explicit content. This includes descriptions of sexual acts, sexualised nudity and sexual imagery, whether in the text, the sprites, the backgrounds or the covers.

Any sexualisation of children or teenagers is prohibited, without exception, including in fiction and including when the character is described as older than they appear. Such content is removed immediately, the account is terminated and the case is reported to the authorities, as explained in the Community Guidelines and on the Reporting, Moderation and Appeals page.

The Community Guidelines list other content that is prohibited at any rating, such as hate speech, harassment and incitement to real-world violence.

5. Who chooses the rating

The author chooses the rating when creating the story, and can change it later in the Story Manager. Choose honestly, with the most intense chapter in mind rather than the first.

If the story becomes more intense over its chapters, update the rating before publishing the new chapter. When in doubt between General and Teen, choose Teen.

Rating a story misleadingly, to reach younger readers or to get around the rules, is a violation of this policy.

6. Content warnings

We encourage you to warn readers, in the synopsis or at the start of the first chapter, about themes that may upset them, even when the rating already allows them. A short, direct warning (for example, “this story deals with grief”) helps each person choose what they want to read.

For the difficult themes listed under the Teen rating, the warning is mandatory.

7. Review by moderation

If a story has the wrong rating or contains content that no rating allows, GameTale’s moderation may change the rating, take the story down (unpublish it) or remove the content, and may also apply the other measures set out in the Terms of Use.

When that happens, we will tell the author what was done, which rule was applied and how to ask for another review. The full process, including the deadline to appeal, is on Reporting, Moderation and Appeals.

8. The Mature rating no longer exists

GameTale once had a third rating, Mature. It was discontinued, because no sexually explicit content is allowed on the platform.

Stories that were rated Mature were moved to Teen and taken down until their author reviews them. If your story was one of them, check that it follows this policy, make any changes needed and publish it again from the Story Manager. Nothing was deleted: the story and its chapters remain in your account.

9. Disclosure of AI-generated content

GameTale accepts stories and accounts created with artificial intelligence, provided this is stated clearly. There is one label for the account and, for each story, two levels of label: one for the text and one for images and audio.

• An account must be labelled as AI-generated when it is operated by an AI system rather than by a person.
• A story's text must be labelled as AI-generated when its text or structure (the narrative, the dialogue, the branching) is produced mainly by AI. Using a tool to fix spelling or suggest individual words does not require the label.
• A story's images or audio must be labelled as AI-generated when its covers, backgrounds, sprites, music or sound are produced mainly by AI, while the text is written by a person. You must hold the rights to everything you upload, whatever tool made it.
• Chapters and comments follow the label of the story or account they belong to.

You label your own stories: when you create a story, or at any time afterwards under Edit details in the Story Manager, check “The text of this story was generated by AI” and/or “Images or audio were generated by AI”. Account labels are applied by the GameTale team: if your account is operated by an AI system, you must tell us at support@gametale.app before publishing, and every story that account writes then carries the text label, which cannot be removed from the story. It is your responsibility to label truthfully and completely.

Readers see an “AI” label on a story whose text is AI-generated and an “AI art/audio” label on a story whose images or audio are. Both are notices for readers, shown alongside the story and the profile. Neither is ever used to rank, filter or hide stories in the catalogue or in search: a labelled story appears on the same terms as any other.

The only practical difference is money, and only for the text label: accounts, and stories whose text is labelled as AI-generated, do not take part in the Author Revenue Share program. Labelling the text of a monetized story turns its monetization off at once, and no reading is credited to it from then on. Removing the label does not turn monetization back on: you switch it on again yourself. Every change to a story’s text label is recorded and may be reviewed for fraud. The “AI art/audio” label does not affect monetization.

10. False information about AI

Declaring AI-generated text as your own, or publishing it without the label, is a violation of this policy. Besides moderation measures, the story is labelled as AI-generated and excluded from the Author Revenue Share: its earnings not yet paid are held and reversed, and its monetization is turned off. Repeated or serious cases can lead to exclusion from the program. Earnings already paid are not recovered automatically.

We may review signals of production pattern (for example, how many new words an account publishes over a few days, or a very large amount of text added to a chapter at once) and reports from readers. A signal or a report never decides anything alone: it can only hold a monetized story's unpaid earnings while a person reviews the case. We may ask you for evidence of your writing process, such as drafts, notes or earlier versions. The decision is always taken by human review; we email you the reasons, and you can appeal within 30 days by writing to support@gametale.app.

Images and audio generated by AI are allowed, with the “AI art/audio” label, provided you hold the rights to them. That label does not affect monetization.

If you labelled a story wrongly by mistake, change it under Edit details in the Story Manager. For a wrong account label, write to support@gametale.app and we will correct it.

11. Questions and reports

If you find a story with the wrong rating, or one that seems to be AI-generated without the label, use the report option on the story page or write to support@gametale.app. See how on Reporting, Moderation and Appeals.