AppleGamingWiki:Editing guide

Article structure

AppleGamingWiki's article structure is directly derived from that of PCGamingWiki. Please refer to PCGamingWiki's Editing guide for specific instructions on specific details on how to format an article. On AppleGamingWiki, our article structure (to begin with) purposefully reduces the complexity of the articles, however other sectins will eventually be reintroduced.

This means the inherits from PCGamingWiki the following sections:

Infobox
Availability
Issues resolved
Issues unresolved
Compatibility

Our articles omit the following sections:

Introduction
Monetization
Essential improvements
Game data
Video
Input
Audio (and Localizations)
Network
VR support
Other information (and API)
System requirements

Infobox

See PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/The infobox

Many articles have the PCGamingWiki article structure as a basis. Therefore to save time it should be possible to directly copy the Infobox of any PCGamingWiki article into an AppleGamingWiki article.

Template:Infobox_game

Items that need changing from PCGamingWiki infobox:

• |release dates= - This now has new macOS/iOS/iPadOS/tvOS release formats. The old Windows/OS X/Linux release dates have been removed.

Other differences:

• No longer have different namespace for developers, publishers, engines or series.

Code:

{{Infobox game
|cover        = Game article layout.jpg <!-- Try to find the highest resolution of a PC game cover -->
|developers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Developer}}
|publishers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Publisher}}
|engines      = 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Engine}}
|release dates= 
{{Infobox game/row/date|macOS|Month dd, yyyy}} <!-- (Example: January 3, 2012) -->
{{Infobox game/row/date|iOS|Month dd, yyyy}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|iPadOS|Month dd, yyyy}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|tvOS|Month dd, yyyy}}
|reception    =
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|deus-ex-mankind-divided|83}} <!-- (Example: URL section and score - Deus Ex: Mankind Divded) -->
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Opencritic|1812/deus-ex-mankind-divided|81}}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|deus-ex-mankind-divided|83}}
|taxonomy     =
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | | ref= }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | | ref= }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, Shooter }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Stylized }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-fi }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Seriesname }}
|steam appid  = 277430
|steam appid side = 10
|gogcom id    = 1207658682
|gogcom id side = 
|official site= https://example.com/
|hltb         =
|igdb         = 
|strategywiki = 
|mobygames    = 
|wikipedia    = PCGamingWiki
|winehq       = 2
|license      = 
}}

Availability

{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Steam | | | macOS }}
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 4509-5 | GOG.com | {{store link|Gamesplanet|4509-12|Game of the Year Edition}} also available. | | macOS }}
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 4509-1 | Steam | {{store link|Gamesplanet|4509-10|Game of the Year Edition}} also available. | | macOS }}
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | frostpunk | DRM-free | {{store link|GOG.com|frostpunk_game_of_the_year_edition|Game of the Year Edition}} also available. |  | macOS }}
{{Availability/row| Humble | frostpunk | Steam | | | macOS }}
{{Availability/row| App Store | id1446616993 | MacApp | {{store link|App Store|id1534306371|Complete Edition}} also available. | | macOS  }}
{{Availability/row| Steam | 323190 | Steam | {{store link|Steam-bundle|12261|Game of the Year Edition}} also available. |  | macOS }}
}}

Compatibility

{{Compatibility/macOS
|native               = na
|native notes         = 
|rosetta 2            = na
|rosetta 2 notes      = 
|ios-ipados app       = na
|ios-ipados app notes = 
|crossover            = na
|crossover notes      = 
|wine                 = na
|wine notes           = 
|parallels            = na
|parallels notes      = 
|windows 10 arm       = na
|windows 10 arm notes = 
|linux arm            = na
|linux arm notes      = 
}}

perfect    - Game can be played with no issues.
playable   - Game can be played through with minor audio or graphical glitches.
runs       - Starts, maybe runs well, but major glitches/issues prevent game from being completed.
loads      - Loads, but crashes in title screen/menu/in-game.
unplayable - Crashes when booting/infinite black screen.
na         - Not available in this method/format.
unknown    - Method hasn't been tested yet.

Fixbox

See PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/Fixboxes and providing instructions

{{Fixbox|description=Name|ref=<ref>Reference</ref>|fix=
}}

Referencing

Please read Refdevice documentation for details on how to read this template.

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<ref>{{Refcheck|user=User|date=2021-03-14|comment=Comment (optional)}}</ref>