Community rules

Rules for articles

Last updated October 2026. These apply to tutorials and news posts.

Articles are how ZooBerry teaches and keeps the community informed. Members write tutorials; news posts are written by the site team. Moderators may edit, unpublish or remove articles that break these rules.

Welcome

  • How-tos: modelling, texturing, scripting, zoo building, tools, troubleshooting.
  • Guides to installing and organising mods.
  • Archived tutorials from closed websites, credited to their authors and the site.
  • Your own pictures, diagrams and example files that help the reader follow along.
  • Updates to your article when the steps change. Followers hear about it once a day at most.

Not allowed

  • Copying someone else's tutorial without permission and credit.
  • Articles that are really adverts, or that mostly link elsewhere.
  • Steps that harm a player's computer or game install without a clear warning.
  • Pirated game files, keys or cracks, or instructions for getting them.
  • Personal attacks, drama about other members, or anyone's private information.
  • News posts by members: share community news in a tutorial-style article or ask the team.

Writing

  • Give it a clear title and a one- or two-sentence summary; they're what people see on cards.
  • Pick at least one category, plus the game and expansions it's about.
  • Use headings (## Heading); they become the table of contents.
  • Attached files: .z2f, .ztd, .zip, .pdf. Images go in through the editor's image button.
  • Mention people with @username and organizations with @their-address; they get a notification once.

Archived articles

  • Turn on Was this first published somewhere else? and add the original authors and website.
  • Keep the original wording. Add your notes in a clearly marked section.

Questions? Message the moderators. Uploading a mod instead? See the rules for mods.

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