Introduction

Community Guidelines

Meet the Team

Getting Started

How to Host an ORG

FAQ

Terms of Service

Privacy Policy

This guide was last updated on July 27, 2023. The purpose of this guide is to provide information and tips to answer questions new users may have or those who are interested in the world of ORGs. This guide will constantly be added with new content and some content may be out of date. Feel free to contact Socialize if you found any issues or would like to contribute to the guide (credit will be given).

Introduction

TV Game Studio is an online reality game (ORG) community. This space is dedicated to super fans of some reality show such as Big Brother, Survivor, Ru Paul's Drag Race, The Amazing Race, and so many other game shows. This the community uses software to give a Reddit experience with posts and comments being rated by other community members. Members are able to express their thoughts on current and past seasons of their favorite shows, post advertisements of their ORG to recruit players or share their emotions they would not post on their personal social media accounts. We are the first ORG community to create mini-games that provides a close experience to reality games such as Big Brother and Survivor. Meet people  from diverse backgrounds around the world.

Community Guidelines

We have established several community guidelines to protect our members and ensure a positive experience that serves as entertainment for everyone. Please read the complete post that consists the site rules and actions are taken here: https://tvgamestudio.com/25/community-guidelines

Meet The Team

Socialize / Robbie

Roles: Admin / Developer / Games Coordinator

Hello, my name is Robert, but you can call me Robbie. I am the owner and admin of this community/project. I have five college degrees in social sciences which I am considered as a major geek. My associate degrees are in sociology, psychology, and social and behavioral science. My bachelor's degree is in sociology and my master's degree is in sociology with an emphasis on education. My career dream is to be an educator. Although I spend a lot of my time analyzing the social world, I love computers and web development as a hobby. Yes, I created the comps and plan to develop more. When I have time, I do hope to coordinate some games and events because a healthy community include the involvement of the owner. :)

Potato / Gabe

Roles: Moderator / Games Coordinator

[WIP]

Getting Started

Welcome to TV Game Studio! We are excited to have you become a dedicated and valued member of the community. There are a few things you can do in setting up your profile.

• You can edit your profile here.
  • You will find settings to change your avatar, information, about me section, list ORGs you hosted, and change your password.
• You can introduce yourself by posting your first blog here .
  • We proudly use the Question2Answer software which is a free and open-source software to create this community. You are welcome to ask any questions you want or use it as your own small blog to advertise your games or start conversations.
• You may check out some posts that have no answers that you may find interesting here.
• Are you bored? You can find it important to practice in some competitions your future ORGs may use as challenges in their game. You can play them here.
  • There are currently three competitions available. More games are coming soon. Feel free to provide ideas and suggestions.

How to Host an ORG

1. Decide a platform you will host your game.
   1. Tengaged offers excellent features such as polls, forums, content management that is easy to use.
   2. A popular option that can be challenging is creating your own Discord server. We will provide tips and tricks in the future in detail to help new users create their own server in the future. Want to contribute? Let Socialize know.
2. Once you found a platform you are comfortable using, start planning your game in advance using Google products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Use the following questions to help make the planning process easier:
   1. What will your ORG format be based on? You can be as creative as possible. Many users adapt their format from shows such as Big Brother and Survivor. The idea is that only one person should win your game while others eliminated one by one.
   2. How many players does your game require?
   3. Create a tentative calendar that schedules the flow of your game. (We will provide a template soon). For example, Mondays will be the HOH comp. Wednesdays nominations are due, Fridays the POV comp is due, and Sundays are eviction voting. Having a schedule that allows flexibility and a time frame is key are successful games.
   4. What kind of twists do you have planned? Some users may add a double eviction at the Final 7. Some users may assign a secret mission to give a user an advantage. These twists are up to your creativity. These help make the game less predictable. However, plans twist ahead of time to prevent being accused of rigging the game.
   5. Do you need a production team? Does your game require judges or a co-host to help the game function?
   6. Reflect on any other aspect that may be needed to finalize your planning.
3. Once you completed your planning, start recruiting users to play your ORG! There are numerous communities you can promote your game:
   1. You can post your ad on TV Game Studio of course!
      1. Please submit an application here in order to qualify for your own category to organize your posts on our website and to reward your player's prize points.
   2. You can create a blog on Tengaged.
   3. If a discord server you are a member of allows it, you can promote an ad in their respective channel.
   4. Some subreddits on Reddit allow ORG recruitment.
4. Do not forget to mention our community and possible way to become famous with winning points to enter our Hall of Fame!
5. Once you have enough players, you can start your game. Make sure to keep the community updated with announcements and gossip of what is happening in your game.
6. Once your game is finished, please submit a prize request (only mod-approved games) [link soon] to help the admin reward points to players. Please allow up to 14 days for points to be rewarded to your hosts/players.
   1. If your application was denied, but was successfully completed. We may grant exceptions and reward point prizes. However, it is subjected to application review and why it was denied.

Tips and Tricks from Community Members:

Potato:

• Take opinions from the cast.
• If you made a mistake, take a vote on a possible solution to solve said mistakes.
• Be charismatic.
• Have fun twists.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Games Can I Play on TV Game Studio?

There are 3 games available to play as mini-games on TV Game Studio: Stepping Stones, Maze, and Survival Math.

Stepping Stones: A Big Brother theme challenge inspired by the glass bridge from Squid Games. The player is a have-not and must wear a clown outfit as punishment. Your goal is to walk across the platform without falling. Points are based on luck. Feeling lucky?

Maze: A Big Brother theme challenge inspired by Tengaged's macro game Maze. The player must escape each floor by collecting the key before their health reaches 0. Can you escape all 10 floors and avoid the traps and zombies set by Big Brother himself?

There is 1 game under development in single-player mode: The First Hunger Games.

The First Hunger Games: Under development. Look out for future announcements coming soon!

What Are Ranks?

How Do I Earn Points?

You can earn or lose points automatically by the following actions:

• Posting a question: +2 points
• Selecting an answer for your question: -6 points
• Per upvote on your question: +1 points
  • Limit for each question: +15 points*.
• Per downvote on your question: -1 points
  • Limit for each question: -5 points* 
• Posting an answer: +2 points
• Having your answer selected as the best: +20 points
• Per upvote on your answer: +2 points
  • Limit for each answer: +30 points*
• Per downvote on your answer: -2 points
  • Limit for each answer: -10 points*
• Per upvote on your comment: +1 point
  • Limit for each comment: +10 points*
• Per downvote on your comment: -1 point
  • Limit for each comment: -5 points*
• Voting up a question: +1 point
• Voting down a question: -1 point
• Voting up an answer: +1 point
• Voting down an answer: -1 point
• Commenting on a post: +1 point
• Recieving an upvote for a comment: +1 point
  • Limit for each comment: +5 points*
• Recieving a downvote for a comment: -1 point
  • Limit for each comment: -5 points*

Please note: downvoting will result in losing points to prevent point abuse in the system. Please do downvote content you disagree with or dislike. Always flag content you find offensive or against the community guidelines.

• SLOW Games (>14 Days)
  • Host: 1000 points (shared between  production team)
  • 1st Place: 1200 points
  • 2nd Place: 900 points
  • 3rd Place: 700 points
  • 4th Place: 500 points
  • 5th Place: 300 points
  • 6th Place: 250 points
• FAST Games (<14 Days)
  • Host: 300 points
  • 1st Place: 400 points
  • 2nd Place: 250 points
  • 3rd Place: 100 points

You can earn points through community events:

Game Coordinators may host community events periodically. The owner must approve the event and the desired amount of points based on a budget. These events are intended to award numerous users who participate in the event compared to ORGs. Awarded points vary.

Only the admin can reward points through ORGs and community events. The owner of the site reserves the right to pause or cancel manual points at any time.

Terms of Service

Terms of Service has been updated as of July 27, 2023.

By using the TV Game Studio (Tvgamestudio.com) website, you agreed to the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Service").

Basic Terms

1. You must be at least 15 years old to use this website.
2. You are responsible for any activity that occurs under your username.
3. You are responsible for keeping your password secure.
4. RULES OF CONDUCT:
   1. You cannot post or transmit through TV Game Studio any content that is discriminatory or offensive to another person. 
   2. You cannot post or transmit through TV Game Studio any content that is pornographic or obscene content.
   3. You cannot engage in inappropriate conduct or pedophilia behavior with a minor (any user under the age of 18).
   4. You cannot falsely accuse or attempt to defame another person of illegal activities with no concrete proof or evidence.
   5. You cannot produce dishonesty when hosting an online reality game or event that involves active members of TV Game Studio.
   6. You cannot engage in activity that is deemed suspicious or cheating through your IP address.
5. You may not use the tvgamestudio.com service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
6. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, usernames, graphics, photos, profiles, audio, videos, and links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display on the tvgamestudio.com service.
7. You must not modify, adapt, or hack tvgamestudio.com or modify another website so as to imply that it is associated falsely with tvgamestudio.com.
8. You must not create or submit unwanted emails to any TV Game Studio members ("Spam").
9. Multiple Accounts are permitted as long as they are not used for suspicious activity.
10. You must not transmit any worms, viruses, or any code of a destructive nature.
11. You must not use TV Game Studio to violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

Violoation of any of these agreements will result in a temporary or permanent termination of your Tvgamestudio.com account. While tvgamestudio.com prohibits such conduct and content on its website, you understand and agree that TV Game Studio cannot be responsible for the content posted on its website and you nonetheless maybe exposed to such materials and that you use tvgamestudio.com service at your own risk.

General Conditions

1. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the tvgamestudio.com service for any reason, without notice at any time.
2. We reserve the right to alter these terms of use at any time. If alterations constitute a material change to the terms of use, we will notify you via Internet mail according to the preference expressed on your account. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at our sole discretion, in good faith, and using common sense and reasonable judgment.
3. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any the reason at any time.
4. We may, but have no obligation to, remove content and accounts containing content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these terms of use.
5. The TV Game Studio services make it possible to post images and text. However, pages on other websites that display data hosted on tvgamestudio.com must provide a link back to TV Game Studio.
6. We reserve the right to reclaim usernames on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claims or trademarks on those usernames.

Copyright

1. We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the TV Game Studio service. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours. You can remove the content on your profile at any time by requesting to be terminated and all content published to be remove.
2. We encourage users to contribute their creations to the public domain or consider progressive licensing terms.
3. TV Game Studio undertakes to obey all relevant copyright laws. We will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. Please note TV Game Studio does not host media on our servers with the exception of profile pictures, we will remove content being shown on our website, but contacting image hosts is recommended to fully remove the content. To make a claim, please provide us with the following:
   1. A electronic signature of the copyright owner or the the person authorized to act on its behalf;
   2. A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
   3. A description of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit TV Game Studio to locate the material;
   4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email;
   5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
   6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Privacy Policy

TV Game Studio provides this privacy policy to inform users our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information received from users of this website, located at www.tvgamestudio.com ("Site") or collected through our social networking service. This privacy policy may be updated from time to time for any reason; each version will apply to information collected while it was in place. We will notify you of any material changes to our privacy policy by posting the new privacy police on our site. You are advised to consult this privacy policy regularly for any changes.

By using our site, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this privacy policy now and as amended by us. "Processing" means using cookies on a computer or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining, and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the U.S. you personally identifiable information will be transferred to the U.S., and processed and stored under U.S. privacy standards. By visiting our site and providing information to us, you consent to such transfer to and processing in, the U.S.

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy or use of your personally identifiable information, please contact Socialize.

Information Collection and Use

Our primary goal in collecting personally identifiable information is to provide you with the product and services made available through the site, including, but not limited to the service, to communicate with you, and manage your registered user account if you have one.

Information Collected Upon Registration: If you desire to have access to certain restricted sections of the site, you will be required to become a registered user, and to submit personally identifiable information to TV Game Studio. This happens in a number of instances, such as when you sign up for a service, or if you desire to receive marketing materials and information. Personally identifiable information that we may collect in such instance may include your IP address, full username, password, email address, city, time zone, telephone number, and other information you decide to provide us with, or that you decide to include in your public profile.

Additional Information: Your full username and your phone, if you decide to upload one, are displayed to people on TV Game Studio to enable you to connect with people on TV Game Studio, as specified in your privacy settings. Once a member, you may provide additional information in your profile section, including but not limited to your bio, your location, as well as your personal website, if you have one. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is optional, but enables you to better identify yourself and find new friends and opportunities on TV Game Studio. We may record your contact information such as your email address, discord, or any other method provided to use using Google Forms on your profile to message you.

Log Data: When you visit the site, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type or the domain from which you are visiting, the web-pages you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisement on which you click. For most users accessing the internet from an internet service the provider will provide the IP address will be different every time you log on. We use log data to monitor the use of the site and of our service, and for the site's technical administration. We do not associate your IP address with any other personally identifiable information to identify you, except in a case of violation of the terms of service.

Cookies

Like many websites, we also use "cookie" technology to collect additional website usage data to improve the site and our service. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer's hard disk. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information. TV Game Studio may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with the site and our service, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on the site, and to improve the site and our services. A session cookie enables certain features of the site and our service and is deleted from your computer when you disconnect from or leave the site. A a persistent cookie remains after your close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser's help file directions. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from websites you visit.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement: TV Game Studio cooperates with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose any information about you to government, law enforcement officials, or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to response to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of TV Game Studio, third party, the safety of the public, or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law.

Changing or Deleting Information

If you are a registered user of the site, you may access and update or correct the information you provided in your account settings or by contacting Socialize.

Security

TV Game Studio is very concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. We employ administrative, physical, and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access.

We will make any legally-required disclosures of any breach of the secuirty, confidentially, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored personal data to you via email or conspicuous posting on this site in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement or any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

Links to Other Websites

Our site contains links to other websites. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third-party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.

Our Policy Towards Children

The site is not directed to persons under 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without their consent, he, she, or they should contact Socialize. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 15. If we become aware that a child under 15 has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete such information from our files.