Rules engine that scans game IAP/loot-box flows and flags probability-disclosure and gacha-regulation violations across US, EU, China, and Japan before app-store submission; sold to game studio legal and live-ops teams. · Gaming Compliance Platform
DEAD SLOW · CAUTIOUS
6.2 ShipScore / 10
Control strong, defensible regulatory lane; need unproven — zero demand evidence anywhere.
Condition: Three paying game studios (not pilots) confirm they'd buy tooling instead of outside counsel.
Part I — The Verdict what the instruments read
01 — The ShipScore breakdown
Control
7
C7 — B2B SaaS; app stores are audit targets, not landlords.
N5 — zero Reddit/X signal, only VinoVeo at $0k MRR; unproven.
Time-freedom
7
T7 — productized engine, but legal rule upkeep and enterprise sales drag.
Scale
6
S6 — global reach, but buyer pool is a few thousand studios.
What the five commandments measure
C — Control
Do you own the customer, or does a gatekeeper stand between you and revenue?
E — Entry
How hard is this to copy once it works? A rival's existence isn't the question — the durability of their advantage is.
N — Need
Is demand proven with money rather than vibes?
T — Time
Can income detach from your hours, or did you buy yourself a job?
S — Scale
How far does it reach without linear cost?
Scored on the evidence below, against CENTS as we've adapted it plus a Buffett-style moat reading of every rival — the same referee for every idea, including the ones we generate ourselves. The verdict follows the arithmetic: we never relabel a score to make it read better, and the weakest commandment is always named. The exact rubric stays in-house so the scale can't be written for.
02 — The pace test — $1M/yr
At $600/mo (assumed category price), you need 139 subscribers for a $1M/yr pace.
Nearest tracked rivals on that curve:
VinoVeo
$0k 0%
Part II — The Evidence the receipts, good and bad
03 — Rival scan — corpus tracks 1 similar, 1 stalled under $2k MRR
VinoVeo — Only tracked analog, verified $0k MRR — proves nothing, warns the corpus is empty here.
Crypto/web3 gacha fairness tools (LootGO, Renaiss.xyz VRF) — Adjacent 'provable odds' framing could absorb the disclosure narrative in web3 titles.
Outside gaming counsel / Big Law compliance practices — Incumbent default buyer habit; studios expense legal hours rather than license software.
04 — Demand evidence
No Reddit signal found for these keywords — zero complaint volume captured.
X chatter is player-side gacha gripes and web3 launches; zero SaaS compliance product buzz.
Only tracked similar product VinoVeo sits at verified $0k MRR — no revenue proof in corpus.
Regulatory pressure is real in evidence (Japan gacha rules, Brazil loot-box limits, Taiwan/HK disclosure) but no purchase signal.
05 — Risks
Compliance is bought as legal hours, not seats; budget may never reach software.
Rules drift across four jurisdictions makes maintenance a permanent cost center.
Wrong-answer liability: a missed violation invites blame and E&O exposure.
Buyer is a tiny set of studios with long enterprise sales cycles.
06 — Kill switches — what kills this with one decision
Apple/Google guideline change — If stores auto-validate odds disclosure at submission, the product's core check becomes free.
Major engine or publisher tooling (Unity/Epic) shipping compliance checks — Bundled into the pipeline studios already pay for, zeroing standalone demand.
Regulatory harmonization or rollback — One simplified global odds standard collapses the multi-jurisdiction complexity you sell against.
Part III — The Plan if you insist on proceeding
07 — What this scan can't tell you
Cannot tell whether studio legal budgets fund software or only external counsel hours.
No visibility into private/enterprise compliance tools sold quietly to publishers.
Cannot verify how accurately automated scanning can read live-ops IAP flows.
Scores judge the market and business model — not your ability to execute. Verified MRR = independently tracked revenue; reviews/upvotes = platform-reported. Judged 2026-09-04.
08 — The wedge & the next step
Pre-submission blocker report for live-ops teams shipping weekly gacha banners into Japan and China.
Cheapest next step: Cold-email 15 live-ops/legal leads at mid-size mobile studios asking who currently signs off on odds disclosure.
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