The review

Every game is reviewed before it goes live, and so is every later change to its public details.

1. DRAFT

   Draft

   Saved. Only you and your studio can see it. Verifying the domain moves it on.

2. REVIEW

   In review

   In the queue. A reviewer checks the game and its listing.

3. LIVE

   Live

   Public, with its own page. Later edits are reviewed while it stays up.

EDIT

Changes needed. From review, a game can be sent back with a note. Fix it and resubmit, up to twice.

A game goes from draft to in review to live. From in review it can be sent back as changes needed, then resubmitted.

What a reviewer checks

• It loads. The address responds and shows a game. A site that cannot be reached is sent back.
• It plays. There is a real game to play, of the kind Alldle lists.
• The listing is accurate. Name, description, category, universe and languages match the site.
• The thumbnail is clean. It shows the game, with no cookie wall, dialog or broken page.

The reviewer can correct your listing directly when the site makes the right answer clear, including its name, description, address, category, languages and thumbnail. So your listing can go live slightly different from what you sent. A correction like that does not count as a rejection.

How long it takes

There is no guaranteed delay. The decision reaches you as a notification on Alldle, and by email when a moderator makes it. My games always shows the current status.

If your game is approved

The game is live, with its own page at alldle.net/game/your-game. That address comes from its name and is set at this point, so a game has no public page before then.

Renaming changes the address

When a new name is approved, the game’s address changes and the old one stops working. If you rename a live game, update your links, the badge and the SDK’s data-game.

If your game is sent back

Its status becomes Changes needed. The reviewer’s note is on the game’s Edit page and in your notification, and in rejectionReason for an assistant.

1. Read the note. If there is none, check that the address loads, the description matches the game and the category is right. If it is still not clear, ask us.

2. Fix it and save. Change the listing on the Edit page, or fix the site if that is the problem.

3. Press Re-submit on the game in My games. A reviewer looks at it again, with the changes you made.

Three reviews per game

The first submission plus two resubmissions. Make the fix before you resubmit, because an attempt spent on an unchanged game comes back the same. After the third, the dashboard offers no more attempts. If you think the decision is wrong, write to us.

Changes to a live game

Changing a live game’s details queues them for a similar review while the game stays online. See Change a game.