Community Guidelines

In Hometown you can design almost anything: houses, shops, venues, rooms, brands, inventions and more. Build freely, as long as it follows these rules. They apply to everything you make, sell, name or post: designs, titles, descriptions, signs, reviews and comments.

1. No real private brands or logos

• Don't use the name, logo, mascot or look of a real company or product (banks, phone networks, drinks, cars, shops, fashion labels).
• Public and government names are fine: Lagos, Ikeja, the National Theatre, a state ministry.
• Make up your own brand. It's yours, and you can register it as a trademark in the game.

2. Nothing offensive, sexual or hateful

• No sexual content or nudity, in shapes, pictures, words or names.
• No hate or bullying: nothing that attacks people for their tribe, religion, gender, disability or where they come from.
• No slurs, swearing, violence symbols or extremist signs.
• No political campaigning and no pretending to be a real person.

3. No copying another player's design

• Sell only what you made. A copy, or a copy with a small change, is not allowed.
• Getting ideas from others is fine; your design must be clearly your own.

4. No scams

• Describe your design honestly: what it is, its size and what it needs.
• No asking for real money, phone numbers, bank details or payment outside the game.
• No fake reviews, review swaps or buying ratings.

5. Follow the world's rules

Buildings must fit the plot and the area's height limit, have a door to the street, a way into every room, stairs to every floor and a roof over every room. The editor checks this for you and shows what to fix in red.

Reporting

• Every product page, review, comment, and every player-designed building in the world has a 🚩 Report button.
• When 3 different players report the same product, it is paused until an admin checks it. Players who already bought it keep it.
• Reports are private. Reporting on purpose to hurt someone else is itself against these rules.

What happens if you break a rule

• Every design is checked before it goes on sale. If something is wrong, we tell you what to change.
• If a design on sale breaks a rule, we take it down and you get a strike with the reason.
• Strikes last 180 days. 3 strikes suspend your selling and your designs leave the market.
• Serious cases (sexual content, hate, scams) can lose the account, as in our Terms of Use.
• Think we got it wrong? Write to hometowngameng@gmail.com or open a support ticket in the game.