This appears to be a fetish game, please mark it as Adult/NSFW. We ask devs to consider the intent behind their projects when setting the adult tagging, beyond just explicit graphic material. Failure to tag games appropriately for adult content can result in permanent desisting or a ban.
Thank you for clarifying! I've switched the game back to NSFW to comply with the guidelines.
I do have one question about its future direction, though.
PawPad Palace originally started with a stronger fetish focus, but the project has evolved quite a bit since then.
The main focus is increasingly on cozy spa activities, world-building, exploration, character relationships, and everyday experiences like baking cakes, making coffee, gardening, visiting the beach, and discovering the world's secrets.
Paw care is still part of the game, but it's becoming just one part of a much larger experience.
If the game continues developing in this direction, would it be possible to request a reassessment of its SFW/NSFW classification in the future, based on the actual content of the game?
We ask that developers use their best judgment when tagging their pages. It is not our staff’s job to tag your page, but in some cases a staff member may review your page. When I opened your page and immediately saw the images you had presented, I could tell that this content was clearly targeting a fetish audience. In my opinion, that means that you failed to tag your page accurately, and put the burden on our staff to tag your page. When it comes to adult content, we take this VERY strictly.
If it gets to the point where a staff member has to manually tag your page because you did not, then we consider it an abuse of our tagging system and may deindex your page https://itch.io/docs/creators/quality-guidelines
Thanks for understanding
Thank you again for the clarification, leafo!
I've now restored the Adult/NSFW classification, enabled the sensitive content warning, and added the Adult tag as requested. Could you please let me know whether PawPad Palace is now eligible to appear in Search/Browse, or if there are still any issues preventing it from being indexed?
If anything else needs to be changed or reviewed, I'd really appreciate knowing what I'm missing.
Thank you for you help.