Game reference (style guide): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:32, 22 April 2005

When listing a game, use this format:

Game Title (Authors; Dates; Platforms).

Game Title

When citing a game (or other IF work) in the IFWiki, please use italics for the game's title, e.g. The Dreamhold.

(To figure out: what if a game has multiple titles?)

Authors

This refers to the names of the authors who created the work. Usually there's only one author, and only one name to list, e.g.:

Babel (Ian Finley; 1997; TADS 2).

If there are two names, separate the names with "and" (not "&"):

Glass Boxes (Yune Kyung Lee and Yoon Ha Lee; 15-Mar-2005; Glulx).

Dates

This normally refers to the original release date of the work, and should be in the format dd-Mmm-yyyy, where dd is a 2-digit representation of the day of the month, Mmm is a 3-letter abbreviation of the month, and yyyy is the 4-digit year.

If the day and month are unknown, they may be omitted, leaving just the year. If the year is unknown, don't put in "unknown year"; just omit it.

If there are multiple release dates, separate the dates with a comma. Also for multiple release dates, or for a single non-original release date, preface each date with a short description explaining which release it is. Separated the short release description from its date with a colon. For example:

The Hunting of the Snark (Lewis Carroll; v1: 1884, v2: 1886; Boojum).

Of course, if you have dates but not version info, you'll have to leave the version info out:

Captain Fate (Roger Firth and Sonja Kesserich; 2002, 2004; Z-code).

Platforms

This refers to the platforms or virtual machines that the work was written for, which in most cases is the same as the authoring system. Games written in Inform should be listed as either Z-code or Glulx. If the work exists some multiple platforms, separate the platform names with commas.

It is acceptable to leave out the platform info if the context of the listing makes it clear.

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-When citing a game (or other IF work) in the IFWiki, please use italics for the game's title, e.g. ''The Dreamhold''.
 When listing a game, use this format:
-* ''Game Title'' (Authors; Dates; Platforms).
+* ''Game Title'' (Authors; Dates; Platforms). __NOTOC__
-'''Authors'''
+==Game Title==
+When citing a game (or other IF work) in the IFWiki, please use italics for the game's title, e.g. ''The Dreamhold''.
-This refers to the name(s) of the author(s) who created the work. Usually this is just one person's name:
+''(To figure out: what if a game has multiple titles?)''
+==Authors==
+This refers to the names of the authors who created the work. Usually there's only one author, and only one name to list, e.g.:
+* ''Babel'' ([[Ian Finley]]; 1997; [[TADS 2]]).
-'''Dates'''
+If there are two names, separate the names with "and" (not "&"):
+* ''Glass Boxes'' ([[Yune Kyung Lee]] and [[Yoon Ha Lee]]; 15-Mar-2005; [[Glulx]]).
-This normally refers to the original release date of the work, and should be in the format dd-Mmm-yyyy, where dd is a 2-digit representation of the day of the month, Mmm is a 3-letter abbreviation of the month, and yyyy is the 4-digit year. For example:
+==Dates==
-*
+This normally refers to the original release date of the work, and should be in the format dd-Mmm-yyyy, where dd is a 2-digit representation of the day of the month, Mmm is a 3-letter abbreviation of the month, and yyyy is the 4-digit year.
-''TODO''
 If the day and month are unknown, they may be omitted, leaving just the year. If the year is unknown, don't put in "unknown year"; just omit it.
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 * ''Captain Fate'' ([[Roger Firth]] and [[Sonja Kesserich]]; 2002, 2004; [[Z-code]]).
-'''Platforms'''
+==Platforms==
 This refers to the platforms or [[virtual machine]]s that the work was written for, which in most cases is the same as the [[authoring system]]. Games written in [[Inform]] should be listed as either [[Z-code]] or [[Glulx]]. If the work exists some multiple platforms, separate the platform names with commas.