
Compliance & Certification Issue Analyzer
Identify, document, and fix compliance violations before game certification submission
What You Can Do
This skill enables you to systematically identify compliance violations against platform-specific requirements and content rating systems, then categorize them by severity and regulatory framework. You generate structured compliance documentation that maps each violation to its technical or content root cause, creates prioritized remediation roadmaps, and produces audit-ready submission packages that satisfy platform certification auditors—transforming scattered violation notes into actionable, release-blocking issue priorities.
Features
Identify and categorize compliance failures against ESRB, PEGI, USK, ClassInd, and platform-specific submission criteria
Automatically link each violation to the specific regulation, guideline, or platform requirement it violates
Classify issues as blocking, critical, major, or minor to accelerate remediation workflows
Document technical or content sources of each violation (code, assets, mechanics, metadata)
Generate step-by-step fix strategies with ownership, timeline, and verification checkpoints
Track violations across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam, Epic, iOS, and Android with platform-specific requirements
Create submission-ready compliance reports with evidence links, sign-offs, and regulatory mappings
Build platform-specific verification checklists to prevent re-rejection
Example Output
Example 1: ESRB Rating Violation
Violation: Unrated violence in combat animations
- Framework: ESRB Content Descriptors
- Severity: Critical (blocking)
- Root Cause: Combat VFX exceed M-rated guidelines; need reduced blood effects
- Remediation: Reduce particle intensity by 40%, remove crimson spray, add motion blur
- Owner: VFX Lead | Timeline: 3 days | Verification: Designer review + platform pre-submission check
Example 2: Loot Box Disclosure (Regional)
- Violation: Missing odds disclosure for gacha mechanics
- Framework: China Online Games Committee guidelines + EU digital market regulations
- Severity: Blocking (legal hold)
- Root Cause: UI omits probability percentages; missing regional legal text
- Remediation: Add odds screen to monetization UI, localize legal disclaimers per region
- Owner: Live Ops + Legal | Timeline: 5 days
Example 3: Child Safety Compliance
- Violation: Unencrypted user data transmission
- Framework: COPPA (US) + GDPR (EU) + Apple App Store guidelines
- Severity: Critical (resubmission required)
- Remediation: Implement HTTPS for all player data, audit third-party SDKs for privacy compliance
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Complete compliance analysis framework with platform requirement mappings
- Compliance Violation Template: Structured issue format with regulatory framework, severity, root cause, and remediation fields
- Platform Requirements Checklist: Pre-submission verification matrix for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam, Epic, iOS, Android
- Remediation Priority Matrix: Triage framework to rank violations by blocking status and timeline impact
- Certification Audit Trail Worksheet: Sign-off documentation template for legal and compliance stakeholders
Who It's For
- QA Compliance Specialists — leading certification workflows and platform submission audits
- Game Producers — managing release timelines and certification risk
- Legal/Compliance Officers — reviewing content ratings and regulatory mappings before submission
- Platform Relations Managers — responding to certification failure feedback and resubmission planning
- Live Ops Leads — ensuring ongoing compliance for monetization mechanics, seasonal content, and regional releases
Best For
- Pre-submission compliance audits before platform certification
- Analyzing failed certification feedback and building resubmission roadmaps
- Cross-platform compliance consistency checks (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam, mobile)
- Content rating system violation mapping (ESRB, PEGI, regional age ratings)
- Regulatory compliance documentation (loot box odds, child safety, data privacy, regional legal requirements)







