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Template:Infobox game/Documentation

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Revision as of 23:39, 1 April 2020 by Aemony (talk | contribs) (updated docs and added reception)
Description

This template needs to be present on every game page on the wiki. It contains the basic information on who developed, ported and published the game, as well as what engine was used and when was it released on different operating systems. In addition, it can hold a cover or box image for the game, as well as information on the location of the game's page on several other websites.

Syntax
{{Infobox game
|cover        = 
|developers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|}}
{{Infobox game/row/porter|}}
|publishers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|}}
|engines      = 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|}}
|release dates= 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|}}
|reception    =
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic| | }}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Opencritic| | }}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB| | }}
|steam appid  = 
|steam appid side = 
|gogcom id    = 
|gogcom id side = 
|strategywiki = 
|wikipedia    = 
|winehq       = 
|license      = 
}}
Arguments
Parameter Description
title Optional. Add if game title is stylized in some way and therefore varies from page name.
cover Only include this if a cover for this game is present on the wiki or on Wikimedia Commons. The contents of this line should be just the filename, excluding the namespace. Defines Property:Cover.
developers All information included under this argument must be related to developers and porters of the particular game.

Possible rows include:

  • {{Infobox game/row/developer|1|2}} - The first argument should contain the name of the developer, and the second, if necessary, a subtitle as to what the developer was responsible for. This row defines Property:Developed by.
  • {{Infobox game/row/porter|1}} - The first argument is the name of the porter, the second argument is the operating system. This row defines a matching "Ported to (OS) by" property.
publishers All information included under this argument must be related to publishers of the game.

Possible rows include:

  • {{Infobox game/row/publisher|1|2}} - The first argument should contain the name of the publisher, and the second, if necessary, a subtitle specifying the region or the OS the publisher was responsible for. This row defines Property:Published by.
engines All information included under this argument must be related to engines used in the game.

Possible rows include:

  • {{Infobox game/row/engine|1|2}} - The first argument should contain the name of the engine used, and the second, if necessary, what component was it responsible for. This row defines Property:Uses engine.
  • Never list the engine as Custom, Inhouse or similar. This provides no additional information to the user.
release dates All information included under this argument must be related to release dates of the game.

Possible rows include:

  • {{Infobox game/row/date|1|2}}
  • The first property defines the OS the date is related to. Possible options include:
  • The second property should specify the date the game was released on the system in question. The date must be in a valid format to be recognized ("21 February 2001", "February 21, 2001", "2001", "February 2001" and additionally "TBA" will work but will not define a property).
  • Correctly using the property (that is, with the appropriate OS name) will result in the appropriate categories being automatically placed on the page.
  • Regional release dates should never be listed. Only ever list the relevant OS release date, always choosing the earliest it was made available in any region on that specific platform. Similarly, release dates for digital distribution services should also be ignored.
reception Average critical reception of the game, from a supported aggregator.

Possible rows include:

  • {{Infobox game/row/reception|1|2|3}}
  • The first argument should contain the reviews aggregator service the row is for: Metacritic, OpenCritic, IGDB.
  • The second row should contain the unique identifier from the URL for the review aggregator page for the game.
  • The third argument should contain the averaged critical reception score from the aggregator.
steam appid The AppID of the game on Steam. This is used for the SteamDB and SteamCharts favicons. Defines Property:Steam AppID.
steam appid side Additional AppIDs the game is available under on Steam. This takes a comma separated list for input. Defines Property:Steam AppID.
gogcom id The ID of the game on GOG.com. Defines Property:GOGcom page.
gogcom id side Additional IDs the game is available under on GOG.com. This takes a comma separated list for input. Defines Property:GOGcom page.
strategywiki The name of the StrategyWiki page.
wikipedia The name (not the full URL) of the Wikipedia page for the game. The Wikipedia favicon will appear when it's defined. Defines Property:Wikipedia.
winehq The ID of the game on WineHQ.
license License of the game from one of the following values:
  • commercial
  • former commercial
  • freeware
  • free-to-play
  • shareware