From Labs to the catalogue

The Labs are where things are made; the games on cognivo.digital are chosen. Nothing made in the Labs reaches a game by itself.

What you can do with what you make

• Everything stays in your browser on labs.cognivo.digital, and works there straight away: play test it in the game, as often as you like.
• Download saves it as a file, in the same format the games ship (level file, sprite sheet file). Keep it, share it, and Import it again on any device.
• Nothing you make is published, listed or shared by Cognivo.

Offering a level for a game

If you would like Cognivo to ship something you made:

1. In the lab, tick Allow Cognivo to use this. The permission is saved in the file ("cognivoMayUse": true).
2. Download it, and email the file to support@cognivo.digital, saying which game it is for and how you would like to be credited (or not). A file without the permission isn't used.
3. The team plays it to the end, and checks that it can be finished, is fair (no frame-perfect jumps, no key behind its own door), and isn't a copy of another game's level.
4. If it is accepted, it is added to the game as it is, with no conversion, and credited on Acknowledgements if you wish.

Why it works this way

A catalogue anyone could publish to would need accounts, moderation and a takedown process. Keeping what ships in the team's hands keeps the games' quality, and keeps Cognivo's privacy promises: nothing of yours is stored on Cognivo's server unless you send it.