Parent guide to Makie

What your child does, step by step

1. You create the household account and add each child with a first name and an age. A sign-in email for the child is optional.
2. Your child picks a starter game or a blank canvas and describes a game in their own words.
3. Makie checks the idea, builds the game and checks the result before your child sees it.
4. They play it and keep changing it, one sentence at a time.
5. If they choose to, they publish a play link for friends and family, and can add the game to Explore.

What you control

Account controls stay with the adult who owns the household.

• Review every Makie project your children make.
• Add or remove a child's optional sign-in email.
• Stop sharing a game, remove it from Explore, or stop other makers from copying it in future.
• Change maker usernames. Public games show the username, never a child's email or Askie profile name.
• Only the household owner sees prices and manages billing.
• Delete individual games, a child, or Makie itself from settings.

What is moderated, and how reporting works

What a child types is checked before Makie builds anything, and the finished game is checked again. Games run in a sandbox. Before a game appears in Explore, Makie runs an additional automated review of its name, the text players see and its code. Automated review cannot promise to catch everything, so every public game can be reported. Anyone can send a report without signing in, the Makie team reviews the exact version that was played, and a game may be restricted or removed.

What is stored, and for how long

Makie stores the adult account, child profiles, optional child sign-in emails, maker usernames, game prompts, projects and their revisions, generated assets, credit and subscription records, game data and scores, reactions, play counts, reports and security logs. Projects stay until they are deleted or the Makie account is deleted. Deleting a child removes the games they own and their saved progress. Deleting Makie removes its projects, drafts, scores, public links and usernames without deleting your Askie account. Limited billing, security, legal or backup records may be kept when required. The Makie Privacy Notice has the full detail.

Setting expectations about credits

Creating uses Make Credits: 3 for a new game or remix, 1 for each change. Repairs and publishing are free. Every household gets a free allowance that refills each week, so it helps to agree with your child how they will spend it. When the week's credits are used, saved games still play and can still be published. Makie may then offer a paid plan, and that offer can always be dismissed. See Pricing and credits for the details.