1 What is VibeTopList?

A community toplist for AI / "vibe-coded" indie games. Creators add a listing with a 728×90 banner; visitors vote; games get ranked 1–100. Rankings reset on the 1st of every month, and the final standings for each month live forever on the Hall of Fame.

2 How do players vote?

You embed a "Vote on VibeTopList" link in your game (the URL is /vote/<your-slug>?ref=<player>). They land on the vote page, click Vote, solve a Cloudflare Turnstile challenge, and we count it. One vote per IP per listing every 12 hours.

3 How do I reward voters?

Set a callback_url when you create your listing. After every successful vote we fire a POST + GET to that URL with secret, voted, userip, userid, reset, and vote_id parameters. Your server verifies the secret, deduplicates by vote_id, and grants the in-game reward. Full contract + example receivers in the API docs.

4 How long until my listing is approved?

Listings auto-publish on submission | there's no manual review queue. You only need a real game URL, an exact-spec 728×90 banner (≤10 MB, GIF/PNG/JPG), and a description. Admin moderation only steps in for policy violations.

5 Can I list more than one game?

Yes | submit each game separately. We only enforce one active listing per game URL, not per account.

6 What does Gold do?

Gold is a per-listing visual + bonus-vote upgrade. It paints your rank-card with a gold-themed gradient, adds a GOLD badge to the listing title, and grants bonus votes every monthly cycle.

• 30 days — $9, +50 bonus votes
• 90 days — $24, +100 bonus votes per month
• 365 days — $79, +150 bonus votes per month
• Lifetime — $199, +250 bonus votes per month forever

Rank order stays vote-driven; Gold is a visual + vote-bonus product, not a ranking shortcut. Stripe Checkout is live for all tiers.

7 How does the monthly reset work?

At 00:00 UTC on the 1st of every month, VibeTopList snapshots every listing's final rank into the Hall of Fame, then zeroes the votes_this_month counter on every listing. All-time totals are preserved, so longevity still shows on each profile.

8 How are fake votes blocked?

Every vote runs through a layered defense:

• 12-hour per-IP cooldown per listing;
• Per-IP and per-/24 subnet rate limits;
• Bot user-agent regex (blocks curl, wget, headless browsers, scrapers, social-link previewers);
• Stateless signed nonce embedded in the form, with min/max age (kills instant-submit bots and expired-form replays);
• Origin / Referer host-match against our base URL;
• Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA on every vote;
• Admin IP blocklist for repeat offenders.

Voter IPs are HMAC-hashed before storage | we never persist raw IPs. Blocked attempts are logged for fraud review.

9 How much does advertising cost?

Banner slots run from $90 to $350 per 30-day period. Some slots are single-occupant exclusive (sponsored 728×90 above the toplist, footer banner); others rotate across up to five buyers so each one gets ~20% of impressions. Live availability + a placement preview is on the Advertise page.

Reserve → upload → pay with Stripe → banner is live. No admin approval step, no waiting list.

10 How do I get my game removed?

Sign in and delete the listing from your dashboard. If you can't access your account, email vibetoplist@gmail.com from the address on the account and we'll handle removal within 24 hours.

See also: API docs · Terms · Privacy.