Community Overview

Community · 4 min read

MapToPlay has a built-in community for sharing work, asking questions, and following what other creators are making. Learn how to set up your profile, what you can do, and how participation is governed.

What the community is

MapToPlay includes a community layer built on top of the platform. The feed, forum, profile pages, likes, and comments are all part of it. You can use the platform to build maps without engaging with the community at all, or you can participate actively — share progress, ask questions, and follow other creators.

Community features are available to all registered users who have accepted the community rules. The first time you open a community area, you are shown the rules and asked to confirm before any community action is recorded.

Community rules

Participation in the community requires agreeing to a short set of rules:

You only need to agree once. If the rules are updated, you will be prompted to review and agree again before your next community action.

Be respectful — treat others the way you want to be treated.
Stay relevant — keep posts and replies on topic.
No private data — never share personal information about yourself or others.
No spam — do not post promotional, repetitive, or automated content.
Moderation is final — the platform moderation team has the authority to remove content and restrict access.

Your community profile

Every user has a public community profile. It shows your display name, your current experience level and XP progress, the number of likes you have received, and how many forum posts you have made.

You can personalise your profile with a banner image, a YouTube video embed, social links (YouTube, Telegram, Instagram, and X), and up to three custom external links. All of these are set from the profile edit page.

Other users can visit your profile, leave a like on it, and post comments. You receive a notification for each.

Notifications

You receive community notifications for the following events:

Someone commented on a forum topic where you are the original post author.
A platform changelog post was published.
Someone liked your community profile.
Someone commented on your community profile.
You unlocked a new achievement.

Incognito teams

Teams with incognito mode enabled are excluded from community features. Members of an incognito team do not appear in public listings, their projects are not surfaced in the feed, and they cannot participate in the forum or receive community notifications. If your team switches incognito mode off, community access is restored.

See the Teams article for more on incognito mode and what it covers.