A new Young adult rating for grown-up stories
Strong language, violence and dark themes now have their own rating, Young adult. It keeps your series in the Inkroost phone app and in Inkroost's promotion. Mature is now only for nudity, sexual content or graphic violence.
What shipped. Series have a fourth age rating: Young adult. It sits between Teen and Mature. Use it for stories with strong language, violence, or dark and grown-up themes like war, grief, abuse or addiction, as long as there is no nudity or sexual content.
Why it matters. Many creators picked Mature for stories like that because nothing else fit. Mature series are not shown in the Inkroost phone app, and Inkroost does not promote them. Young adult reaches the same readers as Teen: the phone app, browse, search and our posts about new comics. Mature is now only for nudity, sexual content or graphic violence meant for adults.
How to use it. Open Series settings in your studio and look at Age rating. Every rating now says what fits under it, with examples. If your series is rated Mature, the studio asks once before your next chapter goes out. Press Change to Young adult to switch and publish in one step, or Keep Mature if your story needs it. Picking Mature in Series settings asks the same question.
